Tax Registration Resources
Purpose: This guide will provide you with helpful resources for registering your tax accounts set up in BambooHR.
Tax Registration Resources
The table below provides the necessary information to help you get your taxes registered. A tax admin will reach out to you with any instructions or forms for tax types that may require access or POAs. If you have any tax-related questions, please reach out to [email protected].
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| State | Type |
Payroll Requirement for Filing & Remitting Payment |
Tax Registration Resource Website & Notes |
Phone Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! Register when your business employs one or more workers on at least one day in 20 or more different weeks during the current or preceding calendar year (weeks don't have to be consecutive) and paid wages of $1,500 or more in any calendar quarter during the current or preceding calendar year. It may take up to four weeks to receive your tax ID via mail. |
800-361-4524 |
| Alabama | Withholding | Account Number, Rate, Access (Sign-on ID & Access Code) |
Click here! | 334-242-1300 |
| Alaska | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register immediately after employing a worker. It may take 10-14 days to receive your tax ID. |
907-465-2757 |
| Arizona | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when you meet one of the following: pay wages of at least $1,500 during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year, you must report all gross wages and pay taxes on all taxable wages you paid during that entire calendar year. It can take 2 to 3 weeks to receive your Arizona SUTA tax number. |
602 -771-6601 |
| Arizona | Withholding | Account Number (Company FEIN), Frequency, POA | Click here! | 800-352-4090 |
| Arkansas | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when you meet one of the following: 1. You employ one or more workers for some portion of 10 or more days during a calendar year 2. You acquire the business or part of the business of an employer subject to unemployment taxes 3. You’re an agricultural employer who employs 10 or more workers in 20 or more different weeks during the current or preceding calendar year or 4. You’re an agricultural employer who paid a total of $20,000 in wages to workers during a calendar quarter. It may take 1 to 2 business days to receive your tax ID. |
501-682-4775 |
| Arkansas | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 501-683-2827 |
| California | Withholding, Unemployment |
Account Number, Frequency, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state if you operate a business and employ one or more employees, and when you pay wages in excess of $100 in a quarter. If you are a household employer of one or more household workers, you must register with the EDD when you pay cash wages of $750 or more in a calendar quarter. It may take about three days (online), 14 days (mail), or 10 days (fax) to receive your tax ID. |
916-654-7600 |
| Colorado | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 303-238-7378 |
| Colorado | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register when wages exceed $1,500 in a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take 10 to 15 business days to receive your tax ID. |
303-318-9100 |
| Colorado | PFML | Account Number, Access |
Click here! Clients will need to register with the state to receive an account number and then grant us Third Party access. |
1-866-263-2654 |
| Connecticut | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 860-297-5962 |
| Connecticut | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take seven days if registration is submitted by mail. |
860-263-6550 |
| Connecticut | Paid Family Leave | Register Your Business, FEIN (This will be used as your Tax ID number) |
Click here! Registration depends on what type of business it is. |
See agency website |
| Delaware | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take one to eight weeks to receive your tax ID. |
800-794-3032 |
| Delaware | Wilmington | Account Number, Frequency |
Click here! Use the same link for DE Wilmington Earned Income Tax and Wilmington New Castle - Head |
See agency website |
| Delaware | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | See agency website |
| District of Columbia | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access |
Click here! | See agency website |
| District of Columbia | Unemployment/ Paid Family Leave | Account Number, Rate, POA | Click here! | 877-319-7346 |
| Florida | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take two to four weeks to receive your tax ID. |
See agency website |
| Georgia | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 877-423-6711 |
| Georgia | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take 4 to 6 weeks to receive your tax ID by mail. |
855-436-7365 |
| Hawaii | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register when the business or organization employs an individual. It may take two weeks to receive your tax ID. |
808-586-8926 |
| Hawaii | Withholding | Account Number, Access | Click here! | 808-587-4242 |
| Idaho | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access (Pin), POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take 2 to 4 days to receive your tax ID. |
208-947-1055 |
| Idaho | Withholding | Account Number, TAP Access Code, POA |
Click here! | 208-334-7660 |
| Illinois | Withholding | Account Number (Company FEIN), Frequency | Click here! | 217-524-4772 |
| Illinois | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take 7 to 10 business days to receive your tax ID. |
800-247-4984 |
| Indiana | Withholding | Location ID, Frequency, Access |
Click here! | 317-232-2240 |
| Indiana | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when one of the following is met: 1. Regular business entities must pay SUTA tax if they have a liability of one dollar or more in remuneration to a covered worker. 2. Domestic employers are liable for SUTA tax if they hired household help of any kind and paid a total of $1,000 or more in wages in any calendar quarter in a calendar year. 3. Agricultural employers who pay $20,000 or more in wages in a calendar quarter or have 10 or more agricultural employees for some part of a day for 20 weeks during a calendar year must pay SUTA tax. It may take up to four weeks to receive your tax ID by mail. |
800-891-6499 |
| Iowa | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 1-800-367-3388 |
