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Unemployment Insurance Financing Guide

UI Benefit Financing Seminar Division of Fiscal and Actuarial Services U.S. DOL/ETA/OUI October 23- 26, 2018

Unemployment Insurance Financing Technical Guide

Guidelines for the Construction and Analysis of State Unemployment Insurance Financing Structures

With Accompanying Spreadsheet Assistance Tool

U.S. Department of Labor Office of Unemployment Insurance Division of Fiscal and Actuarial Services

Un Unem employment I t Insurance F ce Financi cing Technical al G Guide

• How to Build an Unemployment Insurance Tax

Structure

• Tax Structure Troubleshooting Guide

How to Build an Unemployment Insurance Tax Structure

Step 1. Calculate a Base Level of Financing Step 2: Make the Base Financing Rate Effective When an Adequate Fund Balance Has Been Reached Step 3. Adjust the Level of Tax Rates Based on Trust Fund Solvency Step 4. Assign Tax Rates to Individual Employers

Accompanying Spreadsheet Model to Construct a Tax Table

DFAS Tax Structure Model Step 1

This calculator derives the long- run average benefit cost in a state which is then used as the starting Base Financing Rate for building a UI tax structure.

INPUTS: STATE: Year Of Base Financing Rate Calculation: Number of Years of Benefits to Use for Calculation: Taxable/Total Wage Ratio Option (1=Current Ratio, 2=User-estimated Ratio): 2 User-estimated Ratio: 0.391

Base Financing Rate: 0.88% of Total Wages for 2016 2.25% of Taxable Wages for 2016

Base Financing Rate Calculator

Accompanying Spreadsheet Model to Construct a Tax Table

For State:

CA

INPUTS:

Below Above Base Base Base

Input Desired Tax Schedule Parameters

Schedule Schedule Schedule

Base Financing Rate (% of Taxable Wages): 2.25% Base Schedule Trigger Range (AHCM, High-Low): 1.30 to 0.80 Desired Number of Tax Schedules: 1 7 Triggers for Lowest/Highest Financing Rates (AHCM): 1.50 0.25

WARNING

Methodology Used to Calculate Tax Schedule Parameters Select Calculation for Deriving Financing Rates (1- 3): 1 (1 = Set Minimum and Maximum Financing Rates) 1.20% 3.60% (2 = Set Responsiveness Rate Between Schedules) 60% 51% (3 = Set Fixed Gap Closing Rate) 40% 51%

Troubleshooting ng G Guide

• Issue 1) Tax Rates are Too Low
• Issue 2) Low Fixed Taxable Wage Base
• Issue 3) Ineffective Charges Are Too High and Not Recouped
• Issue 4) Inadequate Tax Rate Adjustments for Changes in Trust Fund

Solvency

• Issue 5) Unresponsive Solvency Triggers
• Implementing Alternative Measures of Experience Rating

• 1.0

0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0

• 1.0
• 0.5

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

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Year

South Carolina Benefits, Taxes, Trust Fund Reserves (1975-2009) (% of Total Wages)

Reserve Ratio Ben Ratio Tax Ratio

• 1.00

0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00

• 2
• 1.5
• 1
• 0.5

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Year % of Total Wages

South Carolina Benefits, Taxes, and Trust Fund Reserves (2009-2017) (% of Total Wages)

Reserve Ratio Ben Ratio Tax ratio

• 1
• 0.5

0.5 1 1.5 2

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• 1

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% of Total Wages

California Benefits, Taxes, Trust Fund Reserves (1975-2017) (% of Total Wages)

Reserve Ratio Benefit Ratio Tax Ratio

Exer ercise se Build Your S State B Benefit, C Contributions, a and T Trust F Fund Res eser erve T e Time-Ser eries g s graph

• Using Data from the 394 Handbook :

https://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/hb394.asp

• Select the “Taxable Significant Measures” category
• Select the State and the Year
• Select all of the Data and Copy into Excel Spreadsheet
• Use the “Benefits Paid’, “Avg. Employer Tax Rate” and

“Reserve Ratio” to create a graph ( select combo graph)