States / Wyoming
Wyoming
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
Wyoming has no personal or corporate income tax, so practitioners mainly work in four state logins: WYIFS at the Department of Revenue for sales, use and tobacco taxes, WYUI at the Department of Workforce Services for unemployment insurance (filed jointly with workers' compensation), WyoBiz at the Secretary of State for business filings and annual reports, and the New Hire Reporting Center, which YoungWilliams runs for the Department of Family Services. The excise tax system behind WYIFS was built by Managed Business Solutions under a 2010 award whose amount was not published, and rolled out in 2011. WYUI was built by Tata Consultancy Services after the four-state WyCAN consortium stopped its original contractor's work in 2015, having paid it $16.7 million; Colorado's contract database lists the WyCAN contract with HCL America at $50.52 million. Wyoming, the last member left, put WYUI benefits live in June 2018 and employer tax by May 2019, on a project the press reported at $30 million in federal grant money. No contract amount for either current system was found in public records. Wyoming has no paid family and medical leave program; a bill for a voluntary plan failed introduction in 2024.
Who administers what
Every fact links to its source and carries a label: Public record Vendor claim Press / secondary
What the state has spent
—no contract total published yet
$30.0Min project budgets and cost estimates on record (1 system)
4current systems: tax 1, unemployment insurance 1, business registration 1, new hire reporting 1
4vendors named
1contract actions on record
Contract totals are the approved ceilings or current contract values the sources state, not money paid, and they are added up only where a plain contract figure exists. The yearly average spreads each system's payments over the years they cover (marked p), or, where no payment data was found, its contract total over the contract term (marked c); systems with neither are left out; it is an estimate of the yearly cost, not a reported figure. Payments to date and project budgets or estimates are added up in their own tiles, from the figures shown in the table; the three kinds of figure overlap and are never added together. Follow each system below for its sources.
Portals practitioners use
Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division
- Sales and use tax license registration and filing (Forms 41-1, 42-1, 43-1, 44 and 45-1)
- Contractor registration and use tax reporting
- Cigarette and other tobacco tax: license renewal, monthly reports, stamp orders
- Payments by ACH debit or by credit card (processed by Convenient Payments)
Account holders can create sub-accounts for staff or an accounting firm to enter tax information. Wire transfers and ACH credits are accepted, but not through WYIFS.
Built by Managed Business Solutions (MBS). Contract details
excise-wyifs.wy.gov/ · source Public record
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Wyoming Department of Revenue
- Streamlined Sales Tax Project electronic filing interface to the Excise Tax System
Used by Streamlined Sales Tax filers and their service providers, not by most practitioners.
Built by Managed Business Solutions (MBS). Contract details
dorservices.wyoming.gov/ · source Public record
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Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division
- Joint unemployment insurance and workers' compensation registration and quarterly reports
- Tax payments by ACH debit, or vouchers for check payments
- Amending reports and wages, account changes, appeals of claims, benefit charges and rates
- Viewing rates, payments, credits and correspondence; 940 re-certifications
One portal for employers and claimants. Employers add or remove a CPA or payroll company's access inside WYUI and can create up to five staff logins. Unavailable 7:00 to 7:30 am on weekdays for updates.
Built by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Contract details
wyui.wyo.gov/ · source Public record
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Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
- Forming an LLC, profit or nonprofit corporation
- Annual report filing
- Reinstatement, certificates of good standing, filed document search
Built by . Contract details
wyobiz.wyo.gov/ · source Public record
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Wyoming Department of Family Services, Child Support Program
- Employer new hire and rehire reporting
Run by a contractor on its own domain, linked from the state child support site.
Built by YoungWilliams. Contract details
newhire-reporting.com/WY-Newhire/default.aspx · source Public record
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Leadership and contacts
Checked Oct 30, 2026. People change roles often; confirm on the agency's site before relying on a name.
Chain of command
Wyoming Department of RevenueDirector, Wyoming Department of Revenue: Bret Fanning3 people, 6 contact routes
revenue.wyo.gov
Wyoming has no personal or corporate income tax and no state withholding. The Department's Excise Tax Division administers sales, use and lodging tax and other excise taxes through the Wyoming Internet Filing System (WYIFS); the Mineral Tax, Property Tax and Liquor divisions cover the rest.
How to reach it
For businesses
Who leads it
Answers to the governor
Director, Wyoming Department of Revenue
Bret Fanning
Appointed by Governor Mark Gordon on August 1, 2025. By statute the director is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, serves at the governor's pleasure, and the appointment ends with the term of the governor who made it (W.S. 9-2-2007(b), 9-2-1706(a) and (b): https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title09.pdf).
Heads the Department of Revenue and its Excise Tax, Mineral Tax, Property Tax, Liquor and Administrative Services divisions. Previously Administrator of the Excise Tax Division from May 2022 to July 2025. source Public record
Administrator, Excise Tax Division
Sharon Rehm
Appointed Administrator in August 2025. The appointing authority is not stated on the page.
Heads the Excise Tax Division, which administers sales, use and lodging tax and other excise taxes and runs vendor registration and returns. source Public record
Manager, Administrative Services Division
Yvonne Lovato
Selected Manager in June 2025. The appointing authority is not stated on the page.
Heads the department's Administrative Services Division. Its duties are not described on the page read. source Public record
Not confirmed: The department has no taxpayer advocate or practitioner line on the pages read.
Wyoming Department of Workforce ServicesDirector: Elizabeth Gagen, JD4 people, 6 contact routes
dws.wyo.gov
Runs unemployment insurance, including employer registration, wage reports and UI tax through WYUI, and the Employment Tax division that audits employers for both unemployment insurance and workers' compensation.
How to reach it
For tax professionals
For employers
General
Who leads it
Answers to the governor
Director
Elizabeth Gagen, JD
Department head. By statute the director is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, serves at the governor's pleasure, and the appointment ends with the term of the governor who made it (W.S. 9-2-2018(b), 9-2-1706(a) and (b): https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title09.pdf).
Heads the department, which is organized into four divisions: Workforce Programs; Standards and Compliance; Policy, Research and Communications; and Fiscal. source Public record
Deputy Director
Jason Wolfe
Department position. The appointing authority is not stated on the page.
The department's second-ranking official. Its duties are not described on the page read. source Public record
Workforce Programs Administrator
Holly McKamey Simoni
Department position. The appointing authority is not stated on the page.
Heads the Workforce Programs Division, which includes Unemployment Insurance, Vocational Rehabilitation, the WIOA policy team and the Workforce Centers. source Public record
Workforce Standards Administrator
Karen Bebensee
Department position. The appointing authority is not stated on the page.
Heads the Workforce Standards Division, which includes Employment Tax (audit and compliance for unemployment insurance and workers' compensation), Labor Standards, workers' compensation, OSHA and the State Mine Inspector. source Public record
Not confirmed: No head of the Unemployment Insurance program or of the Unemployment Tax Division is named below the division administrators.; Reporting lines below the Director are not drawn on the leadership page (by statute the director appoints the division administrators, W.S. 9-2-1706(c)(i)(B)).; No hours are published for the Unemployment Tax Division line.
