New Hampshire Revised Statutes 80:7-a – Subcontractors’ Taxes
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 80:7-a
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Whenever a person, firm or corporation enters into a contract or agreement with the state or any political subdivision thereof and such contractor employs a subcontractor to perform any of the work contemplated by such contract or agreement, it shall be a stated term or condition of such contract, that said contractor will be liable for the payment of any taxes assessed in the name of and upon the property of the subcontractor, used by said subcontractor in the performance of said subcontract if assessed while said contract is being performed, to the extent of any sum or sums that may be due from the contractor to the subcontractor at the time of or after the contractor has been notified by the collector of taxes in writing that payment of said taxes has been demanded of said subcontractor but said subcontractor has failed, neglected or refused to pay the same. Said contractor may retain from the contract price the amount for which he is liable hereunder. The amount of the taxes for which the said contractor may be liable hereunder may be withheld or retained from the contract price under the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 80:7.