President's UI tax plan far from a done deal…kind of like the governor's better idea
Yesterday Emily wrote about President Obama’s plan to allow states to raise their unemployment insurance taxes and provide some temporary debt relief to states that have borrowed from the feds. Today that plan appears to be in a little trouble. The Wall Street Journal reports that Capitol Hill Republicans oppose the proposal, though states that […]
8th of February 2011
President's Budget and UI Taxable Wages
The Wall Street Journal reports that the President’s budget (to be released next week) will include a provision that would increase the level of wages subject to the federal unemployment tax, as a way to “restock strained state unemployment-insurance trust funds.” Currently, the taxable wage base is set at $7,000; the President would increase that […]
18th of January 2010
Unemployment Insurance Burden
This table compares the unemployment tax burden in Washington with that in other states.