Wyoming Secretary of StateSecretary of State: Chuck Gray1 people, 3 contact routes
sos.wyo.gov
Wyoming's business filing office: its Business Division registers corporations and 12 other kinds of business entity, trademarks and trade names, records UCC filings and regulates commercial registered agents, through WyoBiz.
How to reach it
For businesses
Who leads it
Answers to the voters
Secretary of State
Chuck Gray
Elected statewide to a four-year term (Wyoming Constitution, Art. 4, sec. 11, as the office states it). Elected in 2022, so the current term runs to January 2027.
Oversees statewide elections, registration of all statutorily authorized business entities, trade names and trademarks, and regulation of Wyoming's securities industry. Sits on the State Loan and Investment Board, the Board of Land Commissioners and the State Building Commission. source Public record
Not confirmed: The Deputy Secretary of State and the Business Division director are not named on the pages read; the office's duties page lists the Deputy Secretary as part of the Executive Office.
Wyoming Department of Family Services, Child Support ProgramDirector, Wyoming Department of Family Services: Korin A. Schmidt1 people, 4 contact routes
childsupport.wyo.gov
The Child Support Program, within the Department of Family Services, runs the Wyoming New Hire Reporting Center (operated by YoungWilliams under contract) and the State Disbursement Unit for employer income withholding payments.
How to reach it
For employers
General
Who leads it
Answers to the governor
Director, Wyoming Department of Family Services
Korin A. Schmidt
Appointed by Governor Mark Gordon in February 2019 (department's About page). By statute the director is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, serves at the governor's pleasure, and the appointment ends with the term of the governor who made it (W.S. 9-2-2006(b), 9-2-1706(a) and (b): https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title09.pdf).
Heads the Department of Family Services, which includes the Child Support Program. source Public record
Not confirmed: The Child Support Program administrator is not named on the department's About page or the Child Support Program pages.
Employer account numbers
Checked Oct 29, 2026. No state income tax on wages, so no withholding account.
Wyoming has no state income tax on wages, so there is no state withholding account: the Wyoming Business Council, the state's economic development agency, lists "NO personal state income tax" and "NO corporate state income tax" among Wyoming's business advantages. One state agency issues employer payroll numbers: the Department of Workforce Services (DWS), which runs unemployment insurance and the state workers' compensation program in one portal, WYUI. An employer has a UI Employer Account Number (EAN) and, if it has Wyoming workers' compensation coverage, a separate Workers' Compensation account number; the two can be joined so both are reported on one WYUI report. The employment support fund and workforce development training fund shares are part of the UI tax rate and have no number of their own. No Wyoming paid family or medical leave or disability insurance program with its own employer account was found.
| Tax | Number | Layout | Issued by | How you get it | Where to find it | Source |
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| Unemployment insurance | Employer Account Number (EAN), the Unemployment Insurance (UI) account number The UI tax rate is a base rate plus four additional rate factors. Under W.S. 27-3-505(a), the adjustment factor for noncharged and ineffectively charged benefits is split 20 percent to the unemployment compensation fund, 60 percent to the employment support fund and 20 percent to the workforce development training fund, so those funds are paid as part of the UI tax on the same account. Not the Workers' Compensation account number, though a joint account reports both on one WYUI report. | 9999999999 10 digits. The Department's guide to establishing an employer login in WYUI says: "Use your existing UI account number, but add a leading zero. The new numbers are 10 digits long." | Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division | Complete a Joint Business Registration by creating an employer account in WYUI (wyui.wyo.gov). DWS says that on completing the Joint Business Registration (and an Out of State Questionnaire for businesses not in Wyoming) a new employer receives a notice of its rate; an employer that has not completed registration before submitting a report is assigned the highest base rate, 8.5 percent. | In WYUI: the File Contribution and Wage Report screen shows the employer's Unemployment Insurance (UI) account number, the business name, the trade name and the current Workers' Compensation account number, if any. Numbers issued before WYUI may be written with 9 digits; the Department says to add a leading zero. Establishing a WYUI login for an existing business takes the EAN, the FEIN and one of the assigned UI tax rate, the NAICS code or the last payment amount. A user who is locked out is asked for the EAN and FEIN plus two of: the Workers' Compensation account number, the current UI tax rate, the last UI payment, or a company officer's name and last four SSN digits. The paper Amended Summary Report (WYO 082) has separate boxes for the "UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE #" and the "WORKERS' COMP EMPLOYER#". | source Public record |
| Other payroll tax | Workers' Compensation (WC) account number (Workers' Comp employer number) A separate number from the UI EAN. With a joint account (UI and WC accounts connected), the employer reports both on one WYUI quarterly report and marks each employee U (UI wages), W (WC wages) or B (both). | Not published | Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Workers' Compensation Division | Create an employer account in WYUI (wyui.wyo.gov); DWS reviews the information and confirms the coverage the business needs. Coverage through DWS is required before work begins for businesses in extra-hazardous industries and is optional for others. One WYUI account may cover both UI tax filings and Workers' Compensation premium filings. | In WYUI, on the File Contribution and Wage Report screen ("Your current Workers' Compensation Account number (if applicable)"). Wyoming workers' compensation is a state program paid as premiums, with rates set by NAICS classification, not a tax, but its account is issued and reported through the same DWS portal as UI. The Guide to Workers' Compensation for Employers says an employer with both Workers' Compensation and UI policies can request joint reporting from its Account Manager. The DWS pages and guides read do not state the account number's length or layout. | source Public record |
Layout: 9 is a digit, A is a letter, other characters are shown as the agency writes them. No real account numbers appear on this site.
Employer tax ID numbers for every state researched
Unemployment insurance tax
Checked Nov 3, 2026. Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division
Wyoming's taxable wage base is $34,900 for 2027, up from $33,800 in 2026; by statute it is 55% of the statewide average annual wage. A new employer pays the average rate of its major industry for the prior year plus adjustment factors, never less than 1% plus those factors; DOL's July 2026 summary puts experience rates at 0.10% to 8.50%. DWS does not post industry rates or the yearly range, so each employer's rate comes from its own rate notice.
