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Entering Colorado SUTA Rates

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Background

Your Colorado annual rate notice will include multiple rates read below to see how to enter these in Patriot.

For questions about how to find your rate read the information below or contact Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Unemployment taxes: 1-800-480-8299.

How do I find my Colorado SUTA Rates?

How to find your rates in your online account at Colorado’s MYUI Employer+

Log in to MYUI Employer+ on the Colorado Department of Labor website for employers. 

  • Click Account Maintenance > View Rate Notice
  • Enter the year you want to view and click Search.
example of myui view rate notice
  • You will see a screen with multiple Colorado SUTA tax rates and the combined rate at the end. The total combined rate is for your information only. Note that three of the rates will need to be totaled for the CO Support Surcharge rate in the software.

How to Add Colorado SUTA Rates

SUTA Rate

  1. Go to Settings > Payroll Settings > State Unemployment Rates
  2. Click “Edit” by SUTA
  3. Add the Base rate assigned to you by the state
  4. Enter an effective date for the rate, i.e. 1/1/20xx
  5. Click “Save”

Colorado Solvency Surcharge

  1. Go to Settings > Payroll Settings > State Unemployment Rates
  2. Click “Edit” by Colorado Solvency Surcharge
  3. Add the Solvency Surcharge rate assigned to you by the state
  4. Enter an effective date for the rate, i.e. 1/1/20xx
  5. Click “Save”

Colorado Support Surcharge

  1. Go to Settings > Payroll Settings > State Unemployment Rates
  2. Click Edit by the Colorado Support Surcharge
  3. Add the “Employment Support Fund Surcharge” + “Benefit Recover Fund Surcharge” + “Employment and Training Technology Fund” and enter the total for your CO Support Surcharge rate
  4. Enter an effective date for the rate, i.e. 1/1/20xx
  5. Click “Save”

For more help with Colorado SUTA, check out, “Colorado SUTA TPA Instructions“.
Also see, “Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI)“.


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