Connecticut Revises Unemployment Tax Rate Caluclations

Connecticut’s unemployment tax rate calculations were revised to reduce the impact of pandemic-related unemployment benefit claims, under a measure signed May 3 by Gov. Ned Lamont (D).

Under the measure (H.B. 5377), effective starting with unemployment tax rates determined for 2022, unemployment benefits charged from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2021, are to be excluded from the calculation of tax rates for experienced employers.

Additionally, starting in 2022, the tax rate for new employers is to be calculated without regard to unemployment benefits charged in calendar years 2020 or 2021.

Excluding unemployment benefits charges from tax rate ...