Unemployment State
Use these procedures to create or maintain an employee’s tax authority and worksite on the Unemployment State (0209) infotype. This infotype is used to identify the tax authority applicable to the employee based on where their work is localized.
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho are the only Unemployment State tax authorities configured in HRMS. For employees whose work is localized outside of Washington, Oregon, or Idaho, the tax authority should remain as WA and any out-of-state taxes will need to be calculated and collected manually. Setting the tax authority to Washington will turn on Washington taxes for the employee, which will likely need to be exempted if the work is not localized to Washington.
Refer to the Out-of-State Employee Coding Guide and HRMS Data Definitions Resource Guide for more information on which taxes are controlled by this infotype.
Out-of-state (OOS) Unemployment State records must be updated to return the employee back to the state of Washington by the losing agency when an employee transfers to a new agency, when an employee separates, or when an employee’s work is no longer localized in Oregon or Idaho. Follow the Additional Steps for Out-of-State Employees – End Out-of-State Employee user procedure for more information.
The only exception is if the gaining agency has communicated to the losing agency that the employee will continue out-of-state employment, the gaining agency is fully configured for the applicable OOS taxes, and has requested the OOS tax infotype records remain active.
Agencies will not be able to save an Oregon or Idaho tax authority unless they have completed the Additional Steps for Out-of-State Employees – Set Up Tax Company for Out-of-State Tax Processing procedure first.