--- title: "Pennsylvania Employer Compliance Kit 2027 | MCC Solutions" description: "Pennsylvania employer kit for 2027: $10,000 SUTA wage base, 3.822% new employer rate. Checklist, deadline calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/pennsylvania-employer-compliance-kit-2027" --- Document pack # Pennsylvania Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker The 2027 employer rules for Pennsylvania in one package: $10,000 SUTA wage base; 3.822% new employer rate; new hires reported in 20 days; $7.25 minimum wage. **Coming soon** not on sale yet Why it is not on sale yet [Read the free guide](/state-rules?state=pa) 🌙 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 Pennsylvania, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Not the right fit if Your employees work outside Pennsylvania: 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 Pennsylvania data files, checked November 2026 against 16 official pages, among them Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Office of UC Tax Services; Pennsylvania L&I: Yearly Tax Highlights (calendar years 2026 and 2027); Pennsylvania Department of Revenue: REV-419, Employee's Nonwithholding Application Certificate; PA CareerLink: New Hire Reporting; Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry: Mandatory Postings; 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); Wage FAQs (Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry), plus NCSL (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read. - 1 item the official pages didn't state is left out of the checklist and put on a short look-up list with the page to check, never guessed. - The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and dates the Pennsylvania new-hire steps for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 18 confirmed Pennsylvania rules at a glance and the 1 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: state income tax withholding (PA DOR: Nonresident Withholding). - **Pennsylvania 2027 checklist.** Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Office of UC Tax Services, PA CareerLink: Report New Hires, Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation (Department of Labor & Industry). What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: L&I: register for a UC tax account number through myPATH; file wage and tax reports electronically through UCMS; taxable wage base for 2027: $10,000 per employee in 2027 ($10,000 in 2026); new employer tax rate: 3.822% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: Pennsylvania L&I: reports and contributions are due at the end of the month after the quarter; a weekend or legal holiday moves it to the next business day; workers who live in a neighboring state: Reciprocity partners named by the state: Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of the Date of Hire; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in Pennsylvania to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) lists Pennsylvania among the states that require it of some public contractors, not among the nine that require it of all employers; 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 $2.83 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: no state rule; No break requirement for employees 18 and over; a union contract may set one; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; No rest break requirement for employees 18 and over; breaks for workers under 18: Minors 14 through 17 get a 30-minute meal period on or before 5 consecutive hours of work; workers' compensation insurance: Mandatory for any employer with at least one employee; final pay when you let someone go: Not later than the next regular payday; final pay when an employee quits: Not later than the next regular payday; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: Payers who must withhold Pennsylvania tax on PA-source nonemployee compensation or lease payments to nonresidents must file the 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC with the Department and give the payee a copy by January 31. - **2027 deadline calendar.** 10 dates our Pennsylvania files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Office of UC Tax Services; 1 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Pennsylvania 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 PA CareerLink: Report New Hires (new hires reported in 20 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change against the $7.25 minimum wage. - **Pennsylvania compliance workbook (Excel).** The Pennsylvania 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 (Pennsylvania Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/pennsylvania-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/pennsylvania-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Pennsylvania 2027 Checklist (Pennsylvania Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/pennsylvania-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/pennsylvania-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp) First page of Pennsylvania 2027 Checklist Get it ## Pennsylvania Employer Compliance Kit 2027 Coming soon This kit is being finished: every state rule in it is checked against official sources before it goes on sale. Free now: [State rules directory](/state-rules?state=pa) 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 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Office of UC Tax Services 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. Questions ## Common questions **What do I get and how is it delivered?** The Pennsylvania Employer Kit 2027 comes as a zip with four documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Pennsylvania 2027 Checklist, 2027 Deadline Calendar, and New Hire And Pay Change Checklist, plus an Excel workbook (Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Office of UC Tax Services 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 Pennsylvania, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Skip it if your employees work outside Pennsylvania: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. 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