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The Kentucky State Agency that oversees the collection and reporting of state income taxes deducted from payroll checks is:
Income Cabinet
200 Fair Oaks Lane
Frankfurt, KY 40601-1134
(502) 564-7287
http://revenue.ky.gov/
Kentucky requires you to use the federal form “K-4 Employee Withholding Exemption Certificate” to calculate state income tax withholding.
Not all states allow salary reductions made under Section 125 or 401(k) cafeteria plans to be treated in the same manner as the IRS code allows. In Kentucky, cafeteria plans are not taxable for income tax purposes; taxable for unemployment insurance purposes. 401(k) plan deferrals are not subject to income taxes; taxable for unemployment purposes.
In Kentucky, supplemental wages are required to be added for the state income tax withholding calculation.
You must file your Kentucky W-2 forms magnetically if you have at least 250 employees and you must file your federal W-2 forms magnetically.
The Kentucky State Unemployment Insurance Agency is:
Department of Employment Services
275 E. Main St., Second Floor E.
Frankfurt, KY 40621
(502) 564-2900
http://www.kycwd.org/des/ui/ui.htm
The state of Kentucky taxable wage base for unemployment purposes is wages up to $8,000.00.
Kentucky requires quarterly wage reporting magnetic media to be reported if the employer has at least 250 employees who are reporting that quarter.
Unemployment records must be kept in Kentucky for a minimum period of six years. This information generally includes: name; Social Security number; hire, retirement and termination dates; wages per period; payroll periods and payment dates; termination date and circumstances.
The Kentucky State Agency charged with enforcing state wage and hour laws is:
Labor Cabinet
Employment Standards Division,
Learning and Training
1047 US 127 South, Ste. 4
Frankfurt, KY 40601-4381
(502) 564-3070
http://labor.ky.gov/
The minimum wage in Kentucky is $5.15 per hour.
The general provision in Kentucky regarding overtime pay at a non-FLSA covered employer is one and one-half times the regular rate after a 40-hour week.
The state of Kentucky’s new hire reporting requirements are that every employer must report every new hire and rehire and job rejections. The employer must report the elements required by the federal government of:
- Name of the employee
- employee address
- Employee Social Security Number
- Name of the employee
- Employee Address
- Employer Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)
This information must be reported within 20 days of hire or rehire.
Information can be submitted as W4 or equivalent by mail, fax or electronically.
There is a $250.00 penalty for the third and subsequent offenses for a late report in Kentucky.
You can contact the Kentucky New Hire Reporting Agency by calling 800-817-2262 or 804-771-9602 or on the web at http://www.newhire-usa.com/ky/.
Kentucky does not allow mandatory direct deposit
Kentucky requires the following information on an employee’s pay stub:
- Gross and net earnings
- purpose of deductions
- When to start withholding? The order specifies the start date.
- When to send the payment? Date noted in order.
- When to send a termination notice? “Promptly.”
- Maximum administrative fee? $1 per payment.
- Retention limits? 50% of disposable income.
Kentucky requires that employees be paid no less frequently than twice a month, less frequently for FLSA-exempt employees. Kentucky requires that the time lapse between the end of the pay period and payment of wages to the employee not exceed eighteen days. Kentucky payroll law requires that involuntarily terminated employees be paid their final pay no later than the next regular payday or 14 days and voluntarily terminated employees be paid their final pay no later than the next regular payday. regular payment or 14 days. The deceased employee’s wages are due when normally owed to the surviving spouse or custodian of minor children if there is no will and the estate does not exceed $15,000. Reversion laws in Kentucky require that unclaimed wages be paid to the state after seven years. In addition, Kentucky requires the employer to keep a record of wages abandoned and turned over to the state for a period of 5 years. Kentucky payroll law requires that no more than $3.02 may be used as a tip credit. In Kentucky, payroll laws covering mandatory breaks or meal breaks state that employees must have a reasonable meal period within 3 to 5 hours after the start of the shift; 10-minute break every 4 hours; minors: 30-minute meal period after 5 hours. Kentucky statute requires that wage and hour records be maintained for a period of not less than one year. These records will normally consist of at least the information required under the FLSA.
The Kentucky agency responsible for enforcing child support laws and orders is: Child Support Enforcement Commission Office of the Attorney General 700 Capitol Ave., Ste. 118 Frankfort, KY 40601 (800) 248-1163 http://chfs.ky.gov/ Kentucky has the following provisions for child support deductions :
Please note that this article is not updated for changes that may and will occur from time to time.