KRS 141.330 — Employers to file quarterly returns and make payments -- Liability -- Actions -- Lien on property of employer

(1) Every employer required to deduct and withhold tax under KRS 141.310 and
141.315 shall, for the quarterly period beginning on the first day of January of each
year, and for each quarterly period thereafter, on or before the last day of the month
following the close of each quarterly period make a return and report to the
department the tax required to be withheld under KRS 141.310 and 141. 315, unless
the employer is permitted or required to report monthly or annually. Such employer
shall, on or before the last day of the month following the close of each quarterly
period, pay over to the department the tax required to be withheld under KRS
141.310 and 141.315; Provided, however, That the department may, by regulations,
require employers to remit the tax withheld under KRS 141.310 and 141.315 within
a reasonable time after the payroll period or other period. A return shall be filed by
every employer making payment of wages even though no tax has been withheld.
(2) If the department, in any case, has reason to believe that the collection of the tax
provided for in subsection (1) of this section is in jeopardy, it may require the
employer to make such return and pay such tax at any time.
(3) Every employer, who fails to withhold or pay to the department any sums required
by this chapter to be withheld and paid, shall be personally and individually liable
therefor to the Commonwealth; and any sum or sums withheld in accordance with
the provisions of KRS 141.310 and 141.315 shall be deemed to be held in trust for
the Commonwealth.
(4) The Commonwealth shall have a lien upon all the property of any employer who
fails to withhold or pay over to the de partment sums required to be withheld under
KRS 141.310 and 141.315. If the employer withholds but fails to pay the amounts
withheld to the department, the lien shall accrue as of the date the amounts withheld
were required to be paid to the department. If the employer fails to withhold, the
lien shall accrue at the time the liability of the employer becomes fixed.