Utah payroll tax registration
What to set up in Utah before the first payroll, in date order, with each agency, online portal and deadline. Enter the first employee's start date and the first pay date to see the dates.
Setup steps before the first payroll
- Workers' comp
Get workers' compensation coverage
- Deadline
- Before anyone starts work
- State tax accounts
Open a withholding account in TAP (TC-69)
- Deadline
- Before the first payday
- Agency
- Withholding: Utah State Tax Commission (opens in a new tab)
- Returns
- Quarterly returns. If less than $1,000 is withheld a month, file and pay quarterly (last day of the month after the quarter); if $1,000 or more a month, pay monthly (last day of the next month) with quarterly returns. Annual (January 31) for Form 944 or Schedule H filers. No federal semiweekly or next-day rule; a due date on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday moves to the next business day.
- New hire reporting
Report each new hire to the state new hire registry
- Deadline
- Within 20 days of the employee's start date
- Source
- le.utah.gov/xcode/Title35A/Chapter7/35A-7-S104.html (opens in a new tab), checked October 6, 2026
- State tax accounts
Register with DWS for an unemployment insurance account
- Deadline
- Before the first quarterly report (the last day of the month after the quarter)
- State tax accounts
File the first quarterly unemployment tax and wage report
- Deadline
- Quarterly wage list and contribution report due the last day of the month after the quarter: April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31; filed even with no wages.January 31, 2027 is a Sunday; whether Utah moves it to the next business day is not confirmed.
Federal dates for this pay date
Federal returns follow the compliance calendar, which dates them for every employer:
A 501(c)(3) organization generally owes no FUTA tax and files no Form 940 (Form 940 instructions (opens in a new tab)).
Not confirmed: no official source settled it on the check date, so none is shown.
Not needed in Utah
- No state paid leave program funded through payroll.laborcommission.utah.gov/divisions/utah-antidiscrimination-and-labor-uald/wage-claim/ (opens in a new tab), checked October 5, 2026
Also in Utah
- Whether any city or county taxes wages: not confirmed.
- Posters: Not confirmed
More on Utah
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Registration in other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Sources
The agency page or document behind each fact, as checked.
- laborcommission.utah.gov/divisions/industrial-accidents/employers/employers-guide-to-workers-compensation/ (opens in a new tab), checked July 24, 2026
- files.tax.utah.gov/tax/forms/pubs/pub-14.pdf (opens in a new tab), checked July 16, 2026, read from an archived copy dated July 16, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- jobs.utah.gov/ui/employer/public/handbook/Employer_Handbook.pdf (opens in a new tab), checked October 5, 2026
- jobs.utah.gov/ui/Employer/EmployerHome.aspx (opens in a new tab), checked June 11, 2026, read from an archived copy dated June 11, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- jobs.utah.gov/ui/employer/public/Newhire/NewHireReportingOptions.aspx (opens in a new tab), checked August 22, 2026, read from an archived copy dated August 22, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- le.utah.gov/xcode/Title35A/Chapter7/35A-7-S104.html (opens in a new tab), checked October 6, 2026
- laborcommission.utah.gov/divisions/utah-antidiscrimination-and-labor-uald/wage-claim/ (opens in a new tab), checked October 5, 2026
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm current requirements with the relevant agency or your advisor. You remain responsible for registering and for your employment taxes.