• UIA Online Services for Employers
Employers can perform a variety of UIA functions and access UIA account information on-line. Click on the UIA Online Services for Employers link for access to the services. The online services are available from 7:00 a.m. Monday to 7:00 p.m. Saturday.

• Electronic Payments for Unemployed Workers
The UIA now offers two new unemployment benefit payment options: debit card and direct deposit.

• Subscribe to the Michigan Employer Advisor Newsletter
We have stopped publishing the Michigan Employer Advisor newsletter on paper. Subscribe here to receive future editions of the Advisor electronically.

• Michigan Targets SUTA Dumping
Michigan's unemployment insurance program is starting to crack down on employers that are trying to reduce their high unemployment rates through various tax-avoidance practices. Known as SUTA (state unemployment tax act) dumping, these sophisticated shell games are costing Michigan's unemployment trust fund up to an estimated $95 million a year. Many of these unethical practices are already illegal.

• Tax Teams Are Changing 
We want to service employers better! To improve efficiency, quality of work, and timeliness in processing your requests, the Agency is changing the way we service our employers. Currently, the Employer Tax Teams service your account based on the last three digits of your seven-digit Employer Account Number. Effective June 2, 2008, employers who call the Tax Office with questions, requests, or for other assistance will be serviced by the next available staff person in the area that handles the function.

• Stand-Alone UIA Schedule B 
UIA Schedule B is included in the 518 Booklets, "Registration for Michigan Taxes," used by employers starting NEW businesses to register those new businesses for various kinds of Michigan business taxes, including unemployment compensation taxes. PLEASE NOTE: UIA SCHEDULE B MUST BE COMPLETED WHENEVER THERE IS A TRANSFER OF ORGANIZATION (EMPLOYEES), TRADE (CUSTOMERS/ACCOUNTS), BUSINESS (PRODUCTS/SERVICES), OR ASSETS BETWEEN BUSINESS ENTITIES, EVEN THOSE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. UIA Schedule B is therefore being made available on the internet as a stand-alone form, as a convenience to the employer community, so that it can be filed by the employer receiving (acquiring) the organization, trade, business, or assets of another employer, or another subsidiary of the same employer, EVEN when the acquiring entity is not a NEW business entity.

• Employers' Questions
Employers with questions on benefits can now call our Employer Customer Relations (ECR) unit at 1-800-638-3994. Outside of Michigan, please call 1-313-456-2301.

• When to Report Wages

• Request A 1017e Presentation

• Reel Tapes Phased Out

• UC 1017e, Interactive Wage Detail Report