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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Unemployment taxes on the rise

Companies in at least 35 states will have to fork over more in unemployment insurance taxes this year, according to the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.

The median increase will be 27.5%. And employers in places such as Hawaii and Florida could see levies skyrocket more than ten-fold.

In addition, employers pay federal unemployment taxes. If states don't repay their federal loans, businesses could see their federal tax go up as well in coming years, said Rich Hobbie, executive director of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.

Largest projected increases (Nat’l Assoc. of State Workforce Agencies)
HI     600%
NE  150%
ID    115%
NH  106%
KS  100%

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