{"id":1986,"date":"2021-08-14T21:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.complianceprime.com\/blog\/?p=1986"},"modified":"2024-02-23T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T11:21:59","slug":"unemployment-tax-rules-for-multi-state-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.complianceprime.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/14\/unemployment-tax-rules-for-multi-state-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment Tax Rules For Multi-state Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unemployment tax rules for multi-state employees determine which state unemployment tax fund employers pay for an employee. Further, under unemployment tax rules for multi-state employees, payment of federal and state unemployment taxes for each employee comes with the employer job description; the only way a laid-off or furloughed employee has access to unemployment benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The state, to which the unemployment taxes are paid, for an employee, is the state that funds the employee\u2019s unemployment benefits; taxes are not paid to more than one state for a multi-state employee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, the unemployment tax rules depend on the employee\u2019s work scenario. To make the state unemployment determination, there are four types of tests that employers can use to determine which state an employee is covered by for unemployment purposes, the state to which the SUTA tax goes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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