Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62B, § 1

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Section 1. The following words as used in this chapter shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—

''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue.

''Internal Revenue Code'', the Internal Revenue Code of the United States as amended and in effect for the applicable year;

''Employer'', employer as defined in section thirty-four hundred and one (d) of the Internal Revenue Code;

''Employee'', employee as defined in section thirty-four hundred and one (c) of the Internal Revenue Code, except full time students engaged in seasonal, temporary or part-time employment whose estimated annual income would not exceed two thousand dollars.

''Wages'', for withholding purposes only, wages as defined in section thirty-four hundred and one (a) of the Internal Revenue Code, periodic payments and nonperiodic distributions as defined in section thirty-four hundred and five of said Code and subject to federal withholding, and contributions paid by the employer on behalf of the employee pursuant to subdivision ten of section twenty-two of chapter thirty-two or pursuant to paragraph (i) of section sixty-five D of chapter thirty-two and not otherwise included as wages above.

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In this chapter (19 sections)
  1. 62B-1 · Definitions
  2. 62B-2 · Duty of employer; manner of computation; duty of commissioner
  3. 62B-3 · Wages; clarification
  4. 62B-4 · Withholding exemption certificates; duty of employee to…
  5. 62B-5 · Statement to employee; requisite information; failure of…
  6. 62B-6 · Failure of employer to withhold, or to pay over taxes withheld;…
  7. 62B-7 · Failure to withhold or pay over taxes; effect; penalty
  8. 62B-8 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 101
  9. 62B-9 · Credit against taxes
  10. 62B-10 · Employer's liability
  11. 62B-11 · Repealed, 1983, 233, Sec. 29
  12. 62B-11A · Penalties
  13. 62B-12 · Effect of payment
  14. 62B-12A · Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 40
  15. 62B-13 · Amount of estimated tax
  16. 62B-14 · Underpayment of estimated tax; installments
  17. 62B-15 · Credit on estimated tax payments
  18. 62B-16-to-18 · Repealed, 1985, 593, Sec. 11
  19. 62B-19-to-21 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 101
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