District of Columbia Employer Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (DC Employer Kit 2027, 2027 Payroll Rate Change, 2027 Payroll Tax Setup)

Who it is for

Owners and bookkeepers running payroll for employees in District of Columbia, from 2027 rate changes to unemployment tax setup.

Not the right fit if

Your employees don't work in District of Columbia, or a payroll provider already handles these filings for you. Not a payroll service.

Why it is different

• 3 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The DC kits are built only from our DC data files: District of Columbia data files, checked November 2026 against 18 official pages, among them DC DOES: Unemployment Taxes; DC Office of Tax and Revenue: Withholding tax forms (Form D-4); Official page; DC Office of Human Rights: Workplace and Business Posters; DC Department of Employment Services: 2026 minimum wage increase notice; U.S. Department of Labor: State Minimum Wage Laws (updated November 5, 2026); U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026); Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act fact sheet (D.C. Department of Employment Services), plus NCSL (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 2027 Payroll Rate Change Checklist and 2027 Payroll Tax Setup Checklist cover every state; the DC kits carry the state rules.

What is inside

• District of Columbia Employer Compliance Kit 2027. The 2027 employer rules for District of Columbia in one package: SUTA wage base; 2.7% new employer rate; new hires reported in 20 days; paid sick leave required. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from DC Department of Employment Services (DOES), District of Columbia Directory of New Hires, DC Office of Workers' Compensation (DOES). What it confirms: taxable wage base for 2027: Not announced yet when we checked in November 2026; taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $9,000 per employee in 2026; new employer tax rate: 2.7% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: DOES: quarterly reports are due April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31; state income tax withholding: State income tax applies; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of each person's hire or re-hire date; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in the District of Columbia to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) doesn't list the District of Columbia among the 22 states that require E-Verify of any employer; minimum wage now (2026): $18.40 an hour; minimum wage change in 2027: Not announced yet when we checked in November 2026; paid sick leave: Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2008, as amended in 2013; meal breaks for adults: no state rule; DC's Office of Wage-Hour answers 'No' when asked whether breaks and lunches are required by law; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; The same Office of Wage-Hour answer covers breaks; breaks for workers under 18: No separate meal-break rule for workers under 18: the US Department of Labor's state meal period table (revised January 1, 2023; checked November 2026) doesn't list the District of Columbia among the 35 jurisdictions with meal periods specifically for minors, so minors follow the adult rule; workers' compensation insurance: Every employer with one or more employees; final pay when you let someone go: Not later than the working day after the discharge; final pay when an employee quits: Upon the next regular payday or within 7 days of quitting, whichever is earlier; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: OTR's 2025 specifications say copies of federal 1099s must be submitted to report income of $600 or more, for both DC residents and nonresidents, but also that nonresidents aren't required to be filed if no DC withholding applies.
• 2027 Payroll Rate Change Checklist. Change pay rates on the right date, tell your staff and swap the poster, with every state's 2027 rate in one workbook.
• 2027 Payroll Tax Setup Checklist. Get state unemployment accounts, rates, wage bases and quarterly dates right before the first 2027 payroll.