Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 53 Part 2.djvu/913

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53 STAT.] 76TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 666 -AUG. 10, 1939 "(3) Such lower rate, with respect to contributions to a separate reserve account, is permitted only when (A) compensation has been payable from such account throughout the preceding cal- endar year, and (B) such account amounts to not less than five times the largest amount of compensation paid from such account within any one of the three preceding calendar years, and (C) such account amounts to not less than 71/2 per centum of the total wages payable by him (plus the total wages payable by any other employers who may be contributing to such account) with respect to employment in such State in the preceding calendar year. "(4) Effective January 1, 1942, paragraph (3) of this subsection is amended to read as follows: "'(3) No reduced rate of contributions to a reserve account is permitted to a person (or group of persons) having individuals in his (or their) employ unless (A) compensation has been pay- able from such account throughout the year preceding the compu- tation date, and (B) the balance of such account amounts to not less than five times the largest amount of compensation paid from such account within any one of the three years preceding such date, and (C) the balance of such account amounts to not less than 21/2 per centum of that part of the pay roll or pay rolls for the three years preceding such date by which contributions to such account were measured, and (D) such contributions were payable to such account with respect to the three years preceding the computation date.' "(b) CERTIFICATION BY THE BOARD WITH RESPECT TO ADDITIONAL CREDIT ALLOWANCE.- "(1) On December 31 in each taxable year, the Board shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the law of each State (certified with respect to such year by the Board as provided in section 1603) with respect to which it finds that reduced rates of contributions were allowable with respect to such taxable year only in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. "(2) If the Board finds that under the law of a single State (certified by the Board as provided in section 1603) more than one type of fund or account is maintained and reduced rates of contributions to more than one type of fund or account were allowable with respect to any taxable year, and one or more of such reduced rates were allowable under conditions not fulfilling the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the Board shall, on December 31 of such taxable year, certify to the Secre- tary of the Treasury only those provisions of the State law pur- suant to which reduced rates of contributions were allowable with respect to such taxable year under conditions fulfilling the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, and shall, in con- nection therewith, designate the kind of fund or account, as defined in subsection (c) of this section, established by the pro- visions so certified. If the Board finds that a part of any reduced rate of contributions payable under such law or under such provisions is required to be paid into one fund or account and a part into another fund or account, the Board shall make such certification pursuant to this paragraph as it finds will assure the allowance of additional credits only with respect to that part of the reduced rate of contributions which is allowed under provisions which do fulfill the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. "(3) The Board shall, within thirty days after any State law is submitted to it for such purpose, certify to the State agency 1389 Certification by the Board with respect to additional credit al- lowance. Ante, p . 185; post. p. 1391. I.R.C.§1603.