Connecticut Unemployment Tax Rules

Coverage: Same as under federal law. Also any business having at least one employee for some portion of a day in each of 13 different calendar weeks within either the current or preceding calendar year.

Rates: 1.1% — 6.0% (2006); 2.9% (new employers in 2006)

Taxable Wage Limit: $15,000

Employee Withholding: None

Administration:

Department of Labor
Employer Status Unit
200 Folly Brook Boulevard
Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109-1114
Telephone: 860-566-6000