The largest single bill, $5,304, is owed by the Missouri Times to the Missouri Department of Labor, Division of Employment Security, for unpaid
unemployment insurance taxes covering the period between April 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled last week that a Portland taxicab company must pay
unemployment insurance taxes for certain drivers because they were improperly classified as independent contractors, the Associated Press reported.
Employers pay
unemployment insurance taxes for each employee.
On average,
unemployment insurance taxes will decline to 2.
The bill analysis on that proposal said that as many as 40 percent of construction workers were working "off the books - resulting in close to $9 million a year in lost revenue in a single area of the state as a result of unpaid state
unemployment insurance taxes and federal taxes.
The program, which is administered by the state, is paid for through a surcharge on employer
unemployment insurance taxes.
The Granite State was weighted positively for its few restrictions on employer inquiries into a job applicant's history, the low ratio of labor and employment lawsuits per capita, and a relatively low wage ceiling for
unemployment insurance taxes.
Businesses in at least 35 states will have to pay more in
unemployment insurance taxes this year, with the median increase of unemployment insurance tax at 27.
The Tax Foundation's index measures the competitiveness of the 50 states' tax systems and ranks them based on the taxes that matter most to businesses and business investment: corporate income, individual income, sales, property and
unemployment insurance taxes.
Unemployment insurance taxes lower the paychecks of all workers to provide the funds that cover unemployment benefits for workers who lose their jobs.
In a statement, Jindal, who is slated to give the Republican response to President Barack Obama's message to Congress on Tuesday, expressed concern that expanding unemployment insurance coverage would lead to increased
unemployment insurance taxes later on, Politico.
It looks at individual income taxes, major business taxes, sales taxes,
unemployment insurance taxes, and taxes on wealth or assets such as property.
