It can be difficult to clearly see the impact that an unemployment claim may have on a company’s unemployment tax payments. A reasonable person might struggle to identify any correlation between unemployment benefit charges and tax increases or decreases. Other factors may impact on your tax rate in the near term, masking the effect of [...]
Service Bulletins
UI Compensation for Military Spouses
March 17th, 2008
Should employers share the financial burden faced by the family of a soldier who must move because he/she is transferred to a new duty station in the U.S. Armed Forces? This is an interesting public policy issue which we have not heard discussed. However, we have observed a trend to shift part of the cost [...]
Texas Unemployment Law Changes
March 10th, 2008
Click here for an example of amended Texas unemployment tax rate notice for 2008, as well as an explanatory letter from the Texas Workforce Commission. In a nutshell, the 0.12% Replenishment Tax Rate has been removed for 2008, reducing your total tax rate about that amount.
If you made a voluntary contribution for 2008, this will have [...]