--- title: "Wisconsin Employer Compliance Kit 2027 | MCC Solutions" description: "Wisconsin employer kit for 2027: SUTA wage base, new hires reported in 20 days, $7.25 minimum wage. Checklist, deadline calendar and Excel tracker." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/toolkits/wisconsin-employer-compliance-kit-2027" --- Document pack # Wisconsin Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker The 2027 employer rules for Wisconsin in one package: SUTA wage base; new hires reported in 20 days; $7.25 minimum wage; no statewide paid sick leave law. **Coming soon** not on sale yet Why it is not on sale yet [Read the free guide](/state-rules?state=wi) 🌙 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 Wisconsin, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Not the right fit if Your employees work outside Wisconsin: 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 Wisconsin data files, checked November 2026 against 17 official pages, among them Wisconsin DWD: UI Financing Summary; Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center: FAQs; Wisconsin DWD: Unemployment Insurance Employer Handbook, posters and notices; Wisconsin DOR Publication W-166, Withholding Tax Guide (Wisconsin Administrative Register); Wisconsin Department of Revenue: Publication 121, Reciprocity (01/26); Wisconsin Department of Revenue: Working in Another State FAQs; 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. - 2 items the official pages didn't state are 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 Wisconsin new-hire steps for you. What is inside - **Start here.** How to use the kit, the 18 confirmed Wisconsin rules at a glance and the 2 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: open a state unemployment tax account (Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD)); new employer tax rate (Wisconsin DWD: UI Financing Summary). - **Wisconsin 2027 checklist.** Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Worker's Compensation Division. What it confirms: taxable wage base for 2027: Not announced yet when we checked in November 2026; taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $14,000 per employee in 2026; quarterly wage reports and payments: Wisconsin DWD: April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31; state income tax withholding: State income tax applies; workers who live in a neighboring state: Reciprocity partners named by the state: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan; report each new hire to the state: Within 20 days of the hire or re-hire date; e-Verify for private employers: No state law requires private employers in Wisconsin to use E-Verify: NCSL's State E-Verify Action summary (secondary source, checked November 2026) doesn't list Wisconsin among the 22 states that require E-Verify of any employer; 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 $2.33 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; Not required for adults; the Department encourages a lunch break of at least 30 minutes near the usual meal time; rest breaks for adults: no state rule; Not required for adults; breaks for workers under 18: Minors under 18 get a 30-minute duty-free meal period for every 6 consecutive hours of work; workers' compensation insurance: Employers with three or more full-time or part-time employees, from the day the third person is hired; final pay when you let someone go: In full on the regular payday under the employer's pay schedule (or sooner if the pay-frequency rule requires); final pay when an employee quits: In full on the regular payday under the employer's pay schedule (or sooner if the pay-frequency rule requires); state copies of W-2s and 1099s: Depending on the payment: rents and royalties of $600 or more to Wisconsin residents (or to nonresidents for Wisconsin property); nonwage payments of $600 or more to a nonresident for services performed in Wisconsin; annuities, pensions and other nonwage compensation of $600 or more to residents; and any payment with Wisconsin withholding, regardless of amount. - **2027 deadline calendar.** 11 dates our Wisconsin files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD); 2 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Center (new hires reported in 20 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change against the $7.25 minimum wage. - **Wisconsin compliance workbook (Excel).** The Wisconsin 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 (Wisconsin Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/wisconsin-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp)](/img/toolkits/wisconsin-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-1.webp) First page of Start Here [![Page 1 of the Wisconsin 2027 Checklist (Wisconsin Employer Compliance Kit 2027)](/img/toolkits/wisconsin-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp)](/img/toolkits/wisconsin-employer-compliance-kit-2027/doc-2.webp) First page of Wisconsin 2027 Checklist Get it ## Wisconsin 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=wi) 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 Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) 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 Wisconsin Employer Kit 2027 comes as a zip with four documents, each as an editable Word file and a printable PDF: Start Here, Wisconsin 2027 Checklist, 2027 Deadline Calendar, and New Hire And Pay Change Checklist, plus an Excel workbook (Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) 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 Wisconsin, from the first hire to the year-end forms. Skip it if your employees work outside Wisconsin: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. 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