- Taxable wage base
- 2027: $34,900
2026: $33,800
2025: $32,400
Indexed: W.S. 27-3-102(a)(xviii)(A) excludes from taxable wages remuneration above 55% of the statewide average annual wage (calculated under W.S. 27-3-303(a)), rounded to the lowest $100. source Public record
- New employer rate
- 2026: not published Under W.S. 27-3-503(f) a new employer (less than three years of experience, per DWS) pays the average contribution rate of its major industrial classification for the preceding calendar year plus the adjustment factors under W.S. 27-3-505, and never less than 1% plus those factors; the industry rates are set each year and were not found on DWS public pages. An employer that has not completed its Joint Business Registration before submitting a report is assigned the highest base rate, 8.5%. DOL's July 2026 Significant Provisions lists Wyoming's new employer rate as the industry average. source Public record
- Rate range
- 2026: 0.1% to 8.5%, Base rate from the employer's benefit ratio (at most 8.5%) plus four additional rate factors under W.S. 27-3-505 Minimum and maximum from the U.S. Department of Labor's Significant Provisions of State UI Laws, effective July 2026; DWS does not post them. DOL notes the range covers experience rated employers only, without surtaxes or surcharges, and lists the new employer rate as the industry average. By statute the base rate is at most 8.5% (W.S. 27-3-503(b)) and the adjustment factors under W.S. 27-3-505(a) and (b) are capped at 1.5%. source Public record
- Other assessments
- Employment support fund and workforce development training fund shares of the adjustment factor for noncharged and ineffectively charged benefits: Part of the UI tax rate, not a separate assessment: of the adjustment factor, 20% goes to the unemployment compensation fund, 60% to the employment support fund and 20% to the workforce development training fund (W.S. 27-3-505(a)) (2026) source Public record
- Rate notices
- DWS mails annual rate notices to experience-rated employers no later than December 31 of the prior year; a new employer receives a rate notice on completing the Joint Business Registration.. Protest: A rate determination is binding unless the employer files an application for review and redetermination within 30 days after the notice is mailed (W.S. 27-3-506(b)). source Public record
- Voluntary contributions
- Not allowed source Public record
- Filing
- WY Quarterly UI/WC and UI Only Summary Report (filed in WYUI or on the paper form)
Due: Q1 April 30, Q2 July 31, Q3 October 31, Q4 January 31 (delinquent the next day); the next business day when the date falls on a weekend or holiday.
Electronic filing: Reports can be filed and paid in WYUI; payroll services can upload ICESA bulk files, paid by ACH debit at upload. No electronic filing mandate was found on the pages read.
WYUI (Wyoming Unemployment Insurance) source Public record
- FUTA credit reduction
- None. Not listed by the U.S. Department of Labor as having a Title XII advance balance on January 1, 2026, and not a credit reduction state for 2025 or any earlier year from 2010. source Public record
Recent and coming changes
- Jan 1, 2027 Taxable wage base rises to $34,900 for 2027, from $33,800 in 2026. source Public record
The UI rate is a base rate plus four additional rate factors. Wyoming reports UI and state workers' compensation together in WYUI. The paper summary report instructions give the 2025 wage base; the 2026 and 2027 figures come from the DWS wage base table.
Not confirmed: New employer industry rates for 2026 and 2027: not posted on DWS public pages (W.S. 27-3-503(f) says the department determines them each year). 2027 rate range and the values of the four additional rate factors: not published; the 2026 range is from DOL's July 2026 summary. Voluntary contributions: recorded as not allowed on DOL's 2023 Comparison only; not confirmed by DWS. Electronic filing mandate: none found; not confirmed. Whether the employment support fund share of the rate counts toward the FUTA credit: not stated in the sources read.
Unemployment insurance tax in every state
Income tax withholding
Checked Nov 3, 2026
Wyoming has no personal state income tax, so employers withhold no state income tax from wages and there is no state withholding certificate, supplemental rate, reciprocity or withholding deposit schedule. The Wyoming Business Council, the state's economic development agency, lists no corporate or personal state income tax. No other wage-based tax withheld from employees was found.
Source: https://wyomingbusiness.org/why-wyoming/business-resources/. The employer's state payroll accounts are the unemployment insurance and workers' compensation accounts with the Department of Workforce Services, shown on the tax ID page.
Not confirmed: The no income tax statement comes from the Wyoming Business Council; a Department of Revenue or statutory statement was not saved. Local wage taxes: none found; not separately checked against a primary source.
Withholding rules in every state
Credits for other states' taxes and part-year residents
Checked Nov 3, 2026
Wyoming has no personal or corporate state income tax, so there is no credit for taxes paid to other states, no part-year resident rule and no reverse credit. Wyoming is an associate member of the Multistate Tax Commission.
- Multistate Tax Compact
- Associate member. source Public record
Other interstate rules
- With no corporate or personal state income tax, no Wyoming business income tax interacts with other states' resident credits. source Public record
Source for no income tax: the Wyoming Business Council, the state's economic development agency (https://wyomingbusiness.org/why-wyoming/business-resources/: "no corporate or personal state income tax").
Not confirmed: The no income tax statement comes from the Wyoming Business Council; a Department of Revenue or statutory statement was not saved.
Multistate rules in every state
Business return deadlines and annual reports
Checked Nov 4, 2026
Wyoming has no individual or corporate income tax, so there is no corporate, S corporation, partnership or individual income tax return. Every business entity, domestic and foreign, files an annual report with the Secretary of State due the first day of its anniversary month: corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and registered LLPs pay an annual license tax of $60 or two-tenths of one mill on Wyoming assets, whichever is greater, and nonprofits pay $25. An entity is delinquent the second day of the following month and is administratively dissolved if the report is not filed within 60 days after the due date.
- Corporate return
- No corporate income tax. source Public record
- Partnerships
- No partnership return required. source Public record
Annual report
Filed with the Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division through WyoBiz (Annual Report Wizard).
| Who files | Report | How often | Due | Fee | Late fee | If not filed |
|---|
| Corporations, LLCs, LPs, LLPs, Foreign entities | Annual Report and annual license tax source Public record | Every year | The first day of the anniversary month of formation or qualification (an entity registered January 15 is due January 1 each year); may be filed up to 120 days early | Annual license tax of $60 or two-tenths of one mill on the dollar ($.0002) on assets located and employed in Wyoming, whichever is greater ($60 for $300,000 or less in assets); a payment processor convenience fee applies online, and online filing is not permitted when the fee is over $500 | None stated; reinstatement after dissolution for tax is $100 plus the past-due reports | Delinquent on the second day of the month after the due date; administratively dissolved (or revoked, if foreign) if the report is not filed within 60 days after the due date. An entity dissolved or revoked for not filing within the past two years, with no other delinquencies, may reinstate online. |
| Nonprofits | Annual Report (nonprofit corporations, domestic and foreign) source Public record | Every year | The first day of the anniversary month | $25 (no asset reporting) | None stated; reinstatement for tax is $25 | Same delinquency and administrative dissolution rules. |
Statutory trusts are the exception to the anniversary rule: they file on or before January 2 each year, with statutory trusts and statutory foundations paying a $100 annual report fee.
No change to the annual report due date or license tax was found for 2026 or 2027. The fee schedule read is the one effective July 1, 2026 (revised June 2026); what, if anything, changed on that date was not checked.
Not confirmed: Whether the fee schedule effective July 1, 2026 changed any annual report or reinstatement fee: the earlier schedule was not compared.
