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Did you know that Texas has no state income tax?

However, employers still have a number of things to keep in mind when it comes to paying employees and collecting taxes from them. This page gives Texas small business owners an overview of the following areas related to Texas payroll services:

• Texas Compensation
• Texas Payroll for Employers
• Texas Income Tax Withholding
• Texas Unemployment Insurance
• Texas Benefits
• Texas Links

Texas Compensation

Employees covered by the Texas minimum wage law must be paid $7.25 an hour.

All employees are covered except for:

• those working in an executive, administrative, or professional capacity;
• outside salespersons and collectors on commission;
• certain agricultural employees;
• those under age 18 who are not vocational or high school graduates; and
• students under age 20, except those in agriculture.

Texas Payroll for Employers

Employers covered by the Texas wage payment law must pay wages at least semi-monthly. However, monthly payments are allowed for employees who are exempt from the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. If employers do not designate other days, paydays must be on the first and 15th days of each month.

All employees are covered, except those specifically exempt by statute; among those exempt are independent contractors and certain family members.

Texas Unemployment:

Taxable Wage Base ($000s):                        9,000

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New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages)    2.7

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Employee Tax Rate (% Taxable Wages)     None

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Period Effective                                             Calendar Year 2018

Texas Unemployment Insurance

You are liable for these unemployment taxes in Texas if:

• You have at least one employee for a day or part of a day during 20 weeks of a calendar year. These weeks do not have to be consecutive.
• You paid wages in a calendar quarter of $1,000 or more for domestic service; $6,250 or more for farm or ranch labor; or $1,500 or more for any other labor.
• You acquired your business.
• You are subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax and had any employees in Texas.
• You employed a seasonal worker on a truck, farm, orchard or vineyard; or migrant workers on a farm or ranch; or seasonal workers, who did the same work in the same place and time as migrant workers.
• You had 3 or more people, performing farm or ranch labor, during 20 weeks of the year.

 

Registering for Unemployment Taxes

The Texas Workforce Commission allows you to register online for unemployment taxes. You'll need the following materials to register:

• Email address of business contact.
• Payroll information, such as employment history for employees, when wages were first paid and the amount of your quarterly wage payments.
• Names of any previous owners.
• Social security numbers for business owners.
• Any business mailing addresses.
• Understanding of the products and/or services offered by the business.

 

The following employer types are not liable for unemployment insurance taxes in the state of Texas:

• Customers/clients of independent contractors.
• Extremely small employers that pay less than $1,500 in wages in a year.
• Exempt employees.

Texas Income Tax Withholding

Only Texas, Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and Wyoming have no state income tax.

Texas Benefits

Texas Voting Rights:

Employer Right to Schedule Voting Hours         Unspecified

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Pay Deduction for Voting Time Leave                 Prohibited

Texas requires employers to allow employees sufficient leave time to vote.

All employers in Texas must allow employees time off to vote. This summary is restricted to coverage of private employers.

The law does not specify the exact amount of leave time that must be granted. Employers do not have to grant leave time to employees who have two consecutive non-work hours to vote.

Texas Links