Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73
§3307 Deductions as constructive payments
Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Employment Taxes › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT › § 3307
Summary
When an employer must or is allowed to take money out of an employee’s pay and send it to the United States, a State, or a local government, that amount is treated for this law as if the employee had been paid it at the moment it was taken out.
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Title 26, §3307
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Whenever under this chapter or any act of Congress, or under the law of any State, an employer is required or permitted to deduct any amount from the remuneration of an employee and to pay the amount deducted to the United States, a State, or any political subdivision thereof, then for purposes of this chapter the amount so deducted shall be considered to have been paid to the employee at the time of such deduction.
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26 U.S.C. § 3307
Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73