Deadlines and annual reports in every state
Electronic payment, penalties and interest
Checked Nov 4, 2026
Wyoming has no personal or corporate income tax, and no electronic payment mandate was found for sales and use tax: the statute lets the Department offer electronic filing and payment as an option. The sales tax statute sets no separate late filing or late payment penalty; a return the Department makes for a nonfiler is a deficiency, a deficiency from negligence draws 10% and one from fraud 25%, plus interest. Delinquent tax bears interest at the average prime rate for the prior fiscal year plus 4%, reset each January 1 and capped at 18%; the Department gives 10.75% a year for 2026.
Interest on unpaid tax
| Period | Applies to | Underpayments | Refunds |
|---|
| Jan 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026 now | All taxes | 10.75% a year | same |
An annual rate equal to the average prime interest rate determined by the State Treasurer for the preceding fiscal year (averaging the prime rate of at least 75% of the 30 largest US banks) plus 4%, adjusted on January 1 of each year and never more than 18% for sales on or after July 1, 1994; sales before July 1, 1994 bear 1% a month. The Department announced the 2026 rate in its Taxing Issues newsletter (September 2026, Revised), with a daily rate of 0.0295%. The 2027 rate had not been announced when checked. Compounding: The Department states a daily rate for delinquent accounts; compounding is not stated. W.S. 39-15-108(b)(i). source Public record
When tax must be paid electronically
No electronic payment mandate was found.
Penalties
- Late filing
- Covers: Sales and use tax (W.S. 39-15-107 and 39-15-108). No percentage late filing penalty was found in the statute. If a vendor fails to file, the Department gives written notice to file by the last day of the following month; if the vendor still does not file, the Department makes a return from the best information available, and the tax is a deficiency subject to penalties and interest. W.S. 39-15-107(a)(iv); 39-15-108(c). source Public record
- Late payment
- Covers: Sales and use tax. No separate late payment penalty found; tax paid short of the amount due bears interest from the time the return was due and is payable within 10 days after notice and demand. The negligence (10%) and fraud (25%) deficiency penalties are each added together with interest. W.S. 39-15-108(b)(i) and (c). source Public record
- Estimated tax, individuals
- Safe harbor: No personal income tax. source Public record
- Estimated tax, corporations
- Safe harbor: No corporate income tax. source Public record
- Penalty relief
- The Department may credit or waive interest as part of a settlement or for any other good cause. In a voluntary disclosure agreement the Department may, for good cause, waive penalties and interest on the disclosed liability. No provision for waiving the negligence penalty on request was found. source Public record
Other penalties
- Deficiency due to negligence or intentional disregard of rules, without intent to defraud. 10% of the deficiency plus interest. source Public record
- Deficiency due to fraud with intent to evade. 25% of the deficiency plus interest. source Public record
- Vehicle sales or use tax not paid to the county treasurer within 65 days of sale or entry into the state. Interest of 1% a month or fraction, plus a $25 civil fee from day 65 to day 75, then $25 or 10% of the tax, whichever is greater. source Public record
Recent and coming changes
- Laws 2026, chapter 19 repealed the separate use tax article (W.S. 39-16-101 to 39-16-111, including its penalty and interest sections 39-16-107 and 39-16-108); the sales tax article now covers purchasers who owe tax not paid to a vendor. source Public record
The 2026 rate comes from the Excise Tax Division's Taxing Issues newsletter (Vol. 29, Quarter 3, September 2026, Revised), a Google Drive file linked from https://excise-tax-div.wyo.gov/newsletter-taxing-issues. Unemployment insurance and workers' compensation penalties (Department of Workforce Services) were not covered.
Not confirmed: A late filing penalty in the Department's rules (Chapter 2, sales and use tax) was not checked; the statute read has none, while some secondary sites describe one. Rules at rules.wyo.gov were not read. 2027 interest rate: not yet announced as of 2026-11-04 (normally in the Department's newsletter; the rate resets January 1). Interest paid on refunds: not found. Effective date of Laws 2026, chapter 19 not read. Dishonored payment penalty: not found. No penalty waiver form or first-time abatement policy found.
Electronic payment, penalties and interest in every state
Disaster relief rules
Checked Nov 4, 2026
Wyoming has no individual or corporate income tax, and no statute, rule or Department of Revenue guidance was found on following IRS disaster postponements for its sales, use or other taxes. Relief rests on the Department's general power to waive sales tax late-filing penalties for good cause on a written request within 90 days of the due date, and to credit or waive penalties and interest for good cause. No disaster relief page or notice was found.
- When the IRS postpones deadlines
- No standing rule found No rule found. A search of Wyoming Statutes title 39 (taxation and revenue) for "disaster" found no match. Not stated. source Public record
- Taxes covered
- Not stated.
- State-declared disasters
- Not stated; no Department disaster relief notice was found.
- How to get relief
- No disaster procedure found. Penalties: W.S. 39-15-108(c)(xiv): the Department, for good cause, may waive a penalty for failure to file a sales tax return if the taxpayer requests the waiver in writing within 90 days after the due date. W.S. 39-15-108(c)(xv) and (b)(iii): the Department may credit or waive penalties and interest as part of a settlement or for any other good cause. source Public record
Wyoming Statutes title 39 was read from the Legislature's compiled PDF as published today.
Not confirmed: The Department of Revenue and Excise Tax Division sites show no disaster page; past event notices, if any, were not found. Property tax relief for disaster-damaged property (administered by counties) was not researched.
Current disaster relief and every state's rules
Federal tax picture
From the IRS's own statistics: the Data Book for fiscal 2025 and Statistics of Income for tax year 2023. Every state
$8.6Bfederal tax collected, fiscal 2025, 0.2% of the U.S.
614,158federal returns filed, fiscal 2025
$0.9Brefunded, fiscal 2025
$110,694average income (AGI) per individual return, 2023
48.4%of individual returns signed by a paid preparer, 2023
94.6%of individual returns e-filed, 2023
Collected by type: Individual income tax payments and SECA tax $3.6B; Individual income tax withheld and FICA tax $3.2B; Estate and trust income tax $1.4B; Business income taxes $252M; Gift tax $69M; Estate tax $48M; Excise taxes $43M; Unemployment insurance tax $9.7M; Railroad retirement tax $0.5M. source Public record
Filers moving in and out, 2022 to 2023
12,702 returns (22,038 people) with $1.0B of income moved in from other states; 12,515 returns (21,663 people) with $0.9B moved out, a net gain of $0.1B in income. source Public record
Minimum wage
Checked Nov 3, 2026. Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Labor Standards
Wyoming's state minimum wage is $5.15 an hour, fixed in W.S. 27-4-202 with no index and no scheduled change, so the federal $7.25 applies to employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The state tipped cash wage is $2.13. Employees under 20 may be paid $4.25 for their first 90 days.
- Rate
- $5.15 (2026) State rate; employers covered by the FLSA must pay the federal $7.25. No change in 2026.
$5.15 (2027) No scheduled change: the statute fixes $5.15. Federal $7.25 applies to FLSA covered employers.
