Connecticut State Tax Information

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Connecticut Department of Revenue Services

Connecticut Department of Labor

Withholding Requirements:

• Register as employer by filing Form UC-1A (Employer Status Report) to register online click here
• Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate: CT-W4
• Withholding Method = formula
• Supplemental Rate = Add to annualized regular wages, compute tax on total, and subtract tax withheld from regular wages.

Local Taxes:

None

State Unemployment Insurance (SUI):

Report quarterly wages and contributions by filing Form UC-5A (Employee Quarterly Earnings Report) and Form UC-2 (Employer Contribution Return) by last day of month following end of quarter: To file online click here

Wage base is $15,000 for 2012 and 2013
Rates range from 1.90% to 6.80% including fund solvency tax of 1.4%. for 2012 and 2013.
New employers use 4.2% for 2012, 4.5% for 2013.
Benefit ratio formula

State Disability Insurance (SDI):

None

State Labor Laws:

Minimum Wage - $8.25 per hour
Termination Pay - Fired - next business day. Quit - next regular payday.

New Hire Reporting:

Employers must report hiring, rehiring, and return to work within 20 days on Form CT-W4 (Employee's Withholding or Exemption Certificate) to:

Connecticut Department of Labor
Office of Research, ATTN; CT-W4
200 Folly Brook Boulevard
Wethersfield, CT 06109

860-263-6310

800-816-1108 fax (in state only)

To report online click here

Remit Withholding for Child Support to:

Child Support Division
Department of Human Resources
1049 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
860-424-5044

To report online click here

Reciprocal States:

None

For paycheck calculation visit the Connecticut Paycheck Calculator of PaycheckCity.

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