Texas Employer Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (Texas Employer Kit 2027, 2027 Payroll Rate Change, 2027 Payroll Tax Setup)

Who it is for

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

Not the right fit if

Your employees don't work in Texas, 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 Texas kits are built only from our Texas data files: Texas data files, checked November 2026 against 20 official pages, among them Texas Workforce Commission (TWC); TWC: Tax Rates; Texas Comptroller: A Field Guide to the Taxes of Texas, Publication 96-1774 (December 2025); IRS Publication 1220 (Rev. 5-2026), Part A Sec. 12, Table 1: Participating States and Codes; Official page; Texas Workforce Commission: Posters for the Workplace; Bill Analysis, S.B. 324 (89R), Senate Research Center; S.B. 324 (89R), engrossed version, plus LegiScan (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 Texas kits carry the state rules.

What is inside

• Texas Employer Compliance Kit 2027. The 2027 employer rules for Texas in one package: $9,000 SUTA wage base; 2.7% new employer rate; new hires reported in 20 days; $7.25 minimum wage. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), Texas Office of the Attorney General: New Hire Reporting, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation. What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: TWC's Unemployment Tax Registration (UTR); taxable wage base for 2027: $9,000 per employee in 2027 ($9,000 in 2026); new employer tax rate: 2.7% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: TWC: quarterly wage reports and tax payments are due by the last day of the month after the quarter; a weekend or state holiday moves it to the next business day; state income tax withholding: No state income tax to withhold; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 calendar days of the hire date; e-Verify for private employers: Only one kind of private business has a state E-Verify rule: sexually oriented businesses (the Senate Research Center's bill analysis lists them with state agencies and public colleges under current law); minimum wage now (2026): $7.25 an hour; minimum wage change in 2027: $7.25 an hour; no scheduled change in our data; tipped employees: Cash wage of at least $2.13 an hour in 2027, with tips making up the rest; paid sick leave: No statewide paid sick leave law for private employers; meal breaks for adults: no state rule; Neither federal law nor Texas law requires meal breaks; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; Neither federal law nor Texas law requires rest breaks; breaks of 20 minutes or less that an employer gives are paid hours worked; 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 Texas among the 35 jurisdictions with meal periods specifically for minors, so minors follow the adult rule; workers' compensation insurance: Private employers choose whether to carry it; final pay when you let someone go: Within 6 calendar days of discharge; final pay when an employee quits: On the next regularly scheduled payday after the effective date of resignation; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: No state income tax, so there is no state 1099 or W-2 filing to make on the pages we opened.
• 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.