The federal $7.25 applies to employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. source Public record
- How it is set
- Fixed in law W.S. 27-4-202 source Public record
- Tipped employees
- 2026: cash wage $2.13, tip credit $3.02 State law: cash wage of at least $2.13, and the employer pays the difference if wages and tips fall short of $5.15; a tipped employee customarily receives more than $30 a month in tips. Tip credit is the difference from the state $5.15. FLSA covered employers follow the federal $7.25 rule.
2027: cash wage $2.13, tip credit $3.02 No scheduled change. source Public record
- Youth and training wages
- $4.25. Employees under age 20 may be paid at least $4.25 an hour for the first 90 consecutive days of employment; employers may not displace other employees to do so (W.S. 27-4-202(c)). source Public record
- Poster
- Wyoming-Specific Posters (includes State Minimum Wage), free from the Department
The Department's employer FAQ says the $5.15 rate does not vary by employee type or schedule. The U.S. Department of Labor's state table (updated July 1, 2026) also lists Wyoming at $5.15 with FLSA covered employers at $7.25. Wyoming has no state overtime requirement for salaried or commission employees per the same FAQ, and no state exempt salary threshold.
Not confirmed: The Wyoming poster files are hosted on Google Drive links from the Department's poster page and were not downloaded. Whether Wyoming preempts city or county minimum wages was not confirmed from a primary source; no local minimum wage was found.
Minimum wage in every state
Paid family and medical leave
Checked Nov 3, 2026. No program
Wyoming has no state paid family and medical leave or temporary disability insurance program funded by payroll contributions, so there is no 2026 or 2027 contribution rate, wage base, employer or employee share, or separate report. No voluntary state program was found.
The Department of Workforce Services employer FAQ for labor standards covers leave payout at separation but does not address paid family leave. A 2024 House bill (HB0174) for a voluntary paid family and medical leave insurance program appears in search results; its Legislature page loads by script and could not be read with curl.
Not confirmed: No Wyoming agency page or statute found says in words that Wyoming has no paid family and medical leave or temporary disability insurance program; "none" rests on the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau count and map (map updated September 2023), the site's own taxids research, and no program found in this run. Not checked in the Wyoming insurance code: whether Wyoming has a law letting insurers sell private paid family leave insurance (for example as a rider to group disability policies, as Virginia allows). Secondary summaries seen in search results name other states for such laws, not Wyoming. Wyoming 2024 HB0174 (voluntary paid family and medical leave insurance program, reported by a search result as failing introduction): the wyoleg.gov bill page renders by script and was not read; status not confirmed.
Paid leave in every state
Sick leave and time off
Checked Nov 5, 2026. No paid sick leave law
Wyoming has no law requiring private employers to give paid sick leave or paid time off, and no state family and medical leave law, so employers follow the federal FMLA. Accrued vacation counts as wages and must be paid at separation unless the employer's written policy says accrued vacation is forfeited at termination and the employee acknowledged that policy in writing. State law requires one hour of paid time off to vote and military leave of absence.
Paid sick leave
No state law requires private employers to give paid sick leave.
Local laws: No Wyoming statute was found that bars cities, towns or counties from requiring paid sick leave, and no local ordinance requiring it was found.
Family and medical leave
Wyoming has no state family and medical leave law for private employers and relies on the federal FMLA.
Vacation and PTO at the end of employment
Paid unless policy says no Wages under the wage payment act include fringe benefits but exclude vacation accrued at termination only if the employer's written policies say accrued vacation is forfeited at termination and the employee has acknowledged those policies in writing. The Department of Workforce Services says an employer can deny vacation payout only on such a written, acknowledged policy, and may require notice (for example 10 days) to receive payouts. Final wages are due by the next regular payday. (W.S. 27-4-501(a)(iii) and 27-4-507; Attorney General Opinion No. 53, as applied in the Department's employer FAQ) source Public record
"Use it or lose it" policies: allowed.
Other leave the law requires
| Leave | Paid? | The rule |
|---|
| Voting | Paid | On the day of a primary, general or special congressional election, a person entitled to vote may be absent from work for one hour, other than meal hours, at a time convenient to the employer between the opening and closing of the polls, without loss of pay if the employee actually votes. It does not apply to an employee with three or more consecutive nonworking hours while the polls are open. (W.S. 22-2-111) source Public record |
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| Military | Unpaid | An employee of any private or public employer who leaves employment to perform service in the uniformed services (including National Guard duty) is treated as on military leave of absence if the employee applies for reemployment as the act requires, may choose to use accrued annual, vacation or compensatory leave, and continues to accrue sick and vacation leave as if working. Employers may, but need not, pay compensation during service; if they do, it must be paid uniformly. (W.S. 19-11-101 to 19-11-125 (leave status in 19-11-107; compensation in 19-11-106)) source Public record |
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What was checked: Checked: the Department of Workforce Services Labor Standards employer FAQ and Wyoming Statutes titles 1, 19, 22 and 27 (wyoleg.gov compressed PDFs). Jury service (W.S. 1-11-401) and victims and witnesses responding to a subpoena (W.S. 1-40-209) are protected only against discharge or changes in terms of employment, so they are not listed under other leave. No Wyoming statute requiring private employers to give domestic violence, bereavement, school activity, donation, emergency responder, pregnancy or holiday leave was found. Wyoming has no state paid family leave insurance program (see the paid leave page).
Not confirmed: No Wyoming agency page says in words that private employers need not give paid sick leave; the status rests on finding no statute and on the Department's FAQ, which treats sick and personal leave payout as optional. Attorney General Opinion No. 53, which the Department cites for vacation forfeiture and use it or lose it, was not read. Whether any 2026 bill on paid sick or family leave passed a chamber was not checked; wyoleg.gov bill pages render by script and were not read with curl. No search was spent on Wyoming.
Federal law adds unpaid FMLA leave at employers with 50 or more employees and paid sick leave for federal contractors. Sick leave and time off in every state
Sales and use tax
Checked Nov 3, 2026
Wyoming levies a 4% state sales and use tax, and counties (and resort districts) add voter-approved local taxes that the Department of Revenue collects with it; combined rates generally run from 4% to 8% depending on the county. A seller without a physical presence must collect once its gross revenue from sales into Wyoming exceeds $100,000 in the current or immediately preceding calendar year; the 200-transaction alternative was repealed effective July 1, 2024.
