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The Business Unemployment Bill
A math tweak for business unemployment taxes in South Carolina
Unemployment insurance tax rate benefit ratio lookback period
Mixed: some good, some bad ·
This bill changes the math for how much businesses pay in unemployment taxes by looking at five years of their history instead of three.
Our take
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This is a behind-the-scenes math change for employers. Right now, the state looks at a company's last three years of layoffs to figure out their unemployment tax bill. This bill stretches that out to five years. It does not change how much money unemployed workers get. Instead, it helps businesses avoid huge tax spikes if they have one really bad year. It is mostly a housekeeping bill to keep tax bills steady for companies.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Changes the history used for business unemployment taxes from three years to five years.
- Starts using a four-year history in 2027.
- Moves to a full five-year history in 2028.
- Does not change the weekly checks that unemployed workers receive.
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