--- title: "Tennessee Employer Compliance Kit 2027 | MCC Solutions" description: "Tennessee employer kit for 2027: 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/tennessee-employer-compliance-kit-2027" --- Document pack # Tennessee Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker The 2027 employer rules for Tennessee in one package: SUTA wage base; 2.7% new employer rate; new hires reported in 20 days; no statewide paid sick leave law. **$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 Tennessee, 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 Tennessee: 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 Tennessee data files, checked November 2026 against 19 official pages, among them TDLWD: Tax and Insurance (employers); Tennessee DLWD: UI Tax Rates; Tennessee DOR: GEN-34, Income Tax Withholding; Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development: New Hire Reporting; Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Required Posters; Employment Verification, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development; 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 FindLaw Codes (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 Tennessee new-hire steps for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 19 confirmed Tennessee rules at a glance and the 0 items to confirm. - **Tennessee 2027 checklist.** Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Tennessee New Hire Reporting, Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation. What it confirms: open a state unemployment tax account: TDLWD: register your business as a new employer on Jobs4TN.gov (Unemployment Employer e-Services); once you're liable for premiums the state assigns an eight-digit employer account number; taxable wage base for 2027: Not announced yet when we checked in November 2026; taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $7,000 per employee in 2026; new employer tax rate: 2.7% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: TDLWD: quarterly wage and premium reports become delinquent after January 31, 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 the date they are hired (newly hired or rehired); e-Verify for private employers: Private employers with 35 or more full-time equivalent employees under the same FEIN must use E-Verify for new hires; 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; paid sick leave: No statewide paid sick leave law for private employers; meal breaks for adults: A 30-minute unpaid meal or rest period for a shift scheduled for 6 consecutive hours; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; No breaks are required beyond the 30-minute period; breaks for workers under 18: Minors under 18 scheduled for 6 consecutive hours get a 30-minute unpaid break or meal period, not during or before the first hour of the day; workers' compensation insurance: Every employer with five or more employees; final pay when you let someone go: By the next regular payday after the separation or 21 days after it, whichever comes later; final pay when an employee quits: By the next regular payday after the separation or 21 days after it, whichever comes later; 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 Tennessee files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 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 Tennessee New Hire Reporting (new hires reported in 20 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change. - **Tennessee compliance workbook (Excel).** The Tennessee 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 (Tennessee Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/tennessee-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/tennessee-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Tennessee 2027 Checklist (Tennessee Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/tennessee-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/tennessee-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp) First page of Tennessee 2027 Checklist Get it ## Tennessee 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=tennessee-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 Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development 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** Tennessee 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 Tennessee Employer Kit 2027 comes as a zip with four documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Tennessee 2027 Checklist, 2027 Deadline Calendar, and New Hire And Pay Change Checklist, plus an Excel workbook (Tennessee 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 Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development 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 Tennessee, a state with no income tax to withhold, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Skip it if your employees work outside Tennessee: 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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