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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-906" future_version_removed="true" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Tax Payment">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in § 10–907 of this subtitle, each employer or payor shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>withhold the income tax required to be withheld under § 10–908 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pay to the Comptroller the income tax withheld for a period with the withholding return that covers the period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Any income tax withheld is deemed to be held in trust for the State by the employer or payor who withholds the tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An employer or payor who withholds income tax shall keep a separate ledger account for withholdings that indicates clearly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the amount of income tax withheld; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that the income tax withheld is the property of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If an employer or payor negligently fails to withhold or to pay income tax in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, personal liability for that income tax extends:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to the employer or payor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the employer or payor is a corporation, to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any officer of the corporation who exercises direct control over its fiscal management; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any agent of the corporation who is required to withhold and pay the income tax; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>if the employer or payor is a limited liability company as defined under Title 4A of the Corporations and Associations Article or a limited liability partnership as defined under Title 9A of the Corporations and Associations Article, including a limited partnership registered as a limited liability limited partnership, to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any person who exercises direct control over its fiscal management; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any agent of the limited liability company or limited liability partnership who is required to withhold and pay the income tax.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
