[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 929 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 929

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the application 
         of employment taxes in the case of domestic services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 1993

   Mr. Goss introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the application 
         of employment taxes in the case of domestic services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SIMPLIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT TAXES ON DOMESTIC SERVICES.

    (a) Increase in Threshold Requirement.--
            (1) Subparagraph (B) of section 3121(a)(7) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 (defining wages) is amended by striking 
        ``$50'' and inserting ``$300''.
            (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 209(a)(6) of the Social 
        Security Act is amended by striking ``$50'' and inserting 
        ``$300''.
            (3) The second sentence of section 3102(a) of such Code is 
        amended by striking ``$50'' and inserting ``$300''.
    (b) Coordination of Collection of Domestic Service Employment With 
Collection of Income Taxes.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 25 of such Code (relating to 
        general provisions relating to employment taxes) is amended by 
        adding at the end thereof the following new section:

``SEC. 3510. COORDINATION OF COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 
              TAXES WITH COLLECTION OF INCOME TAXES.

    ``(a) General Rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this section--
            ``(1) returns with respect to domestic service employment 
        taxes shall be made on a calendar year basis,
            ``(2) any such return for any calendar year shall be filed 
        on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the 
        close of the employer's taxable year which begins in such 
        calendar year, and
            ``(3) no requirement to make deposits (or to pay 
        installments under section 6157) shall apply with respect to 
        such taxes.
    ``(b) Domestic Service Employment Taxes Subject to Estimated Tax 
Provisions.--
            ``(1) In general.--Solely for purposes of section 6654, 
        domestic service employment taxes imposed with respect to any 
        calendar year shall be treated as a tax imposed by chapter 2 
        for the taxable year of the employer which begins in such 
        calendar year.
            ``(2) Annualization.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
        Secretary, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the 
        application of section 6654(d)(2) in respect of the amount 
        treated as tax under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Transitional rule.--For purposes of applying section 
        6654 to a taxable year beginning in 1994, the amount referred 
        to in clause (ii) of section 6654(d)(1)(B) shall be increased 
        by 90 percent of the amount treated as tax under paragraph (1) 
        for such taxable year.
    ``(c) Domestic Service Employment Taxes.--For purposes of this 
section, the term `domestic service employment taxes' means--
            ``(1) any taxes imposed by chapter 21 or 23 on remuneration 
        paid for domestic service in a private home of the employer, 
        and
            ``(2) any amount withheld from such remuneration pursuant 
        to an agreement under section 3402(p).
For purposes of this subsection, the term `domestic service in a 
private home of the employer' does not include service described in 
section 3121(g)(5).
    ``(d) Exception Where Employer Liable for Other Employment Taxes.--
To the extent provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, this 
section shall not apply to any employer for any calendar year if such 
employer is liable for any tax under this subtitle with respect to 
remuneration for services other than domestic service in a private home 
of the employer.
    ``(e) General Regulatory Authority.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the 
purposes of this section. Such regulations may treat domestic service 
employment taxes as taxes imposed by chapter 1 for purposes of 
coordinating the assessment and collection of such employment taxes 
with the assessment and collection of domestic employers' income taxes.
    ``(f) Authority To Enter Into Agreements To Collect State 
Unemployment Taxes.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is hereby authorized to 
        enter into an agreement with any State to collect, as the agent 
        of such State, such State's unemployment taxes imposed on 
        remuneration paid for domestic service in a private home of the 
        employer. Any taxes to be collected by the Secretary pursuant 
        to such an agreement shall be treated as domestic service 
        employment taxes for purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Transfers to state account.--Any amount collected 
        under an agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
        transferred by the Secretary to the account of the State in the 
        Unemployment Trust Fund.
            ``(3) Subtitle f made applicable.--For purposes of subtitle 
        F, any amount required to be collected under an agreement under 
        paragraph (1) shall be treated as a tax imposed by chapter 23.
            ``(4) State.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        `State' has the meaning given such term by section 
        3306(j)(1).''
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        25 of such Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
        following:

                              ``Sec. 3510. Coordination of collection 
                                        of domestic service employment 
                                        taxes with collection of income 
                                        taxes.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to remuneration paid in calendar years after 1993.

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