Missouri Laws 288.140 – Contribution adjustments or refunds
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 288.140
- Claimant: an individual who has filed an initial claim for determination of such individual's status as an insured worker, a notice of unemployment, a certification for waiting week credit, or a claim for benefits. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Contributions: the money payments to the unemployment compensation fund required by this chapter, exclusive of interest and penalties. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Determination: any administrative ruling made by the division without a hearing. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Division: the division of employment security which administers this chapter. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Employing unit: any individual, organization, partnership, corporation, common paymaster, or other legal entity, including the legal representatives thereof, which has or, subsequent to June 17, 1937, had in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Fund: the unemployment compensation fund established by this chapter. See Missouri Laws 288.030
If not later than three years after the date on which any contributions would have been required to be paid if due, an employing unit who has paid such contributions or interest thereon shall make application for an adjustment thereof in connection with subsequent contribution payments, or for a refund thereof because such adjustment is not practicable, and if the division shall determine that such contributions or interest or any portion thereof was erroneously collected, the division shall make an adjustment thereof, without interest, in connection with subsequent contribution payments, or if such adjustment is not practicable, the division shall refund such payment, without interest, from the fund. The division may, in its discretion, at any time and under such conditions and limitations as it may deem proper, make an adjustment or refund of contributions or interest paid thereon which the division finds has been erroneously collected, or any part thereof, if it finds there is good cause why such adjustment or refund should be made. The division shall not be required to refund any contributions based upon wages payable or paid which have been included in a determination of a claimant‘s benefit rights and which determination has become final.