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Unemployment tax changes: How they affect you

The Minnesota Legislature has passed, and Governor Walz has signed into law, a Trust Fund Replenishment bill. The new law reduces the amount of unemployment tax and assessments a taxpaying employer will owe in 2022.

Law changes:
2022 Base Tax Rate changed from 0.50% to 0.10%
2022 Additional Assessment changed from 14.00% to 0.00%
2022 Special Assessment (Federal Interest Loan Assessment) changed from 1.80% to 0.00%

 

What you need to know

Employers

  • Wage Detail - Your 1st quarter 2022 Wage Detail Report and payment must be received by the department on or before the 1st quarter due date.
  • Initial Amount Due - Your UI tax amount due for 1st quarter 2022 was calculated (using the pre-law-change rates) when you submitted your wage detail report for 1st quarter 2022.
  • Recalculations - We will need to recalculate your UI tax amount for 1st quarter 2022.
    -You will not know your new amount due until we complete the recalculation.
    -The recalculation process cannot start until the bill is signed into law.
    -It will take us several days to complete the recalculations for all 130,000 employers.
    -We will send you a letter and update this website once the recalculation is complete.
  • Credits – If you have already paid the initial amount due for 1st quarter 2022, the recalculation process will create a credit on your UI account.
    -You will be able to see the credit on your account once we let you know that the recalculation is complete. How can I see my credit?
    -Any credits on your account will be automatically carried forward and applied to any future amount due for 2nd quarter 2022.
    -You can also request a refund of the credit amount (see requesting a refund, below).
  • Payments – If you have not already paid the initial amount due for 1st quarter 2022, the recalculation process will simply update the amount due to the new amount.
    -You will be able to see the new amount due once we let you know that the recalculation is complete. How can I see my amount due?
    -You will need to promptly pay the amount due to avoid any late fees or interest being assessed.
  • Refunds – If you have a credit on your account after the recalculation is complete, you can request a refund of that amount. -Learn how to request a refunds
  • -Refunds are not automatic.
    Depending upon the volume and complexity of the refund requests, the refund process could take several months before refund checks are issued.

 

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