Indiana Issues 2021 Unemployment Tax Rates

Indiana’s range of unemployment tax rates is not to change in 2021, the state Department of Workforce Development said Dec. 22.

Effective Jan. 1, 2021, unemployment tax rates are to range from 0.5% to 3.8% for positive-rated employers and from 4.9% to 7.4% for negative-rated employers, the department said on its website. A solvency surcharge is not to be in effect for 2021.

The standard unemployment tax rate for new employers is to be 2.5% in 2021, unchanged from 2020. The tax rate for new construction employers also is to be 2.5%, down from 2.53% for 2020.

Indiana’s unemployment-taxable ...