Tex. Labor Code § 201.027
This is the official text of Tex. Labor Code § 201.027, part of Texas’s Labor Code — governs wages, workplace safety, and workers' compensation.
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§ 201.027. EMPLOYER OF DOMESTIC SERVICE WORKER.
Official statutory text
(a) In this subtitle, "employer" also means an employing unit that paid cash wages of $1,000 or more during a calendar quarter in the current or preceding calendar year for domestic service in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority.
(b) An employer subject to this section who is not otherwise considered an employer under this subtitle, annually, may report quarterly wages and pay contributions. An employer who elects to report wages and pay contributions under this section must make the election not later than December 31 of the year before the first calendar year reported.
(c) Contributions paid as provided by Subsection (b) become due and are required to be reported and paid by each employer not later than January 31 with respect to wages for employment paid in the preceding calendar year. For a rate taking effect under Section 204.041(c) during the preceding calendar year, the commission shall estimate the rate, subject to a correction when a final computation is made as provided by Section 204.047(c).
(d) An employer who elects to report wages and pay contributions annually shall file, on the request of the commission, reports at other times as necessary to adjudicate a claim or to establish wage credits.
(e) With respect to an employer who reports wages and pays contributions annually under this section, any penalty or interest imposed on the employer shall be computed in the same manner as for other types of employment.
(f) An election by an employer under this section is not revocable by the employer before the second anniversary of the date of the election.
(g) An employer under this section is not an employer for wages paid for a service other than domestic service unless the employer is treated as an employer for that service under another provision of this subtitle.
(b) An employer subject to this section who is not otherwise considered an employer under this subtitle, annually, may report quarterly wages and pay contributions. An employer who elects to report wages and pay contributions under this section must make the election not later than December 31 of the year before the first calendar year reported.
(c) Contributions paid as provided by Subsection (b) become due and are required to be reported and paid by each employer not later than January 31 with respect to wages for employment paid in the preceding calendar year. For a rate taking effect under Section 204.041(c) during the preceding calendar year, the commission shall estimate the rate, subject to a correction when a final computation is made as provided by Section 204.047(c).
(d) An employer who elects to report wages and pay contributions annually shall file, on the request of the commission, reports at other times as necessary to adjudicate a claim or to establish wage credits.
(e) With respect to an employer who reports wages and pays contributions annually under this section, any penalty or interest imposed on the employer shall be computed in the same manner as for other types of employment.
(f) An election by an employer under this section is not revocable by the employer before the second anniversary of the date of the election.
(g) An employer under this section is not an employer for wages paid for a service other than domestic service unless the employer is treated as an employer for that service under another provision of this subtitle.
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