97B.11A - PICKUP OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. - Iowa Statutes

97B.11A PICKUP OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. 1. Notwithstanding section 97B.11 or other provisions of this chapter, beginning January 1, 1995, for federal income tax purposes, and beginning January 1, 1999, for state income tax purposes, member contributions required under section 97B.11 which are picked up by the employer shall be considered employer contributions for federal and state income tax purposes, and each employer shall pick up the member contributions to be made under section 97B.11 by its employees. Each employer shall pick up these contributions by reducing the salary of each of its employees covered by this chapter by the amount which each employee is required to contribute under section 97B.11 and shall pay the amount picked up in lieu of the member contributions as provided in section 97B.14. 2. Member contributions picked up by each employer under subsection 1 shall be treated as employer contributions for federal and state income tax purposes only and for all other purposes of this chapter shall be treated as employee contributions and deemed part of the employee's wages or salary.          Section History: Recent Form 94 Acts, ch 1183, §13; 98 Acts, ch 1174, §2, 6 Referred to in § 97B.1A, 97B.14, 97B.49B, 97B.49C