2019 West Virginia Taxes
Withholding Requirements
- Register as an employer on the West Virginia Employment Development website
Employee's Withholding Tax Exemption Certificate
: WV/IT-104Withholding Method
: FormulaSupplemental Rate
: If no tax withheld from regular wages, add to regular wages for current or preceding payroll period, compute tax on total, and subtract tax withheld on regular wages; if tax withheld from regular wages, withhold at:- 3% if annual income < $10,000
- 4% if annual income > $10,000 and < $25,000
- 4.5% if annual income > $25,000 and < $40,000
- 6% if annual income > $40,000 and < $60,000
- 6.5% if annual income > $60,000
Local Taxes
West Virginia State Unemployment Insurance (SUI)
West Virginia Wage Base
: $12,000 for 2019West Virginia SUI Rates range from
: 1.50% to 8.50% for 2019West Virginia new employer rate
: 2.7% for 2019West Virginia out-of-state construction employer rate
: 8.5% for 2019
West Virginia State Disability Insurance (SDI)
- None
West Virginia State Labor Laws
West Virginia Minimum Wage
: $8.75 per hourWest Virginia Termination Pay
:- Employee is fired — 72 hours
- Employee quits — next regular payday or at once if one pay period's notice given
West Virginia New Hire Reporting
- West Virginia New Hire Reporting Center
PO Box 640098
Atlanta, GA 30364 - Phone: 877-625-4669
- Fax: 877-625-4675
Remit Withholding for Child Support to
- Bureau for Child Support Enforcement
PO Box 247
Charleston, WV 25321 - Phone: 800-835-4683
- Fax: 304-558-1487
West Virginia Reciprocal States
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
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