Overview: If you're a new company or have an employee working out of Minnesota and need to register for unemployment or withholding tax, that can be done through either the Minnesota Department of Revenue or the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance website.
Type of Tax:
Additional Resources:
State Withholding Income Tax
Tax Agency:
Minnesota Department of Revenue
Register Your Business
Go to the Minnesota Department of Revenue website
Under Business Registration, select Get a Minnesota Tax ID Number
Complete registration questions
You should receive the employer account number instantly
Once received, please let the Buddy Punch team know and they can get that added for you.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact the Department of Revenue at 651-282-5225 or email [email protected]
Setup Username & password
Go to the Minnesota Department of Revenue
Click on Create a Username
Enter Minnesota ID number and complete setup process
How to Grant TPA Access—Department of Revenue
Sign in to your Minnesota Department of Revenue account
Select Manage my profile.
Select Set up access with another business.
Select Approve or Deny pending 3rd Party Access request to your account(s).
From the Access Allowed dropdown menu, select Yes.
Set the Access Type field to All Account Access or File, and click Next.
Review the information on the Request Summary page, and click Submit.
Let the Buddy Punch team know once this process has been completed.
State Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Tax Agency:
Minnesota Unemployment Insurance
Register Your Business
Go to the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance website.
Under Employers and Agents, select employer under register for an account
Click link “Employer Registration” and continue to complete application
Save the temporary ID and temporary password provided during registration
A permanent user ID and password will be mailed
You will receive Employer Account Number and tax rate instantly
Once received, please let the Buddy Punch team know and they can get that added for you.
Log in to Employer Account
Go to the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance website
Under Employers and Agents, select employer under log in to my account
Log in using your temporary username and password and once permanent info is received, log in with permanent username and password
How to Grant TPA Access—Minnesota Unemployment Insurance
Go to the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance website
On My Home Page, click Account Maintenance.
Click Agent Authorization.
Click Search to determine if an agent has already been assigned to this account. If an agent is not found, click New to start the authorization process.
In the Assign agent page, enter Check Agent ID: AG021422
In the Agent Details page, you will see “Assigned Roles”, and “Available Roles”
Effective Begin Date” is today’s date and leave the “Effective End Date” blank
In the “Available Roles” table, click the checkbox:
Account Maintenance View Only
Tax Payment Update and Submit
Wage Detail Update and Submit (total of 3 checkboxes)
Then, click “Save”, at the bottom of the page.
Under the “Assigned Roles” table, click on the “Assign Employer Reporting Units” link for “Account Maintenance View Only”
“Select Employer Reporting Units” table and click the checkbox.
Then, click “Save”, and then “Previous”.
Complete this task for each role assigned (3 total).
NOTE: To ensure that the above process is completed, after hitting “Previous” for the last role, the “Reporting Unit Number” should display “All reporting units assigned” for each role (3 total).