New Company Registration for Georgia

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to be tax, legal, financial, or HR advice. Rules and regulations change over time and can vary by location. Consult with a lawyer, accountant, Tax, or HR expert for specific guidance.

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Register for Taxes with Middesk

Homebase has partnered with Middesk to make tax registration easier for you.

• Middesk can register you across all 50 states for withholdings/income tax (SIT) and unemployment insurance (SUI)
• Middesk will continue to support your ongoing compliance by processing and surfacing your state mail for your review
• Middesk offers registrations for select PFMLs and local jurisdictions as well

To get started, sign up here and check out this tutorial.

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Georgia Withholding Tax

Tax Agency: Georgia Department of Revenue

Creating a Georgia Department of Revenue Online Account

To obtain a Georgia Withholding Number, the employer must register for an account with the Georgia Department of Revenue. The assigned Georgia Withholding Number will have nine characters.

Specifically, the first seven characters are digits and the last two are letters. The format is: 0000000-XX. On how to setup an account, see here.

Applying for Georgia Withholding Tax Account Number

A business may register for a Georgia withholding tax account number through the Georgia Tax Center (GTC), a secure electronic self-service portal.

After the online submission, employers will receive an email within 15 minutes of their assigned withholding tax account number and deposit tax frequency.

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Georgia State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) Tax

Tax Agency: Georgia Department of Labor

Applying for Georgia SUI Account Number

Method	Details
Online	To obtain a Georgia SUI Account Number, the business must register online with the Georgia Department of Labor. Once the registration has been completed, the business will receive their eight-digit Account Number (000000-00). Online Employer Tax Registration
Paper Form	Complete paper Form DOL 1N, Application for GDOL Tax Account or Status Change. This form can be completed electronically and printed. Paper applications can take up to 30 days for processing and the determination is mailed to the address of record.