North Carolina 2020 Tax Rates

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2020 North Carolina Taxes

Withholding Requirements

  • Register as an employer on the North Carolina Department of Revenue website

  • Employee's Withholding Tax Exemption Certificate

    : Form NC-4

  • Withholding Method

    : Formula

  • Supplemental Rate

    : If supplemental wages paid separately or specified when paid with regular wages and tax withheld from regular wages, withhold at 5.35% or add to regular wages, compute tax on total, and subtract tax withheld from regular wages

Local Taxes

  • None

North Carolina State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)

  • North Carolina Wage Base

    : $25,200 for 2020

  • North Carolina SUI Rates range from

    : 0.060% to 5.76% for 2020

  • North Carolina new employer rate

    : 1.0% for 2020

North Carolina State Disability Insurance (SDI)

  • None

North Carolina State Labor Laws

  • North Carolina Minimum Wage

    : Federal minimum wage rate applies

  • North Carolina Termination Pay

    :
    • Employee is fired — next regular payday
    • Employee quits — next regular payday

North Carolina New Hire Reporting

Remit Withholding for Child Support to

North Carolina Reciprocal States

  • None
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