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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="10-908" title_number="10" title_name="Income Tax" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Tax Payment">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An employer shall withhold from the wages of an individual the amount indicated in the income tax withholding tables or income tax percentage withholding schedules that the Comptroller prepares.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A payor that is a fiduciary shall withhold from each distribution the amount indicated in the income tax withholding tables or income tax percentage withholding schedules that the Comptroller prepares.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A payor shall withhold the amount from an annuity, sick pay, or retirement distribution that the payee requests.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A payor shall withhold from a payment subject to withholding of winnings derived from wagering:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>if the payee is a resident, a rate equal to the sum of 3.0% and the top marginal State income tax rate for individuals under § 10-105(a) of this title, applied to the payment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the payee is a nonresident, a rate equal to the sum of the rate of the tax imposed under § 10-106.1 of this title and the top marginal State income tax rate for individuals under § 10-105(a) of this title, applied to the payment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board of Trustees of the State Retirement and Pension System shall withhold from a payment of a death benefit to a resident payee the sum of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="4">
        <text>75% of the payment; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the county income tax rate applied to the payment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If a payment to a resident payee is a designated distribution that is an eligible rollover distribution within the meaning of § 3405(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and the payment is subject to mandatory withholding of federal income tax, the payor shall withhold from the payment an amount equal to 7.75% of the payment.</text>
  </level>
</section>
