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SUTA

In accounting, SUTA means the state unemployment insurance tax an employer pays on each employee's wages up to a state wage base, at an experience-rated rate assigned by the state.

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This definition follows US DOL — state unemployment insurance.

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  • FUTA
  • SUI withholding (employee contributions exist only in a few states)

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