Florida State Tax Information

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Florida Department of Revenue
Florida Agency for Workforce Administration

Withholding Requirements:

• Register as employer by filing Form DR-1 (Application to Collect and/or Report Tax in Florida). To apply online click here
• No Withholding Tax
• Withholding Method = none
• Supplemental Rate = none

Local Taxes:

none

State Unemployment Insurance (SUI):

Report quarterly wages and contributions by filing Form UCT-6 (Employer's Quarterly Tax Report) and Form UCT-6 (Employer's Quarterly Tax Report) by last day of month following end of quarter: To file online click here

Wage base is $7,000

Rates range from 2.02% to 5.40%
Participants in the short-time compensation program are subject to rate 1% about the maximum.
New employers use 2.7%
There is a special assessment tax for 2012.  Contact DEO for more information.
Benefit ratio formula

State Disability Insurance (SDI):

none

State Labor Laws:

Minimum wage - $7.31 per hour effective 6/1/2011. $7.67 per hour effective 1/1/12.

Termination Pay - no provision.

New Hire Reporting:

Employers must report hiring, rehiring, and return reporting to work within 20 days of the first day of work on form W-4 (or equivalent) to:
Department of Labor and Employment Security
Division of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau of Tax
P.O. Box 7950
Tallahassee, FL 32399-7950
904-922-9590
850-921-3976 (fax)

To report online click here

Remit withholding for child support to:

Office of Child Support Enforcement
Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services
1317 Winewood Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
904-922-9590

To report online click here

Reciprocal states:

None

For paycheck calculation visit the Florida Paycheck Calculator of PaycheckCity.

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