Section 22-4-11.5-7 - Transferring all or part of trade or business; successor employers with substantially common ownership, management, or control(a) This section applies to a transfer of a trade or business that meets the following requirements:(1) An employer transfers all or a portion of the employer's trade or business to another employer.(2) At the time of the transfer, the two (2) employers have substantially common ownership, management, or control.(b) The successor employer shall assume the experience account balance of the predecessor employer for the resources and liabilities of the predecessor employer's experience account that are attributable to the transfer.(c) The contribution rates of both employers shall be recalculated, and the recalculated rate made effective on the first day of the calendar year during which the transfer occurred if the effective date of the transfer described in subsection (a) is before April 1, and the first day of the subsequent calendar year, if the effective date of the transfer described in subsection (a) is after March 31.(d) The payroll of the predecessor employer on the effective date of the transfer, and the benefits chargeable to the predecessor employer's original experience account after the effective date of the transfer, must be divided between the predecessor employer and the successor employer in accordance with rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2.(e) Any written determination made by the department is conclusive and binding on both the predecessor employer and the successor employer unless one (1) employer files or both employers file a written protest with the department setting forth all reasons for the protest. A protest under this section must be filed not later than fifteen (15) days after the date the department sends the initial determination to the employers. The protest shall be heard and determined under this section and IC 22-4-32-1 through IC 22-4-32-15. The predecessor employer, the successor employer, and the department shall be parties to the hearing before the liability administrative law judge and are entitled to receive copies of all pleadings and the decision.Amended by P.L. 122-2019,SEC. 26, eff. 7/1/2019.As added by P.L. 98-2005, SEC.9. Amended by P.L. 108-2006, SEC.18.