Mississippi Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Mississippi, from the first hire to the year-end forms.

Not the right fit if

Your employees work outside Mississippi: 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 Mississippi data files, checked November 2026 against 8 official pages, among them Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES); MDES: Employer FAQs; Mississippi State Directory of New Hires: FAQs; MDES E-Verify Program, Mississippi Department of Employment Security; 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); Mississippi Workers' Compensation Facts (Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission); MDES: Work search requirements.
• 9 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and dates the Mississippi new-hire steps for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 10 confirmed Mississippi rules at a glance and the 9 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: taxable wage base for 2027 (MDES: Employer FAQs); state income tax withholding (Mississippi DOR: Withholding Tax, General Information); paid sick leave (MDES: Mississippi Employment Security Law and regulations); meal breaks for adults (MDES: Mississippi Employment Security Law and regulations); rest breaks for adults (MDES: Mississippi Employment Security Law and regulations); breaks for workers under 18 (MDES: Mississippi Employment Security Law and regulations); final pay when you let someone go (MDES: Mississippi Employment Security Law and regulations); final pay when an employee quits (MDES: Mississippi Employment Security Law and regulations); state copies of W-2s and 1099s (Mississippi DOR: Withholding Tax, General Information).
• Mississippi 2027 checklist. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES), Mississippi State Directory of New Hires, Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission. What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: MDES: file the Status Report (Form UI-1) online; taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $14,000 per employee in 2026; new employer tax rate: 1% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: MDES: due by the last day of the month after each quarter (April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31); a weekend or holiday moves it to the next workday; report each new hire to the state: Within 15 days of the new employee's hire date; e-Verify for private employers: Every employer must use E-Verify; minimum wage now (2026): No state minimum wage law, per US DOL; minimum wage change in 2027: No state rate; the federal $7.25 continues unless Congress changes it; tipped employees: Cash wage of at least $2.13 an hour in 2027, with tips making up the rest; workers' compensation insurance: Employers with five or more regularly employed workers.
• 2027 deadline calendar. 11 dates our Mississippi files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES); 2 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Mississippi 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 Mississippi State Directory of New Hires (new hires reported in 15 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change.
• Mississippi compliance workbook (Excel). The Mississippi 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 15 days), and a pay-change sheet that flags any rate below the 2027 floor.