MS Code § 27-7-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 7 - Income Tax and Withholding|Article 1 - Income Tax|§ 27-7-45. Time for payment of tax or child support; effect of state officer's or employee's failure to pay; payment by check; manner of payment by corporation subject to LIFO recapture

  The tax levied by this article shall be paid when the return is due except as hereinafter provided.   If any officer or employee of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision thereof, does not pay his state income tax on or before August 15 after such income tax becomes due and payable, or is in arrears in child support payments for thirty (30) days after such payments become due and payable, his wages, salary or other compensation shall be withheld and paid to the Department of Revenue or the Department of Human Services, as the case may be, in satisfaction of such income tax, interest, and penalty, if any, and any child support arrearage until paid in full. This provision shall apply to any installments of income tax or child support due, after the first installment, to require payment of the entire balance of child support tax due, plus interest and penalty, if any, before an officer or employee of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision thereof, is eligible to draw any salary or other emoluments of office. The Commissioner of Revenue is required to furnish the State Fiscal Officer, chancery clerk, city clerk or other appropriate fiscal officer of a political subdivision, as the case may be, with notice that income taxes have not been paid. The Department of Human Services is required to furnish the officer's or the employee's employer, or other appropriate officer of the State of Mississippi or its political subdivision, as the case may be, with notice that child support payments have not been made. This notice shall serve as a lien or attachment upon any salary or compensation due any employee or officer, disregard of this notice creating personal liability against such officer for the full amount of the income tax due, plus interest and penalty. The Department of Revenue may, in its discretion, waive the provisions of this subsection on behalf of any public officer or employee in the event of an extended personal illness, an extended illness in his immediate family or other emergency. Regardless of the amount designated in the Department of Human Service's notice for withholding and regardless of other fees imposed or amounts withheld pursuant to this section, the payor shall not deduct from the income of the officer or employee in excess of the amounts allowed under Section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, being 15 USCS 1673, as amended.   The tax or child support payment may be paid with uncertified check during such time and under such regulations as the commissioner or the Department of Human Services shall prescribe, but if the check so received is not paid by the bank on which it is drawn, the officer or employee for whom such check is tendered shall remain liable for the payment of the tax, child support payment and for all penalties, the same as if such check had not been tendered.   If a corporation is subject to LIFO recapture pursuant to Section 1363(d) of the Code, then:   Any increase in the tax imposed by Section 27-7-5 by reason of the inclusion of the LIFO recapture amount in its income shall be payable in four (4) equal installments;   The first installment shall be paid on or before the due date (determined without regard to extensions) for filing the return for the first taxable year for which the corporation was subject to the LIFO recapture;   The three (3) succeeding installments shall be paid on or before the due date (determined without regard to extensions) for filing the corporation's return for the three (3) succeeding taxable years; and   For purposes of computing interest on underpayments, the last three (3) installments shall not be considered underpayments until after the payment due date specified above.     For purposes of this section, a political subdivision includes, but is not limited to, a county or separate school district, institution of higher learning, state college or university, or state community college.   The tax levied by this article and paid by a business enterprise located in a redevelopment project area under Sections 57-91-1 through 57-91-11 shall be deposited into the Redevelopment Project Incentive Fund created in Section 57-91-9.