Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-600.6
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Financial and tax requirements – Confidentiality
Official statutory text
A. Net worth and bonding. Each PEO shall maintain either:
1. A minimum net worth of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00),
as reflected in the financial statements submitted to the
Commissioner with the initial registration and each annual renewal;
or
2. A bond or securities with a minimum market value of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), held by a depository designated by
the Commissioner, securing payment by the PEO of all taxes, wages,
benefits or other entitlement due to or with respect to a covered
employee, if the PEO does not make such payments when due. Any bond
or securities deposited under this subsection shall not be included
for the purpose of calculation of the minimum net worth required by
this subsection.
B. Payroll tax payments. A PEO shall submit to the
Commissioner, within ninety (90) days after the end of each calendar
quarter, a statement by an independent certified public accountant
that all applicable state payroll taxes for covered employees
located in this state have been paid on a timely basis for that
quarter.
C. Record confidentiality. All records, reports and other
information obtained from a PEO under the Oklahoma Professional
Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act, except to
the extent necessary for the proper administration of the Oklahoma
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 328
Professional Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act
by the Department, shall be confidential and shall not be published
or open to public inspection other than to public employees in the
performance of their public duties.
1. A minimum net worth of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00),
as reflected in the financial statements submitted to the
Commissioner with the initial registration and each annual renewal;
or
2. A bond or securities with a minimum market value of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), held by a depository designated by
the Commissioner, securing payment by the PEO of all taxes, wages,
benefits or other entitlement due to or with respect to a covered
employee, if the PEO does not make such payments when due. Any bond
or securities deposited under this subsection shall not be included
for the purpose of calculation of the minimum net worth required by
this subsection.
B. Payroll tax payments. A PEO shall submit to the
Commissioner, within ninety (90) days after the end of each calendar
quarter, a statement by an independent certified public accountant
that all applicable state payroll taxes for covered employees
located in this state have been paid on a timely basis for that
quarter.
C. Record confidentiality. All records, reports and other
information obtained from a PEO under the Oklahoma Professional
Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act, except to
the extent necessary for the proper administration of the Oklahoma
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 328
Professional Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act
by the Department, shall be confidential and shall not be published
or open to public inspection other than to public employees in the
performance of their public duties.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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