Guides
Guides to state payroll tax, SUI and agency notices.
How state payroll tax, SUI and agency notices work, written for employers and the CPA firms that serve them.
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- Compliance GuideState payroll tax registration: a 2026 guideWhich state agencies you register with, how long each account takes, where registrations fail, and what it costs when one is missed.Kreto team · September 16, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 9 min read
- SUI ComplianceSUI rate notices explained: how to read oneA field-by-field read of a state unemployment rate notice: experience rating, benefit charges, and when a protest is worth filing.Kreto team · September 16, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 10 min read
- Compliance GuideHow to respond to a state tax noticeTriage, classify, check against payroll, quantify, respond, and keep the evidence trail: an eight-step playbook for a state tax notice.Kreto team · September 16, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 9 min read
- SUI ComplianceHow to respond to a SUI rate notice, step by stepYour SUI rate notice is one of the few tax documents you can change, but the protest window is short and runs from the mailing date. Here is what to do.Kreto team · July 21, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 9 min read
- Industry NewsChoosing a compliance tool after a provider changeWhen the state compliance tool you rely on changes, split the jobs it did, then pick a replacement by where your risk lives: the agency notices.Kreto team · July 18, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 8 min read
- CPA GuideNotice management software for CPA firmsA buyer's checklist for notice management software: does it read the notice, track the deadline, check the figures against payroll and show its work?Kreto team · July 15, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 10 min read
- Platform OverviewWhat is Kreto? State compliance, explainedKreto keeps state registrations, deadlines, payroll tax and SUI, the employment programs, evidence and agency notices in one record. How it works.Kreto team · March 28, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 7 min read
- SUI ComplianceSUI rate errors: when payroll uses the wrong rateIf your Ohio SUI rate is 2.7% but payroll uses 2.0%, on Ohio's 2026 $9,000 wage base across 50 employees, that is a $3,150 annual discrepancy (an example).Kreto team · March 25, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 10 min read
- Compliance GuideGovernment notices employers get, by typeUnemployment insurance, workers' comp, wage and hour, paid leave, I-9, ACA, IRS, licensing and collections: each notice family, its deadlines and replies.Kreto team · March 22, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 12 min read
- CPA GuideManaging compliance notices across many clientsWhy spreadsheets fail once a firm has many employer clients, what a notice system needs, and the time math, worked through as an example.Kreto team · March 18, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 8 min read
- SUI ComplianceCatching SUI overpayments in 2026How to audit your SUI rate, catch discrepancies before they compound, and file voluntary contribution payments before the deadline.Kreto team · March 15, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 8 min read
- SUI ComplianceVoluntary SUI contributions: worth the payment?Some states let employers make a voluntary SUI contribution to lower their rate. When the math works it can pay for itself. The formula and an example.Kreto team · March 12, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 9 min read
- CPA GuideHow CPA firms handle more notices without more staffHow classification and payroll cross-referencing take the mechanical part of each notice off a firm's staff, stage by stage, with a person approving.Kreto team · March 3, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 12 min read
- Ohio ODJFSOhio SUI rate protest deadline (ODJFS), 2026Got an Ohio unemployment tax rate notice? You have 30 days from the mailing date to ask ODJFS to reconsider. What to check first and what to send.Kreto team · February 20, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 6 min read