Nevada 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 Nevada, a state with no income tax to withhold, from the first hire to the year-end forms.

Not the right fit if

Your employees work outside Nevada: 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 Nevada data files, checked November 2026 against 9 official pages, among them Nevada DETR: UI Information for Employers; Nevada Department of Taxation: Income Tax in Nevada; Nevada DETR: New Hire Reporting Information; Nevada Labor Commissioner: frequently asked questions (May 2025); U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026); NRS Chapter 608, section 608.0197 (Nevada Legislature); Nevada Labor Commissioner: Meals and rest periods; Employer Guide: Workers' Compensation (Nevada DIR, July 2026).
• 3 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 Nevada new-hire steps for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 15 confirmed Nevada rules at a glance and the 3 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: open a state unemployment tax account (Nevada DETR: UI Information for Employers); E-Verify for private employers (Employer Information, USCIS); breaks for workers under 18 (Nevada Labor Commissioner: Meals and rest periods).
• Nevada 2027 checklist. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Nevada DETR New Hire Reporting, Nevada Division of Industrial Relations, Workers' Compensation Section. What it confirms: taxable wage base for 2027: $45,400 per employee in 2027 ($43,700 in 2026); new employer tax rate: 2.95% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: DETR: January 31 (fourth quarter), April 30, July 31 and October 31; state income tax withholding: No state income tax to withhold; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of hire; minimum wage now (2026): $12.00 an hour; minimum wage change in 2027: $12.00 an hour; no scheduled change in our data; tipped employees: No tip credit: tipped staff get the full minimum wage before tips; paid sick leave: Paid leave law (NRS 608.0197); meal breaks for adults: A meal period of at least 30 minutes for 8 continuous hours of work; rest breaks for adults: A paid 10-minute rest period for every 4 hours or major fraction: one from 3.5 hours, two from 7, three from 11, four from 15, counted as hours worked; workers' compensation insurance: Mandatory for an employer with one or more employees; final pay when you let someone go: Due and payable immediately; final pay when an employee quits: By the next regular payday or 7 days after quitting, whichever is earlier; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: No state income tax, so there is no state 1099 or W-2 filing to make on the pages we opened.
• 2027 deadline calendar. 9 dates our Nevada files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), 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 Nevada DETR New Hire Reporting (new hires reported in 20 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change against the $12.00 minimum wage.
• Nevada compliance workbook (Excel). The Nevada 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.