Tax Bird

I'm wondering, if a person works for the same employer all year but in multiple States for varying durations, how do they file for unemployment? Seems to me a person files in their home State. If that's the case then does the employer have to pay into UI for the resident State of their employee as well as the work State (as a general rule)? Seems impractical to me but that may be the way it is. I'm wondering if anyone here has some insight they could share?

With which part are you having problems?

Geez Laura....you certainly have my sympathies. I read your post and thought 'there but for the grace of God go I'. As a sole practitioner with no other office assistance I live in dread of situations like this. Make it up to them the best way you know how. Let them know, without excuses, that you messed up. Thank them even for helping you to identify a flaw in your system of Quality Control. Were I in your situation, I would amend the 2006 for free and offer 2007 either free or at the lowest rate you can afford. I might even send a gift with a formal apology. In the meantime, forgive yourself your humanity. We are all vulnerable to mistakes, especially those of us who fly with no net.

I received a call from ATX indicating that in 2005 some of the MI SBT never made it to the State despite showing a status in ATX of 'accepted'. Thankfully only one of my returns were affected but according to the person I spoke with, she had a long list. For their part, ATX has called the State and the State has agreed to waive penalties.

Not necessarily. After I posted yesterday I found a great refernce on Multi State payroll issues. If I did it right, the file should be attached. MultiState_Payroll_Issues.pdf

See, now I recall a client of mine (who uses a 'national' payroll service) withholding based on home state for someone who worked just across the border in a neighboring State. Maybe a reciprocity agreement between the States made this possible. In any case, I'm off to research the State specific requirements. Thank you for your response.

I have a client who employs people from different States to work across the country. I'm thinking that in this situation the best thing to do would be to set up the State portion of the employees' withholding as the employees' home State. Does anyone know, in general, .... 1. If one can choose withholding by home State vs Work State? 2. If the company can set up a payroll account with the respective States without having to first obtain Authority to Operate in that State? Seems to me you can in both scenarios but I wanted to run it by you guys to see what you thought. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Hey Old Jack! I just noticed your new tag line... "Banned from discussing anything but tax by the highest authority." What a hoot!