- State rate
- 4%, since Jul 1, 1993 W.S. 39-15-104 (3% under subsection (a) plus an additional 1% under subsection (b) from July 1, 1993)
Food for domestic home consumption, which covers most groceries, is exempt; prepared food sold in restaurants is taxable. source Public record
- Local taxes
- Yes, collected by the state. Counties may add a general purpose tax of up to 2%, a specific purpose tax of up to 2% and an economic development tax of up to 1%, with those three together capped at 3%; resort districts may levy up to 3%; cities and towns may levy a lodging tax and a sales tax of up to 1% (W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vii)). The Department of Revenue collects the local pennies with the state tax and keeps a 1% administrative fee. Its address lookup is being rebuilt; it links rate charts and a jurisdiction table instead. Rate lookup source Public record
- Remote sellers
- $100,000 (transaction count repealed Jul 1, 2024); counts gross: gross revenue from sales of tangible personal property, admissions or services delivered into Wyoming sales; current calendar year or the immediately preceding calendar year. The statute says "exceeds one hundred thousand dollars". HB0197 (Enrolled Act No. 38, 2024 Budget Session) repealed W.S. 39-15-501(a)(ii) and is "effective July 1, 2024". The statute gives no registration deadline after the threshold is crossed; collection applies "once the seller meets" it. source Public record
- Marketplace facilitators
- Must collect (Subject to the W.S. 39-15-501(a) limits (gross revenue over $100,000 in the current or preceding calendar year), a marketplace facilitator collects and remits on its own sales and on all sales it facilitates for marketplace sellers to Wyoming customers.), since Jul 1, 2019 source Public record
- Streamlined Sales Tax
- Full member source Public record
- Registration
- Sales tax license, $60 for each new vendor, except a remote vendor with no requirement to register in Wyoming or one using a Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement technology model Register Two steps online: open a WYIFS account, then apply for the license in WYIFS (about two weeks); paper applications take longer. source Public record
- Filing
- monthly: default; return and payment due the last day of the following month
- quarterly or annual: as the Department authorizes when the tax to be remitted in a month is less than $150; due the last day of the month after the quarter or year
Due: Last day of the month after the reporting period
Electronic filing: Not mandated in the statute read: the Department "may provide an option" to file and pay electronically; returns are filed in WYIFS.
Vendor discount: Vendor credit of 1.95% of the tax due, up to $500 a month, if the tax is paid on or before the 15th day of the month it is due (W.S. 39-15-107(b)(xi)).
WYIFS (Wyoming Internet Filing System) source Public record
- Certificates
- Resale: Wyoming uses the Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement exemption certificate; a vendor licensed in Wyoming fills it out to claim the resale exemption.. Streamlined certificate: accepted source Public record
HB0197 (effective July 1, 2024) also removed the earlier two-tier vendor credit (1.95% on the first $6,250 of tax and 1% above it), leaving 1.95% capped at $500 a month. Wyoming is not among the states listed on the Multistate Tax Commission uniform certificate as reproduced in Oklahoma Tax Commission Publication D, but no Wyoming source on the MTC form was read, so mtc is left null.
Not confirmed: Effective date of Wyoming remote seller collection under W.S. 39-15-501 (the SST Governing Board's guidance says February 1, 2019) was not confirmed from a primary source. No Wyoming change within the last year was found; the Department's address rate lookup is being rebuilt with no date given. Exemption certificate rules for exempt organizations were not read on a Department page this run.
Sales tax in every state
Credit card surcharges
Checked Nov 4, 2026. No state surcharge law
No Wyoming statute was found that allows, limits or bars a business adding a surcharge for credit card payments. The Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code treats a discount of up to 5% for paying by cash, check or other non-card means as outside the credit service charge, if offered to all buyers and clearly disclosed. Card network rules and federal law still apply.
- The rule
- No state law on credit card surcharges was found.
- Cash discounts
- A credit service charge does not include a discount of not more than five percent (5%) offered by a seller to induce payment by cash, check or other means not involving a seller or lender credit card, if the discount is offered to all prospective buyers and its availability is disclosed clearly and conspicuously in accordance with the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act. (W.S. 40-14-209(b)(v)) source Public record
- Sales tax on the surcharge
- Not stated W.S. 39-15-101(a)(viii) defines sales price as the total consideration without any deduction for the seller's expenses or for charges for any services necessary to complete the sale (other than delivery and installation), and excludes separately stated interest, financing and carrying charges on credit extended on the sale; it does not name card surcharges or convenience fees. The Excise Tax Division's FAQ page does not address them. source Public record
What was checked: Searched the full text of Wyoming Statutes Title 40 (Trade and Commerce, including the Uniform Consumer Credit Code and the Consumer Protection Act) and Title 39 (Taxation and Revenue) from wyoleg.gov for "surcharge" and "credit card": no provision on card surcharges by sellers. Also read the Department of Revenue Excise Tax Division FAQ page and ran a web search for a surcharge statute and tax guidance.
Not confirmed: A merchant services site says Wyoming has a restriction found in no other state, without naming it; no such Wyoming statute was found in Titles 39 or 40. Wyoming bills in the 2026 budget session on card surcharges were not checked. Government agency card fee statutes in other titles were not checked.
Federal law and the card networks' own rules apply in every state. Surcharge rules in every state
Pass-through entity tax
Checked Nov 3, 2026
Wyoming has no individual income tax, so no PTET is needed. A 2020 Legislative Service Office memo lists a Wyoming income tax act (2020 HB 147) and a corporate income tax (2020 HB 64) among proposed new revenue options.
Source: https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2020/03-202005265-012020-05-19Revenueoptions.pdf (Legislative Service Office memo to the Joint Revenue Interim Committee, May 19, 2020).
Not confirmed: No Wyoming government page found in this run states in words that Wyoming has no individual or corporate income tax; the Department of Revenue site and annual report describe its taxes without saying so. The LSO memo implies it by listing an income tax as a proposed new revenue source. A direct primary source should be added. The 2025 and 2026 Wyoming legislative records were not searched for a PTET bill; with no individual income tax, none would be expected.
Pass-through entity tax in every state
Checked Nov 3, 2026. Business tax: none
Wyoming has no individual or corporate income tax, so the 2025 federal law (Public Law 119-21) has no Wyoming income tax effect and there is no conformity rule to follow.
A Legislative Service Office memo of May 19, 2020 lists a Wyoming income tax act (2020 HB 147) and a corporate income tax (2020 HB 64) only as proposed revenue options (https://wyoleg.gov/InterimCommittee/2020/03-202005265-012020-05-19Revenueoptions.pdf).
Not confirmed: The state portal's About Wyoming page is undated; no Department of Revenue page stating the absence of an income tax was found.
Conformity in every state
Pay in job postings
Checked Nov 2, 2026. No state pay range law
Wyoming has no state law requiring employers to put pay in job postings or to disclose pay to applicants or employees. The equal pay article of Title 27 (W.S. 27-4-301 to 27-4-304) bars paying employees of one gender less for equal work in the same establishment, but it sets no posting or disclosure duty. No city or county ordinance requiring pay in postings was found.
Salary history ban: No. A search of all of Title 27 (Labor and Employment) for salary history, wage history, pay range, salary range, wage range and job posting found no match. source Public record
What was checked: Checked the whole of Wyoming Statutes Title 27 as published by the Legislature, including the equal pay article (W.S. 27-4-301 to 27-4-304), whose 27-4-302(a) bars an employer from paying employees of one gender less than employees of the opposite gender in the same establishment for equal work; the wage payment sections of chapter 4, article 1; and the Fair Employment Practices Act (27-9-101 and following). None requires pay in postings or pay disclosure. The Department of Workforce Services' Labor Standards page lists wage claims, discrimination complaints, youth employment and public works, and no pay transparency topic. Pending bills: the Legislature's bill information service lists 335 bills for 2026 and 556 for 2025; a title search for pay, wage, salary or compensation together with disclosure, applicant, posting, range, history, transparency, equal or gender found no pay transparency or salary history bill.
