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2012 California SDI Tax Rate and Wage Base
The California Disability Insurance (SDI) wage limit increases to $95,585. Change the value of the "DISABILITY TAX WAGE LIMIT" of the "CA" (California) record of the Tax Data File to 95585.00. The Employee SDI withholding rate decreases to 1.0% (.01000).
2012 California Unemployment Employer Tax Rate and Wage Base
The Employer Tax Rate for California Unemployment varies by company. Refer to the Notice of Contribution Rates (Form DE2088) you receive from the California Employment Development Department. To calculate the SUI rate, take your Unemployment Insurance (UI) Contribution and add your Employment Training Tax rate. Take the answer (a percent), change it to decimal form, and put the result in the EMPLOYER TAX RATE field under the column UNEMPLOYMENT. (For example, if your UI Contribution is 3.4% and your Employment Training Tax is 0.1%, your combined rate is 3.5%, and you enter .03500 in the Employer Rate field.) The Unemployment Wage Base remains at $7000.
Reference:
"Notice of Contribution Rates and Statement of UI Reserve Account for Calendar Year 2012", Employment Development Department Publication DE2088 Rev 52.
