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Terms Used In Utah Code 35A-4-302

(a) an individual or employing unit which employs one or more individuals for some portion of a day during a calendar year, or that, as a condition for approval of this chapter for full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, is required, under the act, to be an employer;
(b) an employing unit that, having become an employer under Subsection (1)(a), has not, under Sections 35A-4-303 and 35A-4-310, ceased to be an employer subject to this chapter; or
(c) for the effective period of its election under Subsection 35A-4-310(3), an employing unit that has elected to become fully subject to this chapter. See Utah Code 35A-4-203
  • Franchise: means the same as that term is defined in 16 C. See Utah Code 35A-4-203
  • Fund: means the Unemployment Compensation Fund established by this chapter. See Utah Code 35A-4-201
  • wages: means wages as currently defined by Section 3306(b), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with modifications, subtractions, and adjustments provided in Subsections (2), (3), and (4). See Utah Code 35A-4-208
  • (a)  Contributions accrue and become payable by each employer for each calendar year in which the employer is subject to this chapter with respect to wages for employment. The contributions become due and shall be paid by each employer to the division for the fund in accordance with rules the department may prescribe.

    (b)  Contributions may not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in the employer’s employ.

    (c)  In the payment of any contributions, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to 1/2 cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to one cent.

    (2)  All contributions paid by an employer under this chapter are deductible in arriving at the taxable income of the employer under Title 59, Chapter 7, Corporate Franchise and Income Taxes, and Chapter 10, Individual Income Tax Act, to the same extent as taxes are deductible during any taxable year by the employer.

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 240, 1996 General Session