[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67200-67201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26800]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program: Certifications 
for 2013 Under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor signed the annual certifications under 
the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, 26 U.S.C. 3301 et seq., thereby 
enabling employers who make contributions to state unemployment funds 
to obtain certain credits against their liability for the federal 
unemployment tax. By letter, the certifications were transmitted to the 
Secretary of the Treasury. The letter and certifications are printed 
below.

    Signed in Washington, DC, October 31, 2013.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
    October 31, 2013

The Honorable Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury, Department of 
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220

    Dear Secretary Lew:
    Transmitted herewith are an original and one copy of the 
certifications of the states and their unemployment compensation laws 
for the 12-month period ending on October 31, 2013. One is required 
with respect to the normal federal unemployment tax credit by Section 
3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC), and the other is 
required with respect to the additional tax credit by Section 3303 of 
the IRC. Both certifications list all 53 jurisdictions.

Sincerely,

THOMAS E. PEREZ
Secretary of Labor

Enclosures
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, DC

CERTIFICATION OF STATES TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY PURSUANT TO 
SECTION 3304(c) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986

    In accordance with the provisions of Section 3304(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3304(c)), I hereby certify the 
following named states to the Secretary of the Treasury for the 12-
month period ending on October 31, 2013, in regard to the unemployment 
compensation laws of those states, which heretofore have been approved 
under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act:

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Alabama                              Idaho
Alaska                               Illinois
Arizona                              Indiana
Arkansas                             Iowa
California                           Kansas
Colorado                             Kentucky
Connecticut                          Louisiana
Delaware                             Maine
District of Columbia                 Maryland
Florida                              Massachusetts
Georgia                              Michigan
Hawaii                               Minnesota
Mississippi                          Puerto Rico
Missouri                             Rhode Island
Montana                              South Carolina
Nebraska                             South Dakota
Nevada                               Tennessee
New Hampshire                        Texas
New Jersey                           Utah
New Mexico                           Vermont
New York                             Virginia
North Carolina                       Virgin Islands
North Dakota                         Washington
Ohio                                 West Virginia
Oklahoma                             Wisconsin
Oregon                               Wyoming
Pennsylvania
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    This certification is for the maximum normal credit allowable under 
Section 3302(a) of the Code.
    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 31, 2013.

THOMAS E. PEREZ
Secretary of Labor
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, DC

CERTIFICATION OF STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAWS TO THE SECRETARY 
OF THE TREASURY PURSUANT TO SECTION 3303(b)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
CODE OF 1986

    In accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of Section 
3303(b) of the

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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3303(b)(1)), I hereby certify 
the unemployment compensation laws of the following named states, which 
heretofore have been certified pursuant to paragraph (3) of Section 
3303(b) of the Code, to the Secretary of the Treasury for the 12-month 
period ending on October 31, 2013:

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Alabama                              Idaho
Alaska                               Illinois
Arizona                              Indiana
Arkansas                             Iowa
California                           Kansas
Colorado                             Kentucky
Connecticut                          Louisiana
Delaware                             Maine
District of Columbia                 Maryland
Florida                              Massachusetts
Georgia                              Michigan
Hawaii                               Minnesota
Mississippi                          Puerto Rico
Missouri                             Rhode Island
Montana                              South Carolina
Nebraska                             South Dakota
Nevada                               Tennessee
New Hampshire                        Texas
New Jersey                           Utah
New Mexico                           Vermont
New York                             Virginia
North Carolina                       Virgin Islands
North Dakota                         Washington
Ohio                                 West Virginia
Oklahoma                             Wisconsin
Oregon                               Wyoming
Pennsylvania
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    This certification is for the maximum additional credit allowable 
under Section 3302(b) of the Code, subject to the limitations of 
Section 3302(c) of the Code.
    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 31, 2013.

THOMAS E. PEREZ
Secretary of Labor

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