The payroll period is a period of service for which you usually pay
wages. When you have a regular payroll period, withhold income tax for
that time period even if your employee does not work the full period.
When you do not have a payroll period, withhold the tax as if you
paid wages for a daily or miscellaneous payroll period. Figure the
number of days (including Sundays and holidays) in the period covered
by the wage payment. If the wages are unrelated to a specific length
of time (e.g., commissions paid on completion of a sale), count back
the number of days from the payment period to the latest of:
- The last wage payment made during the same calendar
year,
- The date employment began, if during the same calendar year,
or
- January 1 of the same year.
When you pay an employee for a period of less than 1 week, and the
employee signs a statement under penalties of perjury that he or she
is not working for any other employer during the same week for wages
subject to withholding, figure withholding based on a weekly payroll
period. If the employee later begins to work for another employer for
wages subject to withholding, the employee must notify you within 10
days. You then figure withholding based on the daily or miscellaneous
period.
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