Nebraska State Tax Guide

State tax registration guide for Nebraska.

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Need to register taxes in another state? Review the State Tax Guide section in our Tax Services Toolkit. 

 REQUIRED REGISTRATIONS

  • Unemployment Insurance: Nebraska Department of Labor (DOL)

  • Income Tax Withholding: Nebraska Department of Revenue (DOR)

 

 REQUIRED INFORMATION

  • SIT ID # (format: XXXXXXXXX)

  • SIT payment frequency

  • SIT PIN (format: XXXXX)

  • ​​​SUI ID # (format: XXXXXXXXXX)

  • Current year SUI rate.

 

REGISTERING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

New employers in the state of Nebraska can register with the Nebraska Department of Labor by registering with the agency online here.  

Once registered, you will receive an Unemployment Account Number (UI) and Unemployment Rate (%) which you will need to enter into Namely Payroll under Company > Tax screen (UI tax).

If you've run payroll in Nebraska before you can find your UI Account Number on your combined Tax Report (Form UI 11T) or other notices received from the Nebraska Department of Labor.

 

For additional information on registering for taxes, read Employment Tax Registration Overview. 

 

REGISTERING FOR INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING

If you've never run payroll in Nebraska before you'll need to register with the Nebraska Department of Revenue which can do here .

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Future-date registration is possible for this state's income tax withholding! 

Once registered, you will receive a letter from the Nebraska Department of Revenue indicating your Nebraska Withholding ID, and a unique PIN. You will need to enter the Nebraska Withholding ID into Namely Payroll under Company > Tax screen (Nebraska State Tax).

Existing companies in Nebraska can find their Nebraska Withholding ID and the PIN on your Monthly Withholding Deposit (Form 501N), or other notices received from the Nebraska Department of Revenue.

For additional information on registering for taxes, read Employment Tax Registration Overview.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY FORMS

Please note, Namely does not require a Power of Attorney for this state at this time. It is not required to file or remit payments on your behalf. If one is needed to resolve a tax matter, the tax notice team will request one from you at that time.

If a Power of Attorney is requested from you, you should email completed copies of the forms namelyPOA@Namely.com with the CID in the subject line for processing. We will update our system and maintain a copy of each form for record-keeping purposes

For additional information on Power of Attorney, read Completing the Power of Attorney Package. 

 

STATE INCOME WITHHOLDING FORMS

Namely uploads Federal and State W-4 documents to your HRIS site for use during Onboarding, or if you need to send W-4s to employees who need to make withholding adjustments.

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The most up to date W-4 documents can be found in the Namely section of the Document dropdown menu in Onboarding and Manage eSignature. 

Form Name: W-4N

Accepts Federal W-4: See comments.

Comments: Effective January 1, 2020, Nebraska uses a state withholding certificate, Form W-4N, Employee's Nebraska
Withholding Allowance Certificate, to calculate state withholding. Employees are to submit Form W-4N whenever they submit federal Form W-4 January 1, 2020, or later. An employee's federal Form W-4 may be used to calculate state withholding if it was submitted before January 1, 2020.

Employers must withhold tax from employees that have not submitted a valid state withholding certificate, defined as federal Form W-4 from 2019 or earlier, or Form W-4N starting in 2020, using the highest tax rate as if the employee was single and claimed zero allowances.

Until December 31, 2019, Nebraska used the federal Form W-4 to calculate state withholding for all employees.

 

PAYROLL + TAX FACTS

​​​​​​​Refer to this document for more information:2022-2023 Federal and State: Payroll and Tax Fact Sheet.