| Iowa | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year and no later than one month after the first hire in Iowa. Tax IDs are provided immediately after registering. |
866-239-0843 |
| Kansas | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access Code |
Click here! | 785-368-8222 |
| Kansas | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Third-Party Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If you register online you will receive your tax ID immediately otherwise it may take 7 to 10 business days by mail. |
785-296-5027 |
| Kentucky | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 502-564-7287 |
| Kentucky | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If you register online you may receive your tax ID within 3 to 5 business days otherwise seven days by mail. |
502-564-2168 |
| Louisiana | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take 3 to 5 business days to receive your tax ID. |
866-783-5567 |
| Louisiana | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 855-307-3893 |
| Maine | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 207-626-8475 |
| Maine | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If you register online it may take 1 to 2 weeks to receive your tax ID otherwise 3 to 4 weeks by mail. |
207-621-5120 |
| Maryland | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 1-800-638-2937 |
| Maryland | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take 4 to 6 weeks to receive your tax ID. |
410-260-7980 |
| Massachusetts | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access |
Click here! | See agency website |
| Massachusetts | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when one of the following is met: 1. Have employees working one or more days in 13 weeks during a calendar year. 2. Pay wages of $1,500 or more in any calendar quarter. You will receive your tax ID immediately after registering online. |
617-626-6800 |
| Massachusetts | Paid Family Leave | Account Number, Frequency, Access | Click here! | 617-466-3950 |
| Michigan | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | See agency website |
| Michigan | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when $1,000 or more in wages for covered employment in a calendar year (e.g., January 1 – December 31) are reached or if the business employed one or more employees in each of any 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take one week to receive your tax ID if online registration was submitted otherwise it will be 6 to 8 weeks by mail. |
866-500-0017 |
| Minnesota | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 800-657-3594 |
| Minnesota | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state within 30 of the first hire. You will receive your tax ID immediately. |
651-296-6151 |
| Mississippi | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access, 9 digit Letter ID |
Click here! | 601-923-7700 |
| Mississippi | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages reach $1,500 in a calendar quarter OR if at least one worker performs services in some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks in a calendar year. If registration is completed online you will receive your tax ID within 24 - 48 hours otherwise it may take two weeks. |
888-844-3577 |
| Missouri | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when: 1. Pays $1,500 in wages in a calendar quarter 2. Has a worker for some portion of a day in each of 20 different weeks of a calendar year 3. Becomes liable under the FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) and employs a worker in the state 4. Is determined to be a successor to a liable state employer by the Division of Employment Security (DES). It may take up to one month to receive your tax ID. |
800-320-2519 |
| Missouri Local - Kansas City | Local - Kansas City | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 816-513-1313 |
| Missouri | Withholding | Account Number, 4-digit PIN, Access, POA | Click here! | 573-751-5860 |
| Montana | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access | Click here! | 406-444-6900 |
| Montana | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access, POA |
Click here! Register with the state if your total annual payroll for the current or preceding calendar year equals or exceeds $1,000. It may take up to 5 to 7 business days to receive your tax ID. |
406-444-2545 or 406-247-1000 |
| Nebraska | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 800-742-7474 |
| Nebraska | Unemployment |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take 1 to 2 weeks to receive your tax ID. |
402-471-9898 | |
| Nevada | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Generally, any employer that has paid wages for employment in the state of $225 or more during any calendar quarter must register with the state and pay taxes on those wages. Please call the state to find out the time frame for receiving your tax ID. |
See agency website |
| New Hampshire | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take two weeks to receive your tax ID if you register online otherwise you will receive your tax ID within three weeks by mail. |
603-228-4048 |
| New Jersey | Withholding, Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Pin |
Click here! Register with the state if you employ one or more individuals and pay wages of $1,000 or more in a calendar year. The tax ID is the same as the FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number). |
888-795-6672 |
| New Mexico | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access, Form ACD-31102 |
Click here! | 866-285-2996 |
| New Mexico | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state if the following apply: 1. Non-agricultural employers are subject to SUTA tax if their total payroll for any calendar quarter for New Mexico employment is $450 or more or if there are one or more employees (part-time workers included) employed in any part of the week in each of 20 weeks within a calendar year. 2. Domestic employers are liable if the total payroll for any calendar quarter for New Mexico employment is $1,000 or more. The state tax ID will be received immediately. |
877-664-6984 |
| New York | Withholding, Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access (WH only), POA |
Click here! Register with the state if one or more employees were paid $300 or more in wages in any calendar quarter. Domestic employers are liable if they paid $500 or more in cash wages to employees in any calendar quarter. Registering online will provide the tax ID within one - three days otherwise it will be received within seven business days by mail. |
