Sourced from the public record
Every U.S. tax portal and rule, one search away
A sourced guide to the federal and state tax and payroll systems accountants use every day: where each portal lives, the rules for each state, which vendor built each system, and what the public record says about how it has gone.
Pick a state
All states
Every state's tax, unemployment, paid leave and other systems in one table, with costs.
Vendors
The handful of companies behind most state systems, and what each one has been paid.
Documented problems
Audit findings, overruns and failed launches, each with its source.
Federal
The IRS and federal payroll portals in the same format.
Disaster tax relief
Deadlines the IRS and the states have postponed for disaster areas, on a map.
Start a business
Where to form it, which tax and employer accounts to open, and what to file every year.
Sales tax
Each state's rate, local taxes, remote seller thresholds and how to file, on a map.
1099 filing
Which states want 1099s from payers, whether CF/SF covers it, and when they are due.
Pay transparency
Which states require pay ranges in job postings, and the city rules on top.
The vendors behind the systems
Size blends three things equally: states served now, current systems, and documented contract totals where the vendor is the only one named. Contract totals are ceilings or contract values as the source states them, not money paid. Click a bubble for the vendor's page.
From the record
- WyCAN consortium (Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, North Dakota), unemployment insurance (HCL America (named in Colorado's contract record; GAO does not name it)): Could not deliver a working system; work stopped in 2015 after $16.7M was paid. source Public record details
- Pennsylvania, unemployment insurance (IBM): The 2006 IBM contract ($109.9M) was to deliver wage records, employer tax and benefits; it expired in 2013 having cost nearly $170M, with the benefits system never completed. The state sued in 2017 and settled in 2021. The IBM-built employer tax system is still in use. source Public record details
- Florida, unemployment insurance (Deloitte): CONNECT launched in October 2013; the Auditor General put total project cost at $77.9M as of November 2014, with $40.6M paid to Deloitte and $47M expected. source Public record details
- California, unemployment insurance (Deloitte): The Markup reports that Deloitte's 2010 unemployment system overhaul halted about 300,000 payments and cost about $110M, roughly double the estimate. source Press / secondary details
- Ohio, unemployment insurance (Sagitec): Contract ended in January 2023 after the vendor's principals were indicted in a trade secrets case. source Press / secondary
- Hawaii, unemployment insurance (Solid State, then Netacent): A 2021 contract was cancelled in 2022 amid a vendor dispute; the replacement contract is $46.8M. source Press / secondary