Virginia State Tax Information

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  Virginia Department of Taxation

Virginia Employment Commission

Withholding Requirements:

• Register as an employer by completing form R-1 or online by clicking here
• Employee's Income Tax Withholding Exemption Certificate: Form VA-4
• Withholding Method = formula
• Supplemental Rate = Withhold at 5.75% of the total.

Local Taxes:

None

State Unemployment Insurance (SUI):

Benefit ratio formula

Wage base is $8,000 for 2012 and 2013
Rates range from 0.68% to 6.78%
New employers use 3.23% in 2012; 3.08% in 2013
Foreign contractors doing business in VA use 6.93% in 2012 and 6.78% in 2013

State Disability Insurance (SDI):

None

State Labor Laws:

Minimum Wage -The Federal minimum wage rate applies.

Termination Pay - Fired/Quit - next regular payday.

New Hire Reporting:

Employers must report hiring, rehiring, and return to work within 20 days on Virginia New Hire Reporting form to:

Virginia New Hire Reporting Center
PO Box 640097
Atlanta, GA 30364 
Phone: 800-979-9014
Fax: 800-688-2680 

To report online click here

Remit Withholding for Child Support to:

Division of Support Enforcement
Department of Social Services
PO Box 570
Richmond, VA 23218-0570
Phone: 800-468-8894

to report online click here

Reciprocal States:

Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, West Virginia

For paycheck calculation visit the Virginia Paycheck Calculator of PaycheckCity.

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