What is Florida RT-6 (aka SUTA)?

If you hire people in Florida, you’ve probably heard RT-6 thrown around. Or SUTA. Same thing, basically.

RT-6 is Florida’s quarterly employer report for reemployment tax. A lot of folks just call it SUTA (State Unemployment Tax Act). Different name, same form headache.

Here’s the short version: Florida wants a report every quarter on the wages you paid your employees. Even if that number is zero sometimes. Yeah, really.

Its not income tax. Its not sales tax. Its the unemployment side of things. Miss it and the state starts adding late fees, which is how most people end up googling this at 11pm.

Who usually needs to file? Florida employers with employees. If your registered with the state for reemployment tax, your on the list. Not sure if that includes you? Ask us. We’ll tell you straight.

Deadlines land at the end of the month after each quarter wraps up. So Q1 is due end of April, Q2 end of July, and so on. Easy to forget when your busy running a shop or crew.

If this already sounds familiar because your late, don’t panic. Happens constantly. We file late RT-6 / SUTA returns for Florida employers all the time.