2021 rate and filing frequency changes
Most states review and update employers’ unemployment insurance (SUI) rates effective January 1 for the new year. You should receive a new rate notice in late 2020 or early 2021 from each state in which you are registered.
You will also receive notification of revised state and local filing frequencies via agency letter or coupon book for your 2021 tax payments.
Please forward copies of rate notices or agency letters to your Insperity payroll specialist. Insperity does not receive this information from state and local agencies.
2021 federal tax deposit frequency
Each fall, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) mails employers Tax Deposit Frequency letters to notify them of their deposit frequency for the coming year. Based on your company’s total federal tax liability, your deposit frequency will be semi-weekly or monthly.
Please forward a copy of the notification letter to your Insperity payroll specialist as soon as you receive it. It contains important information needed by Insperity to correctly calculate due dates for your federal tax liability.
NOTE: If you deposit monthly, and your tax liability exceeds $100,000 within one deposit period, the associated deposit is required the next business day, and your filing frequency changes to semi-weekly for the remainder of the calendar year.
Offer your employees electronic year-end tax forms
In the October Hub, we provided information and instructions for employees to receive electronic year-end forms for the upcoming tax season. If you haven’t done so, please review the information provided in that article and reach out to your payroll specialist if you have any questions. All electronic forms will be available to employees on Jan. 20, 2021.