Massachusetts Employer Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (Massachusetts Employer Kit 2027, 2027 Payroll Rate Change, 2027 Payroll Tax Setup)

Who it is for

Owners and bookkeepers running payroll for employees in Massachusetts, from 2027 rate changes to unemployment tax setup.

Not the right fit if

Your employees don't work in Massachusetts, or a payroll provider already handles these filings for you. Not a payroll service.

Why it is different

• 3 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Massachusetts kits are built only from our Massachusetts data files: Massachusetts data files, checked November 2026 against 21 official pages, among them Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA); Mass.gov: Learn about Unemployment Insurance (UI) contributions; Massachusetts DOR: Form M-4; Official page; Massachusetts: Workplace poster requirements; Mass.gov: Massachusetts law about minimum wage; 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 (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read.
• 2027 Payroll Rate Change Checklist and 2027 Payroll Tax Setup Checklist cover every state; the Massachusetts kits carry the state rules.

What is inside

• Massachusetts Employer Compliance Kit 2027. The 2027 employer rules for Massachusetts in one package: $15,000 SUTA wage base; 2.42% new employer rate; new hires reported in 14 days; $15.00 minimum wage. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA), Massachusetts DOR: Report New Hires, Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents. What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: DUA: go to Unemployment Services for Employers without logging in and choose Register your Business; taxable wage base for 2027: $15,000 per employee in 2027 ($15,000 in 2026); new employer tax rate: 2.42% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: DUA: due by 3 p.m. on April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31; state income tax withholding: State income tax applies; report each new hire to the state: Within 14 days of the start of, or return to, employment; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in Massachusetts to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) doesn't list Massachusetts among the 22 states that require E-Verify of any employer; minimum wage now (2026): $15.00 an hour; minimum wage change in 2027: $15.00 an hour; no scheduled change in our data; tipped employees: Cash wage of at least $6.75 an hour in 2027, with tips making up the rest; paid sick leave: Earned Sick Time law (M.G.L. c. 149, s. 148C); meal breaks for adults: At least a 30-minute meal break for a workday of more than 6 hours; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; No state rest-break requirement: Massachusetts isn't in the US DOL table of state paid rest-period rules (revised January 1, 2023), which says states not listed don't require paid rest periods; workers' compensation insurance: All employers, no matter how many employees or hours worked; final pay when you let someone go: In full on the day of discharge; final pay when an employee quits: On the next regular payday; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: DOR requires an annual report of income taxable under Chapter 62, which includes Form 1099-MISC and Form 1099-NEC. 13 dates our Massachusetts files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 4 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR), with weekend dates flagged and a month-by-month planner for your own.
• 2027 Payroll Rate Change Checklist. Change pay rates on the right date, tell your staff and swap the poster, with every state's 2027 rate in one workbook.
• 2027 Payroll Tax Setup Checklist. Get state unemployment accounts, rates, wage bases and quarterly dates right before the first 2027 payroll.