Not confirmed: Local ordinances: no city or county code was read (for example Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Jackson). Web searches turned up no Wyoming ordinance on pay in postings or salary history; not confirmed from the codes. Department of Workforce Services rules on equal pay claims were not read. Public employer rules (state agency job posting practices) were not researched.
Pay transparency rules in every state
For tax professionals
Checked Nov 3, 2026. Wyoming Department of Revenue
Wyoming has no personal or corporate income tax. Representatives before the Excise Tax Division are named on ETS Form 150, a notarized limited power of attorney; whether the federal 2848 is accepted was not found. There is no preparer registration and no e-file mandate was found.
- Power of attorney
- ETS Form 150, Limited Power of Attorney (Revised 2.13.23). Any agent the taxpayer names. Excise tax matters listed by tax type (sales, use, lodging, tobacco, estate, wind and others), documents (returns, billings, written determinations, notices) and years or periods. Notarized, with the signed original returned to the Wyoming Department of Revenue, 122 W. 25th Street, Suite E301, Cheyenne, WY 82002-0110. form source Public record
- Federal Form 2848
- Not stated
- Preparer registration
- No program found
- Online access for professionals
- Wyoming Internet Filing System (WYIFS). Sales and use tax registration and filing, contractor and tobacco tax filing, and payments. The account holder creates sub-accounts so staff or an accounting firm can enter tax information. source Public record
- Practitioner line
- (307) 777-5200, dor@wyo.gov (Excise Tax Division; no practitioner line found). source Public record
No personal or corporate income tax, so there is no preparer ID or income tax e-file rule. The Limited Power of Attorney is posted as a Google Drive file linked from the Excise Tax Division's sales, use and lodging forms page.
Not confirmed: Whether the Department accepts federal Form 2848: not found. Any request for copies of filed returns or an account statement: not found on the Excise Tax Division forms, FAQ or e-services pages. Any e-file requirement for sales and use tax returns: not found. Preparer registration recorded as false because the state has no income tax; no source states it.
Rules for tax professionals in every state
Federal tax data sharing
5 IRS data-sharing agreements with agencies in Wyoming, for any purpose (TIGTA, as of March 2026) source Public record; FUTA credit certified to the IRS by Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division source Public record. How the IRS shares tax data with the states
Tax
Excise Tax System (ETS), behind WYIFS
- Agency
- Wyoming Department of Revenue, Excise Tax Division
- Vendor
- Managed Business Solutions (MBS)
- Product
- Custom build on Microsoft development platforms
- How it was bought
- Not found in public records. Reported in July 2010 as a "multi-million dollar" award; procurement method, contract number and amount not published.
- Note
- No contract amount, amendment or payment total was found. In December 2020 the Department proposed a maintenance agreement with "the company that originally wrote the code" for its tax platforms, without naming it; whether that agreement was signed was not found.
- Replaced
- A custom computerized tax collection system that had evolved over about fifteen years.
What the record shows
- GovTech reported on 7/27/2010 that Managed Business Solutions won a multi-million dollar Department of Revenue contract to build a new Excise Tax System on Microsoft platforms, with a self-service taxpayer portal and integration of Streamlined Sales Tax Project data. No amount was given. source Press / secondary
- The Department told the Government Spending and Efficiency Commission in June 2017 that the new system took five years from start to finish, rolled out in 2011, and put all excise taxes and sales and use tax under one interface. By then 55% of the 27,000 vendors in the system filed electronically. The Mineral Tax System was developed by the Department itself on the same interface. source Public record
- In its December 2020 supplemental budget the Department said it had moved the Mineral Tax System from Informix to SQL and was converting ETS, with a completion date of December 2020. It also proposed a maintenance agreement with the company that originally wrote the code for its tax platforms, which it said had been retained almost constantly since they began, to address the loss of institutional knowledge. source Public record
- The Department's Fiscal Year 2021 600/900 series payment report to the Legislature lists two Series 900 (special services) entries to Managed Business Solutions LLC: $1,619,502.63 (unit 0105) and $478,975.85 (unit 0201). The report does not say what the payments were for. source Public record
Timeline
- Jul 27, 2010 Managed Business Solutions reported as winner of a multi-million dollar contract to build a new Excise Tax System. source Press / secondary
- 2011 The Excise Tax System rolls out after a five-year build. source Public record
- Dec 2020 Revenue reports the ETS conversion to SQL due for completion and proposes a maintenance agreement with the original developer. source Public record
Unemployment insurance
WYUI (unemployment insurance benefits, appeals and employer tax)
- Agency
- Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
- Vendor
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
- Product
- Multi-tenant UI benefits, appeals and tax solution hosted on Microsoft Azure (Azure Government)
- How it was bought
- Not found in public records. Wyoming carried the project on alone after the WyCAN consortium disbanded; contract number, procurement method and amount were not found.
- Note
- No contract total was found. The press reported a $30 million project paid for by a U.S. Department of Labor grant. For the 2021 to 2022 biennium the Department asked for $8,727,823 in ongoing other funds for WYUI application software maintenance and support.
- Whole project
- $30 million as reported by the press in June 2018, federally funded.
- Replaced
- COBOL mainframe systems from the mid-1980s: benefits (1985) and employer tax (about 1987).
What the record shows
- In December 2010 the Legislative Service Office found that the Legislature had directed about $10 million in federal Reed Act funds in the 2003 budget to rewrite the 15-year-old benefit and tax mainframes, that the work had not begun until fall 2009, and that less than half had been spent. It recommended a long-term IT plan. source Public record
- The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported in June 2018 that the new claims system, WYUI, was a $30 million project built by Tata Consultancy Services on the Microsoft Azure cloud, funded by a U.S. Department of Labor grant that Wyoming kept after its partner states dropped out. source Press / secondary
- TCS said in July 2018 that it replaced a 34-year-old benefits and appeals system in less than 20 months, within budget, with the employer tax phase to follow the next year. source Vendor claim
- TCS said on 5/30/2019 that the new cloud-based employer tax system completed the WYUI modernization in less than 31 months, replacing a 34-year-old tax system, and that Wyoming was the first state to host both benefits and tax on a public cloud. source Vendor claim
- GAO reports that Wyoming, as the remaining member of the WyCAN consortium, implemented its integrated benefits, appeals and tax system by May 2019. GAO also lists Wyoming in the Innovate UI Consortium of states using variations of systems developed by the same contractor (Missouri, Wyoming, Mississippi, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine). source Public record
- The Department's 2021 to 2022 budget asked for $8,727,823 in ongoing other funds for "WYUI (WYCAN) Application Software, Maintenance and Support". source Public record
- The 2027 to 2028 budget request (January 2026) says the Department's own UI IT section manages and operates WYUI, including its Microsoft Azure Government cloud, security and development, is converting it to a new database within the cloud for cost savings, and recently upgraded it to Angular. source Public record
- The Department still pays Tata Consultancy Services for WYUI. Its Fiscal Year 2026 600/900 series payment report to the Legislature (prepared December 2025) lists two Series 900 entries to TCS for "WYUI Management Services": $787,799.88 and $713,111.40. source Public record
- The Department's 600/900 series payment report to the Legislature for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024 (filed December 2023) lists Series 900 entries to TCS for "WYUI Management Services" of $2,848,523.88 and $113,360.80 under FY2023 and $849,156.01, $978,987.51 and $481,624.20 under FY2024. source Public record
Timeline
- 1985 COBOL unemployment benefits mainframe goes into service; the tax mainframe follows about 1987. source Public record
- Dec 15, 2010 Legislative Service Office evaluation finds less than half of $10 million in 2003 Reed Act funds for the mainframe rewrite spent. source Public record
- Jun 2018 WYUI benefits and appeals go live after a shutdown from June 21; reported as a $30 million project. source Press / secondary
- May 2019 WYUI employer tax system goes live, completing the integrated system. source Public record
- Jan 2020 Workforce Services asks for $8,727,823 for WYUI software maintenance and support in the 2021 to 2022 biennium. source Public record
- Jan 2026 Workforce Services reports its own UI IT section runs WYUI on Azure Government and is moving it to a new cloud database. source Public record
Unemployment insurance
WyCAN consortium unemployment insurance system (abandoned)
- Agency
- WyCAN consortium (Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, North Dakota); Colorado was lead state
- Vendor
- HCL America, Inc.