888-209-8124 |
| North Carolina | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 877-308-9103 |
| North Carolina | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access | Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. Registering online will provide the tax ID immediately otherwise the tax ID will be received within 3-6 weeks by mail. | 866-278-3822 |
| North Dakota | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Letter ID (to add client to third-party access) |
Click here! | 701-328-1241 |
| North Dakota | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take up to 6 to 8 weeks to receive the tax ID. |
701-328-4995 |
| Ohio | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access |
Click here! | 888-405-4039 |
| Ohio | School District | All Ohio School District tax types share the same Tax ID as your Ohio Withholding account. |
888-405-4039 | |
| Ohio | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If registering online you will receive the tax ID immediately otherwise, it may take up to 4 to 6 weeks to receive the tax ID. |
866-644-6468 |
| Ohio Local - Rita | Ohio Local Tax | FEIN and payment frequency | 800-8607482 | |
| Oklahoma | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 405-521-3125 |
| Oklahoma | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Third-Party Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take up to 2 to 4 weeks to receive the tax ID. |
405-525-1500 |
| Oregon | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state if $1,000 or more were paid to employees in a calendar quarter or employed one or more employees in each of 18 weeks during a calendar year. it may take up to 1 to 2 weeks to receive the tax ID. |
503-947-1544 |
| Oregon | Withholding | Account Number, Rate, Access | Click here! | 503-945-8100 |
| Oregon | Eugene | Account Number | Click here! | 888-751-1911 |
| Pennsylvania | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 1-717-787-1064 |
| Pennsylvania | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! There is no minimum amount of wages needed to register, however, the employer is to register within 30 days after the first hire. Registering online will provide a tax ID within 2 to 3 days otherwise it may take 2 to 3 weeks to receive the tax ID. |
866-403-6163 |
| Puerto Rico | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, Access (Login Info) | Click here! | See agency website |
| Puerto Rico | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access (Login Info) |
Click here! | |
| Rhode Island | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | (401) 574-8829 |
| Rhode Island | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! There is no minimum amount of wage, however, most employers with one or two employees are subject to the Employment Security and Temporary Disability Insurance Acts. Registering online will provide the tax ID within four weeks otherwise it may take up to 4 to 6 weeks to receive the tax ID. |
401-574-8484 |
| South Carolina | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 844-898-8542 |
| South Carolina | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take up to 7 to 10 days to receive the tax ID. |
803-737-2400 |
| South Dakota | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If registering online you will receive the tax ID immediately otherwise it may take up to 2 to 3 weeks by mail. |
605-626-2312 |
| Tennessee | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Frequency, POA |
Click here! Registration with an agency is required if any one of the following apply: 1. Pay or expect to pay wages of $1,500 or more in any calendar quarter 2. Employ or expect to employ one or more workers during some part of a day in each of 20 calendar weeks of a calendar year (both full and part-time workers) 3. Are liable under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) and have at least one employee in Tennessee regardless of the number of weeks employed or the amount of payroll. It may take up to ten business days to receive the tax ID. |
877-813-0950 |
| Texas | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If registering online you will receive the tax ID immediately otherwise it may take up to two weeks to receive the tax ID. |
800-628-5115 |
| Utah | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency, PIN | Click here! | 801-297-2200 |
| Utah | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, PIN |
Click here! Registration is required if one or more individuals are employed for some portion of the day during the calendar year. Registering online will provide the tax ID immediately. |
801-526-9675 |
| Vermont | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If registering online you will receive the tax ID within 1 to 10 days otherwise it may take up to 14 days. |
802-828-4344 |
| Vermont | Withholding | Account Number, Access | Click here! | 802-828-2518 |
| Virginia | Withholding, Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. If registering online you will receive the tax ID immediately otherwise it may take up to 6 to 8 weeks by mail. |
See agency website |
| Washington | Unemployment | Account Number (ESD & UBI), Rate |
Click here! Registration is required if individuals are employed in the state. Registering online will provide the tax ID within three days or up to two weeks by mail. |
855-829-9243 |
| Washington L&I | Local Worker Comp | Account Number, Rate, Access, POA |
Click here! | 360-902-5800 |
| Washington PFML | Local PFML |
POA, Account Number, Registration required, Access |
Click here! | 833-717-2273 |
| West Virginia | Withholding | Account Number, Frequency | Click here! | 304-558-3333 or 1-800-982-8297 |
| West Virginia | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take up to 2 to 7 days to receive the tax ID. |
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| Wisconsin | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take up to 1 to 2 weeks to receive the tax ID. |
608-261-6700 |
| Wisconsin | Withholding | Account Number, Rate, POA |
Click here! |
608-266-2776 |
| Wyoming | Unemployment | Account Number, Rate, POA, Access |
Click here! Register with the state when wages of at least $1,500 are reached during a calendar quarter or employ at least one worker for some part of a day in 20 different weeks in a calendar year. It may take up to four weeks to receive the tax ID. |
See agency website |
You will be able find direct tax registration links when you go to add taxes for the first time in BambooHR.