Table of Contents | Introduction | Registration | New Employer Info
Reportable Wages & Employment | Employer Tax Rates
Payments & Reports | Misc. Questions | Penalties
Electronic Filing & Payments | Electronic Media Reporting
Benefits Eligibility and Charging | Important Phone Numbers
Printable PDF Handbook | Downloadable Forms

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Montana UI Employer’s Handbook Table of Contents

Introduction


What is Unemployment Insurance?
Terms

Section 1: Registration
Who pays Unemployment Insurance taxes
How to determine which employers are covered

Section 2: New Employer Information "At a Glance"
Taxable wage base
Rates for new employers
Administrative Fund Tax
What records do I have to keep?

Section 3: Reportable Wages and Employment
Wages or Not?
Montana UI Wage & Employment Tax Chart
Independent Contractors

Section 4: Employer UI Tax Rates
Experience Rated Employer
Unemployment Insurance Tax Schedule & Rates
Experience Rating Transfers
Reimbursable Employer
Governmental Employer

Section 5: Payments and Reports
When are Quarterly Reports due?
Where do I get a Quarterly Report?
How may I adjust a report?
UI-5 Quarterly Wage Report

Section 6: Miscellaneous Questions
Bankruptcy and Unemployment Insurance
Contractor's certificate of coverage
Appealing a department's decision

Section 7: Penalties
Penalty and Interest for Late Remittance
Other Penalties

Section 8: Electronic Filing & Payment
Internet Reporting & Payment: WARP on the Web
ACH Debit/WARP on the Web Registration(tear out form)
Electronic Media Reporting
Electronic Media Reporting Application(tear out form)

Section 9: Benefits Eligibility and Charging
Reason for Separation
Re-Qualifying Wages
Fact Finding
What Employers Can Do To Help Insure a Fair Determination
Job/Union Attached Status
Job Offers/Refusals
Notice of Potential Benefit Charges
Charges are Relieved for Experience Rated Employers
Charging Determinations Differ from Non-Monetary Determinations
How Non-Monetary Decisions Affect Charges
Statement of Benefits Paid
Employer address for benefit notices
Claims Investigations
Reporting Potential Fraud
Claims Investigation Audit
Information that is Needed if Selected for a Claims Investigation Audit
Overpayments
Privacy
Benefit Accuracy Measurement/Quality Control
Other Quality Reviews

Section 10: Important Phone Numbers
Important Phone Numbers
Montana Job Service Workforce Centers
UI Field Representatives


Table of Contents | Introduction | Registration | New Employer Info
Reportable Wages & Employment | Employer Tax Rates
Payments & Reports | Misc. Questions | Penalties
Electronic Filing & Payments | Electronic Media Reporting
Benefits Eligibility and Charging | Important Phone Numbers
Printable PDF Handbook | Downloadable Forms

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