- Product
- Integrated UI benefits and tax system, never delivered to the consortium's satisfaction
- How it was bought
- RFP released June 2012; multi-state agreement held by Colorado's Office of Information Technology (CMS 61974)
- Awarded
- Aug 13, 2013
- Original contract
- $50,520,000
- Note
- $50,520,000 is the current amount on Colorado's contract database record, which runs 8/13/2013 to 6/30/2027. GAO reports the consortium paid the original contractor $16.7M in total before discontinuing its work in 2015; GAO does not name the contractor. Wyoming's share of the payments was not found.
- Replaced
What the record shows
- The consortium began in 2009 with an ETA grant of about $19 million for a feasibility study of a common benefits and tax system; in 2011 ETA added about $72 million to develop and implement it. A request for proposals was released in June 2012. source Public record
- The contractor was unable to deliver a working, modernized system to the consortium's satisfaction, causing significant delays and legal challenges. The consortium discontinued its work in 2015 after paying it $16.7M in total. North Dakota left in 2015, and Colorado and Arizona withdrew in 2016, leaving Wyoming. source Public record
- HCL announced in September 2013 that it had won a multi-year, multi-million dollar WyCAN deal after a competitive process, offering its managed cloud service, iGOVERN. source Press / secondary
Contract actions
| Date | Vendor | Action | Item | Amount | Running total | How | Source |
| Aug 13, 2013 | HCL America, Inc. | Unemployment Insurance System design, development, implementation and maintenance, multi-state agreement (WyCAN); held by Colorado OIT; period 8/13/2013 to 6/30/2027 | Colorado CMS 61974 | $50,520,000 | | RFP | source Public record |
Timeline
- Aug 2009 Federally funded feasibility study for a shared benefits and tax system starts with Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho and North Dakota. source Public record
- 2011 Idaho leaves, Colorado joins as lead state, and ETA adds about $72 million to build the system. source Public record
- Jun 2012 WyCAN releases its request for proposals. source Public record
- Aug 13, 2013 Colorado OIT signs the $50.52M multi-state contract with HCL America. source Public record
- 2015 The consortium discontinues its contractor's work after paying $16.7M; North Dakota leaves. source Public record
- 2016 Colorado and Arizona withdraw, leaving Wyoming as the only member. source Public record
Business registration
WyoBiz (business filings and annual reports)
- Agency
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
- Vendor
- Product
- One of the office's custom applications
- How it was bought
- Not found in public records.
- Note
- No vendor, contract or cost found. A 2021 bill to fund a replacement blockchain-based filing system died in committee.
- Replaced
What the record shows
- In December 2020 the office cut $309,000 from maintenance agreements, described as development and maintenance of its 13 custom applications. source Public record
- HB0142 (2021) would have appropriated $3.5 million to the office, including $250,000 for a feasibility study and $2,250,000 to develop a blockchain-based filing system. It passed the House 37-22 and died in Senate committee on 4/7/2021. source Public record
- The office processed about 520,000 business filings in fiscal 2023, up from 355,000 in fiscal 2021, not counting UCC filings. source Public record
Timeline
- Apr 7, 2021 HB0142, a $3.5 million appropriation for a blockchain-based business filing system, dies in Senate committee. source Public record
New hire reporting
Wyoming New Hire Reporting Center
- Agency
- Wyoming Department of Family Services, Child Support Program
- Vendor
- YoungWilliams
- Product
- Contractor-operated new hire reporting center (web upload, FTP, registration)
- How it was bought
- Contract with the Department of Family Services; number, method and amount not found.
- Note
- No contract amount found.
- Replaced
What the record shows
- The center's site says YoungWilliams operates it under contract with the Wyoming Department of Family Services, from a mailing address in Ridgeland, Mississippi. source Vendor claim
Still open
- The Managed Business Solutions contract for the Excise Tax System: number, procurement method, award date, amount and amendments, and whether the maintenance agreement proposed in December 2020 with the original developer was signed (and with whom).
- The Tata Consultancy Services contract for WYUI: how it was bought, its number, amount and amendments, and what TCS's "WYUI Management Services" cover alongside the Department's own UI IT section. The $30 million figure comes from a 2018 press report and was not found in a state document.
- Payments to date to MBS, TCS and YoungWilliams from WyOpen (wyopen.gov, the State Auditor's checkbook): the site was blocked by the office web filter during this research. The agencies' yearly 600/900 series payment reports to the Legislature list payments to TCS for WYUI (FY2023, FY2024 and FY2026 are cited) and to MBS (FY2021) but give no running total and no contract.
- No public Wyoming contract database was found for A&I procurement awards; Wyoming awards were not searched beyond legislative budget documents.
- Wyoming's share of the $16.7M the WyCAN consortium paid its original contractor, and whether WyCAN grant funds paid for the TCS build.
- The vendor behind WyoBiz and the date the Secretary of State's online filing went live (reported elsewhere as summer 2016, not confirmed from a primary source).
- The YoungWilliams new hire reporting contract amount and term. A new hire reporting solicitation with proposals due April 2026 appears on a procurement aggregator but was not confirmed from a state source.
- No state auditor or Legislative Service Office audit specific to WYUI or the Excise Tax System since 2010 was found.
- Paid family leave: Wyoming has no state paid family and medical leave program. HB0174 (2024) failed introduction; no 2025 or 2026 bill was found.
- TCS's own press releases on tcs.com refused automated access; their text was read from the PR Newswire copies.
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