Utah Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Utah, from the first hire to the year-end forms.

Not the right fit if

Your employees work outside Utah: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. Not a payroll service, and not a legal review of your policies.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Utah data files, checked November 2026 against 18 official pages, among them Utah Department of Workforce Services; Utah DWS: Tax Rates; Utah Department of Workforce Services: New Hire Handbook; Utah Department of Workforce Services: Employer resources (required posters); Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 47: Private Employer Verification Act; Utah Documented Employment Registry (Verify Utah), Division of Corporations; Utah Code 63G-12-302: Status verification system; Utah Code 34-40-106: limitations on minimum wage imposed by cities, towns, or counties, plus Cornell LII (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 3 items the official pages didn't state are left out of the checklist and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and dates the Utah new-hire steps for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 16 confirmed Utah rules at a glance and the 3 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: state income tax withholding (Utah State Tax Commission: Publication 14, Withholding Tax Guide (Rev. 4/26)); meal breaks for adults (Utah Code Title 34, Chapter 23: Employment of minors); breaks for workers under 18 (Utah Code Title 34, Chapter 23: Employment of minors).
• Utah 2027 checklist. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Utah Department of Workforce Services, Utah Department of Workforce Services: Report New Hires, Utah Labor Commission, Industrial Accidents Division. What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: Utah DWS: Create a New UI Account for My Business; taxable wage base for 2027: Not announced yet when we checked in November 2026; taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $50,700 per employee in 2026; new employer tax rate: No single rate: it depends on your industry; quarterly wage reports and payments: Utah DWS: April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of the first day of work; e-Verify for private employers: A private employer with 150 or more employees may not hire a new employee unless it is registered with and uses a status verification system such as E-Verify; 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; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; No state rest-break requirement: Utah isn't in the US DOL table of state paid rest-period rules (revised January 1, 2023), which says states not listed don't require paid rest periods; workers' compensation insurance: With a few exceptions, every employer must cover all its employees; final pay when you let someone go: Within 24 hours of separation, at the specified place of payment; final pay when an employee quits: On the next regular payday; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: If you are not required to withhold Utah tax on a Form 1099, you are not required to submit the 1099.
• 2027 deadline calendar. 10 dates our Utah files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Utah Department of Workforce Services; 1 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Utah State Tax Commission, with weekend dates flagged and a month-by-month planner for your own.
• New hire and pay change checklist. One page per hire, with the report to Utah Department of Workforce Services: Report New Hires (new hires reported in 20 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change against the $7.25 minimum wage.
• Utah compliance workbook (Excel). The Utah dates in a deadline tracker with days left and status, a new-hire sheet that dates each step from the start date (new hires reported in 20 days), and a pay-change sheet that flags any rate below the 2027 floor.