--- title: "Kentucky Employer Compliance Kit 2027 | MCC Solutions" description: "Kentucky employer kit for 2027: $12,000 SUTA wage base, 2.7% new employer rate, new hires reported in 20 days. Checklist, deadline calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/kentucky-employer-compliance-kit-2027" --- Document pack # Kentucky Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker The 2027 employer rules for Kentucky in one package: $12,000 SUTA wage base; 2.7% new employer rate; new hires reported in 20 days; $7.25 minimum wage. **$19** one time · 14-day full refund · Word and PDF · download link by email Buy now, $19 Free sample 🌙 The desk is asleep. The store never is. Every kit and ebook downloads the moment you pay, day or night. Questions get answered after we open in the morning. [Browse the store](/toolkits) Who it is for Owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Kentucky, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Not the right fit if Your employees work outside Kentucky: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. Not a payroll service, and not a legal review of your policies. Why it is different - Built only from our Kentucky data files, checked November 2026 against 18 official pages, among them Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance; Kentucky OUI: Employer Guide 2026; Kentucky Department of Revenue: Form 42A804 (K-4), 2025; Kentucky Department of Revenue: Form 42A809, Certificate of Nonresidence; Official page; Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet: Required Workplace Posters; U.S. Department of Labor: State Minimum Wage Laws (updated November 5, 2026); U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026), plus NCSL and Justia (statute text) (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - Every checklist item is confirmed and linked to its source: an official page, or where none could be read, a vetted secondary source marked as such. - The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and dates the Kentucky new-hire steps for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 19 confirmed Kentucky rules at a glance and the 0 items to confirm. - **Kentucky 2027 checklist.** Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance, Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center, Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet, Department of Workers' Claims. What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: Register in the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Program (KUIP) through the Kentucky Career Center site, then choose Employer Registration (Employer Guide 2026); taxable wage base for 2027: $12,000 per employee in 2027 ($12,000 in 2026); new employer tax rate: 2.7% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: Reports and payments are due by the last day of the first month after the quarter (April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31); a weekend or state holiday moves it to the next business day (Employer Guide 2026); state income tax withholding: State income tax applies; workers who live in a neighboring state: Reciprocity partners named by the state: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of the hire date; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in Kentucky to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) doesn't list Kentucky among the 22 states that require E-Verify of any employer; minimum wage now (2026): $7.25 an hour; minimum wage change in 2027: $7.25 an hour; no scheduled change in our data; tipped employees: Cash wage of at least $2.13 an hour in 2027, with tips making up the rest; paid sick leave: No statewide paid sick leave law for private employers; meal breaks for adults: A reasonable lunch period, as close to the middle of the shift as possible, starting no sooner than 3 hours and no later than 5 hours into the shift; rest breaks for adults: A paid rest period of at least 10 minutes in each 4 hours worked, separate from the lunch period; breaks for workers under 18: Minors under 18 can't work more than 5 hours in a row without a lunch period of at least 30 minutes, and the employer records when it starts and ends; workers' compensation insurance: Every employer with one or more employees; final pay when you let someone go: By the next normal pay period after the separation or 14 days after it, whichever is later; final pay when an employee quits: By the next normal pay period after the separation or 14 days after it, whichever is later; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: Only report 1099 data to the Department when Kentucky tax has been withheld. - **2027 deadline calendar.** 10 dates our Kentucky files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance; 1 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Kentucky Department of Revenue, with weekend dates flagged and a month-by-month planner for your own. - **New hire and pay change checklist.** One page per hire, with the report to Kentucky New Hire Reporting Center (new hires reported in 20 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change against the $7.25 minimum wage. - **Kentucky compliance workbook (Excel).** The Kentucky dates in a deadline tracker with days left and status, a new-hire sheet that dates each step from the start date (new hires reported in 20 days), and a pay-change sheet that flags any rate below the 2027 floor. A look inside ## The first pages, as you will get them [![Page 1 of the Start Here (Kentucky Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/kentucky-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/kentucky-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Kentucky 2027 Checklist (Kentucky Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/kentucky-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/kentucky-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp) First page of Kentucky 2027 Checklist Get it ## Kentucky Employer Compliance Kit 2027 Or pay with PayPal Uses the email and terms box above. You get the same download link by email. ZIP code (for sales tax) Want every toolkit? The [toolkit membership](/membership) includes all of them, with a lower rate if you pay yearly. Get every update for a year, $29: the [Yearly Updates Pass](/updates-pass?kit=kentucky-employer-compliance-kit-2027) gives you each refreshed edition we release of the kits you own. One payment, no automatic renewal. Delivered as a zip of editable Word files and printable PDFs. For one business, your own use. General information and templates, not legal, tax or accounting advice. General information, not legal, tax or payroll advice; we are not lawyers, and nothing here guarantees compliance. Rules change and cities can add their own; check Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance and the other official pages linked in the kit. Payment is handled by Stripe. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. Ways to get it ## Just this kit, or more This kit **$19 one time** Kentucky Employer Kit 2027. Buy this kit The set **$149 one time** 27 kits including this one, $364 less than buying them separately. [See the set](/toolkits/all-states-employer-compliance-pack) Membership **$29 a month** Every kit and document pack in the store, including new ones. Cancel any time. [See the membership](/membership) Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The Kentucky Employer Kit 2027 comes as a zip with four documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Kentucky 2027 Checklist, 2027 Deadline Calendar, and New Hire And Pay Change Checklist, plus an Excel workbook (Kentucky Employer Compliance Workbook 2027). The download link arrives by email after payment. **Will it open on a Mac, Google Sheets or my phone?** The PDFs open in any PDF reader, and the Word files edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The workbook is built for Excel and tested in LibreOffice; it should open in Google Sheets, but not every feature is tested there. If a file will not open or something looks wrong, reply to your order email and we will make it right. If it is not right for you, email us within 14 days of buying for a full refund. **Is this legal or tax advice?** General information, not legal, tax or payroll advice; we are not lawyers, and nothing here guarantees compliance. Rules change and cities can add their own; check Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance and the other official pages linked in the kit. **Is it the right fit for me?** It is made for owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Kentucky, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Skip it if your employees work outside Kentucky: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. Free sample ### Try one page first Get a real page or file from this product by email. We send one confirmation email, and no series follows. 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