Florida · Payroll tax registration
Florida reemployment tax registration, explained.
Reemployment tax is Florida's name for unemployment tax, renamed by 2012 legislation and administered by the Department of Revenue, not a separate labor agency. An employer registers through the Florida Business Tax Application, online or on Form DR-1, receives a reemployment tax account number, and files the RT-6 Employer's Quarterly Report from then on.
Who you are dealing with
Florida Department of Revenue
- Handles:
- Reemployment tax registration, the RT account number, and the quarterly RT-6. Florida runs this tax through Revenue; there is no separate unemployment agency to register with.
- System:
- Online registration at floridarevenue.com, or paper Form DR-1
- Form:
- The Florida Business Tax Application, online or Form DR-1, with reemployment tax among the taxes it registers
State fee. $0. Neither the application instructions nor the employer guide states any registration fee.
What the state asks for
- The business entity, FEIN, ownership, and Florida locations the DR-1 collects
- The employment facts behind liability: wages paid and weeks with an employee, as the application asks them
- Whether the business acquired another employer, which affects the account
How long it takes
Online registration is the fast route: the Department says you can return to the website to retrieve your certificate numbers after three business days. Paper DR-1 takes longer and the Department publishes no figure for it.
What we do
We prepare the Florida Business Tax Application with the reemployment tax section complete, file it online, and hand you the RT account number and rate information payroll needs for the quarterly RT-6. You keep the client. We never email them.
What is Florida reemployment tax?
Florida's unemployment tax, renamed by 2012 legislation that changed the Unemployment Compensation Law to the Reemployment Assistance Program Law. It is a tax on employee wages, deposited to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund solely to pay benefits, and the Department of Revenue administers it.
When does a business become liable for Florida reemployment tax?
The Department's own test, quoted from its employer guide: liability attaches if in the current or preceding calendar year the employer paid at least $1,500 in wages in a calendar quarter, or had at least one employee for any portion of a day in 20 different weeks within the same calendar year, or is liable for federal unemployment tax. Whether your facts meet the test is a determination for your CPA; the registration that follows the answer is ours.
How do I register for Florida reemployment tax?
Through the Florida Business Tax Application, online at the Department's registration site or on paper Form DR-1. The application covers reemployment tax alongside sales tax and the rest, and online filers can retrieve their certificate numbers after three business days.
Is the RT account number the same as my EIN?
No. The EIN is federal. The reemployment tax account number is Florida's own, issued by the Department of Revenue at registration, and it is the number the quarterly RT-6 files under.
What is Form RT-6?
The Employer's Quarterly Report, the return a registered Florida employer files each quarter reporting wages and paying the reemployment tax due. It starts the first quarter after liability and keeps coming until the account is closed.
Agency details verified 2026-10-02
About the provider
Regcrest LLC is a document preparation and filing service based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, founded in 2026. It prepares and files state payroll and sales tax registrations, account closures, and resale certificates on behalf of the businesses that instruct it, and works behind accounting firms, bookkeepers, and payroll providers as well as directly with businesses.
Regcrest LLC is not a CPA firm and not a law firm. It gives no tax or legal advice. It files in all 50 states, and publishes a full page for the 29states it has verified against the agency's own material so far, each one showing the date it was checked. For anything that turns on your specific situation, ask a licensed accountant or attorney.