New Jersey Payroll Services
New Jersey Payroll Tax And Labor Laws
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New Jersey is a state that accepts “joint applications.” SIT and SUI criteria are met with a single application for a single ID number.
Did you know that, according to an agreement with Pennsylvania, New Jersey does not require withholding from Pennsylvania residents’ earnings, salaries, or other remuneration if a Certificate of Non-Residence is filed with the employer?
New Jersey Wage and Hour Laws
Employers must pay at least $12 per hour to covered employees.
Except for the following personnel, who are not covered:
- outside salespeople; those in executive, administrative, or professional positions;
- automobile salespeople; and
- employees under the age of 18 who do not have permission from a specific vocational school.
New Jersey Payroll for Employers
Taxable Wage Base ($000s): 36,200
New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages) 2.6825
New Jersey Income Tax Withholding
Employers must withhold state income tax from employees’ paychecks and return the amounts withheld to the Division of Taxation in New Jersey.
All businesses in the state who pay wages subject to withholding must deduct the state tax from both resident and nonresident employees’ earnings and salaries.
New Jersey Benefits
Employer Right to Schedule Voting Hours No
Pay Deduction for Voting Time Leave No
A voting time leave law does not exist in New Jersey.
New Jersey State Tax Resources
Question on FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax Act)
See What is FUTA article
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