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Unemployment
Insurance Services
Tax Bureau

 General Unemployment
   Insurance (UI) Tax Questions    
(515) 281-5339 
(800) 972-2024

Unemployment Insurance
 Tax System (UITS) Questions
(888) 848-7442
(888-UITS4IA)
iwduitax@iwd.iowa.gov

Unemployment Insurance
Tax Online Reporting System

"Why UITS" Brochure

Search Iowa Unemployment
Services Division

Unemployment Insurance Tax Forms and Publications

Registration Instructions & Suggestions for Third Party Filers

 

Additional Employer Resources:

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Iowa Department of Revenue

 


Unemployment Insurance Tax
Information for Employers

General Unemployment Insurance Tax Information

All employers who are subject to Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance Law are required to submit the quarterly Employer’s Contribution & Payroll Report and to pay contributions due. For more information about Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance laws, download the Unemployment Insurance Handbook for Employers. 

Click here to view available methods to file your Employer's Contribution & Payroll Report and to pay Unemployment Insurance contributions.  The Unemployment Insurance Tax System (UITS), an online application, is the recommended filing and payment method for employers.

Unemployment Insurance Tax System (UITS)

Iowa Workforce Development launched the Unemployment Insurance Tax System (UITS) on January 8, 2007.  UITS allows employers doing business in the State of Iowa to electronically file the quarterly Employer's Contribution & Payroll Report and to pay Unemployment Insurance Contributions due online.

Reports for wages paid in the current quarter and the four previous quarters may be filed using this online system.  Please note:  Each report must be filed and processed in the order due before the next report can be filed online.

Before accessing the system, you must have an established Unemployment Insurance account number and know your Total Rate (State Experience Rate plus Reserve Rate) from your last filed report.  Complete the Report to Determine Liability (Form 60-0126) to apply for an Iowa Unemployment Insurance account number.

Step-by-step instructions have been provided in the UITS User's Guide.   Iowa Workforce Development recommends you review and print this manual before you begin.  You may view Frequently Asked Questions about the Unemployment Insurance Tax System (UITS) for further information.

If you are interested in learning more about this system, refer to the UITS Seminar Schedule listed below for your area.

To begin using UITS click here: UITS Online Reporting System.

If you have questions about UITS, please call (888) UITS4IA (888) 848-7442)

For general UI Tax questions call (515) 281-5339 or toll free (800) 562-4692.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

  • Great News!  You can now schedule your eCheck payment online using UITS. In addition, you will no longer incur a charge for the service delivery fee associated with eCheck payments in UITS.

  • The 2008 Taxable Wage Base is $22,800.

  • The 2007 Taxable Wage Base is $22,000.

  •  For information on filing the Multiple Worksite Report online, contact (800) 532-1249 or  (515) 281-8185.

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2008 UITS Seminar Schedule

There are currently no UITS seminars scheduled. Please check back at a later date.

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Contact Information

General UI Tax
Call: (515) 281-5339 or toll free (800) 562-4692

Unemployment Insurance Tax System (UITS)
Call: (888) UITS4IA (888) 848-7442 or E-mail .

Press 1:   UITS Updates

Press 2:   Technical Issues: Login assistance, server errors, computer requirements

Press 3:   All other UITS Questions: Payroll listing screen, file import, incorrect SSN,   taxable wages inconsistency, payment, trouble printing report, UITS seminars, etc.

Multiple Worksite Report
Call: (515) 281-8185 or toll free (800) 532-1249

Benefit Charges
You can obtain information about a Statement of Charges
or file an appeal by email. 

If the last two digits of your Iowa Unemployment Tax Account number are: 
01 through 50, email:

If the last two digits of your Iowa Unemployment Tax Account number are: 
51 through 00, email:

Correspondence can be mailed to: 

Iowa Workforce Development
Chargeback Unit
P.O. Box 10332
Des Moines, IA 50306-0332
FAX: (515) 242-0494