What You Need to Know: 2015 Wisconsin Taxes

Looking for Wisconsin state tax information? We provide the latest resources on state tax, unemployment, income tax and more.Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development

Wisconsin Withholding Requirements:

• Register as an employer by clicking here
• Wisconsin Withholding Exemption Certificate/ New Hire Reporting = Form WT-4
• Withholding Method = formula
• Supplemental Rate = Add to regular wages for current or preceding period, compute tax on total, and subtract tax withheld on regular wages, or withhold at: As of 4/1/2014

4.0% if annual gross < $10,9105.84% if annual gross > $10,910 and < $21,8206.27% if annual gross > $21,820 and < $240,1907.65% if annual gross > $240,190 and over

Wisconsin Local Taxes

None

Wisconsin State Unemployment Insurance (SUI):

Reserve ratio formulaRate schedule A in effectWage base is $14,000 for 2015 and 2016
Contribution rates range from 0.27% to 12.00%
New employers with payroll $500,000 use 3.6% for 2014 and 201
5New employers with payroll $500,000 use 4.1% for 2014 and 2015
New construction employers pay 6.6% in 2014 and 2015.All rates include the solvency tax. The solvency tax is assigned to the employer based on their contribution rate.

Wisconsin State Disability Insurance (SDI):

None

Wisconsin State Labor Laws:

Minimum wage - The Federal minimum wage rate applies.
Termination Pay - Fired/Quit - next regular payday. If fired due to merging, liquidating or otherwise disposing of the business, ceasing business operations in whole or in part, or relocating all or part of the business to another area within or without the state, the employer, or the successors in interest of the employer, shall pay all unpaid wages to the employee at the usual place of payment within 24 hours of the time of separation. Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations 109.03(2), 109.03(4)

Wisconsin New Hire Reporting:

Employers must report hiring, rehiring, and return to work within 20 days on Form W-4, Wisconsin for WT-4, electronically, by telephone, by internet to:Wisconsin New Hire Reporting
P.O. Box 14431 Madison, WI 53708-0431
Phone: 888-300-4473
Fax: 800-277-8075

Remit Withholding for Wisconsin Child Support to:

Wisconsin Support Collections Trust Fund
P.O. Box 74400Madison, WI 53274-0400
Phone: 877-209-521
To report online click hereReciprocal States:Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan

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