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(9) ) "Withholding tax" includes amounts an employer, any agent of an employer, or any other payer did not withhold in whole or in part from an employee's qualifying wages, but that, under applicable law, the employer, agent, or other payer is required to withhold from an employee's qualifying wages. (B)(1) This section applies to the following: (a) Any return required to be filed under applicable law for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016; (b) Income tax, estimated income tax, and withholding tax required to be paid or remitted to the Village on or after January 1, 2016. (2) This section does not apply to returns required to be filed or payments required to be made before January 1, 2016, regardless of the filing or payment date. Returns required to be filed or payments required to be made before January 1, 2016, but filed or paid after that date shall be subject to the ordinances or rules and regulations, as adopted before January 1, 2016, of the Village to which the return is to be filed or the payment is to be made. (C) Should any taxpayer, employer, agent of the employer, or other payer for any reason fails, in whole or in part, to make timely and full payment or remittance of income tax, estimated income tax, or withholding tax or to file timely with the Village any return required to be filed, the following penalties and interest shall apply: (1) Interest shall be imposed at the rate described in division (A) of this section, per annum, on all unpaid income tax, unpaid estimated income tax, and unpaid withholding tax. (2)(a) With respect to unpaid income tax and unpaid estimated income tax, the Village may impose a penalty equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the amount not timely paid. (b) With respect to any unpaid withholding tax, the Village may impose a penalty equal-te not exceedin? fifty percent (50%) of the amount not timely paid. (3) With respect to returns other than estimated income tax returns, the Village may impose a penalty of $25 for each failure to timely file each return, regardless of the liability shown thereon for each month, or any fraction thereof, during which the return remains unfiled regardless of the liability shown thereon. The penalty shall not exceed $150 for each failure. (D) Nothing in this section requires the Village to refund or credit any penalty, amount of interest, charges, or additional fees that the Village has properly imposed or collected before January 1, 2016. (E) Nothing in this section limits the authority of the Village to abate or partially abate penalties or interest imposed under this section when the Tax Administrator determines, in the Tax Administrator's sole discretion, that such abatement is appropriate. (F) By the 31S` day of October of each year the Village shall publish the rate described in division (A) of this section applicable to the next succeeding calendar year. (G) The Village may impose on the taxpayer, employer, any agent of the employer, or any other payer the Village's post-judgment collection costs and fees, including attorney's fees. 16