Kansas employer social contributions for tax year 2026 — state unemployment insurance (UI) contributions, the UI-only nature of Kansas employer social cost (no state disability, no paid-family-leave, no state health mandate), and the interaction with federal FUTA.
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| Item | Rate or amount | Tax year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUTA gross rate | 6.0% | 2026 | 26 U.S.C. § 3301 |
| Maximum credit for state contributions | 90% of the FUTA tax (5.4% of FUTA wages) | 2026 | 26 U.S.C. § 3302(c)(1) |
Source-cited draft. Built from the KDOR business pages and 26 U.S.C. §§ 3301 and 3302, read on 2026-10-28. The Kansas UI program pages (dol.ks.gov) returned 403 Forbidden to plain HTTP and the statute page tried served a JS shell, so no Kansas UI figure is confirmed yet: see the Not yet confirmed line. No accountant has reviewed it. Do not rely on it without review by a qualified Kansas professional.
Tax year: the calendar year. Currency: US dollars. Kansas has no state-run social insurance beyond unemployment insurance: no state disability insurance, no paid family and medical leave program, no individual health-coverage mandate. Employer social cost above federal FICA / FUTA is UI contributions only.
See also: ks-payroll, ks-income-tax.
| Item | Rate or amount | Tax year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUTA gross rate | 6.0% | 2026 | 26 U.S.C. § 3301 |
| Maximum credit for state contributions | 90% of the FUTA tax (5.4% of FUTA wages) | 2026 | 26 U.S.C. § 3302(c)(1) |
No Kansas UI figure for 2026 — taxable wage base, experience-rated schedule, new-employer rate, any employee share or any surcharge — is confirmed yet; each is listed on the Not yet confirmed line.
Kansas UI contributions are charged on each employee's Kansas wages up to an annual per-employee taxable wage base; the 2026 base itself is listed under Not yet confirmed. Multi-state employers apply the Kansas base and rate to Kansas wages only; other states' bases differ, so file per state.
No Kansas UI filing calendar is confirmed in this skill. The quarterly report and payment dates, the annual rate notice and its protest window, and the annual wage report for experience rating are listed under Not yet confirmed.
These examples use only confirmed federal figures (26 U.S.C. §§ 3301 and 3302); employee wages are hypothetical. The Kansas UI figures are not yet confirmed — see Not yet confirmed.
One employee earns $10,000 of wages in the year (hypothetical). The FUTA excise is 6% of total wages (26 U.S.C. § 3301: "an excise tax … equal to 6 percent of the total wages") = $600. With state contributions paid, the credit is capped at 90% of the tax (26 U.S.C. § 3302(c)(1)): credit $540, net federal cost $60.
name: KS FUTA single employee (confirmed federal rates)
inputs:
wages: 10000
futa_rate: 0.06
credit_cap: 0.9
steps:
- gross_futa: wages * futa_rate
- max_credit: gross_futa * credit_cap
- net_federal: gross_futa - max_credit
expected:
gross_futa: 600
max_credit: 540
net_federal: 60
Same facts, two employees each earning $10,000: the gross FUTA doubles to $1,200 and the net federal cost doubles to $120, because the excise applies to the total wages paid with respect to employment.
name: KS FUTA two employees
inputs:
per_employee_net_federal: 60
employees: 2
steps:
- total_net_federal: per_employee_net_federal * employees
expected:
total_net_federal: 120
| Source | URL | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| KDOR business navigation (Misclassification Statistics; Employment Tax Delinquencies) | https://www.ksrevenue.gov/business.html | 2026-10-28 |
| 26 U.S.C. § 3301 (FUTA rate 6.0%) | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title26/html/USCODE-2023-title26-subtitleC-chap23-sec3301.htm | 2026-10-28 |
| 26 U.S.C. § 3302 (credit cap 90% of the tax) | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title26/html/USCODE-2023-title26-subtitleC-chap23-sec3302.htm | 2026-10-28 |
Not yet confirmed: the 2026 Kansas UI taxable wage base (recent years were described in v0.1 as in the $15,000 range); the experience-rated contribution schedule and the new-employer rate for the first coverage years; that Kansas imposes no employee UI premium; any suspense or financing surcharge (historically added in years with a federal loan balance); the coverage threshold for registration; aggregation of successors and common-owner groups for experience rating; FUTA credit-reduction status for 2026; the quarterly UI report and payment due dates (v0.1: last day of the month after each quarter); the annual rate notice and its protest window; the annual wage report for experience rating with the Q4 filing; late-report and late-payment penalty and interest percentages and misclassification penalty tiers; Kansas adoption of the federal four-part localization-of-work tests for remote workers; which agency administers Kansas UI (v0.1 said the Labor Services division of KDOR, but KDOR's business page does not show it and the UI program pages are on dol.ks.gov); and the statutory citation (v0.1 cited K.S.A. 79-27 and 79-27-105, whose kslegislature.org page served only a JS shell; the Kansas Employment Security Law in K.S.A. chapter 44 should be checked).
Contributed by Jeff Watts.
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