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

Who it is for

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

Not the right fit if

Your employees don't work in Wisconsin, 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 Wisconsin kits are built only from our Wisconsin data files: Wisconsin data files, checked November 2026 against 17 official pages, among them Wisconsin DWD: UI Financing Summary; Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center: FAQs; Wisconsin DWD: Unemployment Insurance Employer Handbook, posters and notices; Wisconsin DOR Publication W-166, Withholding Tax Guide (Wisconsin Administrative Register); Wisconsin Department of Revenue: Publication 121, Reciprocity (01/26); Wisconsin Department of Revenue: Working in Another State FAQs; 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), 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 Wisconsin kits carry the state rules.

What is inside

• Wisconsin Employer Compliance Kit 2027. The 2027 employer rules for Wisconsin in one package: SUTA wage base; new hires reported in 20 days; $7.25 minimum wage; no statewide paid sick leave law. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Worker's Compensation Division. 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): $14,000 per employee in 2026; quarterly wage reports and payments: Wisconsin DWD: April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31; state income tax withholding: State income tax applies; workers who live in a neighboring state: Reciprocity partners named by the state: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of the hire or re-hire date; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in Wisconsin to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) doesn't list Wisconsin among the 22 states that require E-Verify of any employer; 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 $2.33 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; Not required for adults; the Department encourages a lunch break of at least 30 minutes near the usual meal time; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; Not required for adults; breaks for workers under 18: Minors under 18 get a 30-minute duty-free meal period for every 6 consecutive hours of work; workers' compensation insurance: Employers with three or more full-time or part-time employees, from the day the third person is hired; final pay when you let someone go: In full on the regular payday under the employer's pay schedule (or sooner if the pay-frequency rule requires); final pay when an employee quits: In full on the regular payday under the employer's pay schedule (or sooner if the pay-frequency rule requires); state copies of W-2s and 1099s: Depending on the payment: rents and royalties of $600 or more to Wisconsin residents (or to nonresidents for Wisconsin property); nonwage payments of $600 or more to a nonresident for services performed in Wisconsin;
• 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.