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Seasonal Florida employers and RT-6 / SUTA
How RT-6 works when you only have employees part of the year, and why zero-wage quarters still matter.
2026-07-30 · 3 min read
Tourism, landscaping, construction bursts, holiday retail, farm work. Florida’s full of seasonal hiring. The RT-6 calendar doesn’t care that your busy season ended.
If your still registered as a Florida employer, you often need to file every quarter. Busy quarter with wages? File. Quiet quarter with $0 wages? Often still file.
That’s the part that bites people. They file when payroll’s happening, then ghost the off-season, then get a notice six months later.
Closing or inactivating an account is different from just not filing. If you truly shut down employer status, ask the state / a pro about that path. Don’t assume silence equals closed.
Best habit for seasonal folks: calendar the four RT-6 due dates like rent. Or outsource the boring part so your not remembering tax forms while booking the next crew.
Behind on a few seasonal quarters? Happens constantly. Tell us which ones and whether wages were zero. We’ll map the catch-up.
Need this handled for you?
Tell us how many quarters your behind on. We’ll quote it clear and file the RT-6 / SUTA returns.