Ohio Gets High Marks for Unemployment Insurance

A new comparison by the Tax Foundation finds Ohio’s unemployment insurance (UI) program is among the nation’s best-structured UI systems. The think tank says: “The least-damaging UI tax systems are those that adhere closely to the federal taxable wage base, have low minimum and maximum tax rates on each rate schedule, avoid levying surtaxes or creating benefit add-ons, and have straightforward experience formulas and charging methods.”

For the past several years, Ohio has been a top 10 state in the Tax Foundation’s UI comparison. 1/1/2020