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General Information- Is the Unemployment Tax Registration system compatible with all browsers and browser versions?
- I was logged out while I was completing the registration. What happened to the registration?
- After I clicked the Next button, I realized I made an error on the previous page. How do I make corrections?
- I finalized my registration but failed to print a copy of the Registration Summary page. How do I get a copy of the information?
- I requested a password reset but never received an email message from TWC informing me of my temporary password. What can I do?
- Who can use Unemployment Tax Registration?
- Who cannot use Unemployment Tax Registration?
- Where can I get help completing the forms if I am unable to register online?
General Information
Is the Unemployment Tax Registration system compatible with all browsers and browser versions?
This site has been optimized for Internet Explorer 6.1 and higher and Firefox 2.x. Other browsers or versions may work, but they have not been tested with this site.
Back to TopI was logged out while I was completing the registration. What happened to the registration?
For security reasons, there is a 30-minute time limit on each individual web page. If you take longer on a single page, you will be logged out. The information from each web page is saved when you click the Next button. To continue with the registration, logon again and select the Resume link to the right of the registration.
Incomplete registrations are available for 1 year.
Back to TopOnce you click the Next button at the bottom of any page, information that you entered on that page is saved. On most pages, you can click the Previous button to return to the page you just completed. You will be able to review all of the entered information on the Review and Finalize page and link back to any section to make updates before finalizing the registration.
Important Note: The Employment Type and Business Type cannot be changed. A new registration will be required to use a different Employment Type or Business Type.
Back to TopTo print a registration, return to the Unemployment Tax Registration Home page, select the View link to the right of the registration, and use the print function on your browser.
Incomplete and Not Liable registrations will be deleted after 1 year of inactivity. Finalized registrations are available for 4 years after the Date Finalized.
Back to TopEnsure that your email address is correct. The email address that you supplied, when creating your User Profile in the Unemployment Tax Registration system, is used by TWC when you need to retrieve a password or User ID.
If your email system uses a Spam-Blocker or other utility that monitors email, you need to add tax@twc.texas.gov to your email Contacts or Address Book. This allows emails sent from this address to be accepted.
Back to TopWho Can or Cannot Register Online
Who can use Unemployment Tax Registration?
If you meet at least one of the following criteria, you are liable for state unemployment tax and can register using Unemployment Tax Registration.
- You paid wages in any calendar quarter in the amount of:
$1,000 or more for domestic service.
$6,250 or more for farm or ranch labor.
$1,500 or more for any other labor. - You have at least one employee for a day or part of a day in any 20 separate weeks during a calendar year. The weeks don't have to be consecutive and part-time employment counts toward this requirement.
- You acquired the organization, trade or business, or substantially all of the assets of a subject employer.
- You wish to voluntarily elect to pay state unemployment tax even though you do not meet any of the minimum criteria that would make it mandatory for you pay the tax.
- You are subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and had any employees in Texas, or you are required by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to be covered by the state.
- You employed a seasonal worker on a truck farm, orchard or vineyard.
- You employed migrant workers on a farm or ranch.
- You employed seasonal workers, who performed the same work at the same time and same place as migrant workers.
- You had 3 or more people, performing farm or ranch labor, in at least 20 separate weeks during a calendar year.
Who cannot use Unemployment Tax Registration?
You cannot register online if you meet any of the following criteria:
- You have not yet paid wages to persons working in Texas. You must wait until you pay wages to register.
- You paid wages to U.S. Citizens for services performed outside of the United States
- You are a non-profit organization that holds an Internal Revenue Service exemption under 501(c)(3)
- You are liable under two or more sections of Chapter 201 of the TUCA (domestic, regular, or farm & ranch)
- You are a state agency or political subdivision.
- You are exempt from the TUCA. A church is one example.
- Your mailing address is outside of the United States
Where can I get help completing the forms if I am unable to register online?
TWC Tax Accounts Representatives are available to help with questions you may have. Offices are located throughout the state. A listing of the local tax offices is available on the TWC web site. Registrants located outside Texas can call (512) 463-2731.
Back to TopInformation Required to Register
What information do I need to register?
All of the information below is required to complete the process and must be entered, so you should have it all on hand before starting. You may want to print this page before beginning the registration process.
Information needed to register:- Email address of business contact.
- Payroll information including when the business first hired an employee, when the first wages were paid, and total quarterly wage payment amounts paid by the business for all locations.
- If the business was acquired from a previous owner, you will need the name and address of the previous business owner.
- Owners', partners' or officers' social security numbers and residence addresses.
- The current United States mailing address for the registering entity.
- The trade name and physical address of each business location in Texas.
- Knowledge of the principal activities or products of the business.