PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

If the agency follows the required rules, the agency head or their designee may use agency money for administrative costs to pay back Federal, State, and local income taxes that an employee (or an employee and spouse filing jointly) owes because the employee got travel or transportation reimbursements. The repayment must cover all tax amounts caused by those reimbursements. For tax years 1993 and 1994 only, it also covers penalties and interest that happened when agencies failed to withhold the correct amounts after Public Law 102–486 changed the deductibility of travel expenses.

Title 5, §5706c

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(a)Under regulations prescribed pursuant to section 5707 of this title, the head of an agency or department, or his or her designee, may use appropriations or other funds available to the agency for administrative expenses, for the reimbursement of Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred by an employee of the agency or by an employee and such employee’s spouse (if filing jointly), for any travel or transportation reimbursement made to an employee for which reimbursement or an allowance is provided.

(b)Reimbursements under this section shall include an amount equal to all income taxes for which the employee and spouse, as the case may be, would be liable due to the reimbursement for the taxes referred to in subsection (a). In addition, reimbursements under this section shall include penalties and interest, for the tax years 1993 and 1994 only, as a result of agencies failing to withhold the appropriate amounts for tax liabilities of employees affected by the change in the deductibility of travel expenses made by Public Law 102–486.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Public Law 102–486, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 102–486, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2776, known as the Energy Policy Act of 1992. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 13201 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 105–264, § 4(c), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2354, provided that: “This section [enacting this section] shall be effective as of January 1, 1993.”

§5706c Reimbursement for Taxes Incurred on Money Received for Travel Expenses