2024 Montana Taxes
Employee Withholding Requirements
Withholding Method
: FormulaSupplemental Wage / Bonus Rate
: 5% for 2024- Register as an employer on the Montana Employment Development website
Employee's Withholding Tax Exemption Certificate
: MW-4
Montana State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)
Montana Wage Base
: $43,000 for 2024Montana SUI rates range from
: 0.13% to 6.3% for 2024Montana Administrative Fund Tax (AFT)
: Eligible class 1 and 2 employers is 0.13%. All other employers is 0.18%Montana new employer rate
: 1% to 2.2% for 2024- Get your unemployment insurance rate: Montana UI agency website
Montana State Disability Insurance (SDI)
- None
Montana Family Leave Insurance (FLI)
- None
Montana Local Taxes
- None
Montana Minimum Wage
Montana Minimum Wage with gross annual sales of more than $110,000
: $10.30 per hour, since 2024Montana Minimum Wage with gross annual sales less than $110,000 and not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act
: $4.00 per hour- If an individual employee is producing or moving goods between states or otherwise covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, that employee must be paid the greater of either the federal minimum wage or Montana's minimum wage.
Montana State Labor Laws
Montana Termination Pay
:- Employee is fired — pay immediately (within four hours or end of the business day, whichever occurs first)
- Employee quits — pay next regular pay day for the period in which the employee was separated, or 15 days, whichever occurs first
Montana New Hire Reporting
- New Hire Reporting Program
P.O. Box 8013
Helena, MT 59607-8013 - Phone: 888-866-0327
- Fax: 406-444-0745
Remit Withholding for Child Support to
- State of Montana
Department of Public Health & Human Services
Child Support Enforcement Division
Wage Withholding Unit
PO Box 8001
Helena, MT 59604-8001 - Phone: 406-442-7278
Montana Reciprocal States
- North Dakota
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