Business Terms

Term

Definition

Payment

Payment refers to the Unemployment Insurance payment that an Employer owes based on its quarterly Contribution and Wage report, plus any penalties or fines.

ACH Credit

ACH Credit is a bank-to-bank credit transfer.

ACH Debit

ACH Debit refers to the automatic transaction of withdrawing funds from an Employer’s bank account to deposit in the UI Agency account.

Penalties and Fines

Penalties and fines are extra charges that accrue on an Employer’s account for various reasons, such as fraud or late reporting.

Suspended Payment

A suspended payment is a UI payment that is temporarily held by the UI Agency because it cannot be allocated to an Employer’s account. Some reasons for suspense are administrative error, an unknown Employer account, a missing piece of information.

Dishonored Payment

A dishonored payment is a UI payment that the bank cannot withdraw from the Employer’s account. The reasons for a dishonored payment are a bad routing number or insufficient funds.

Refund

A refund is a transaction between the UI Agency and an Employer whereby an Employer requests that the credit balance on its account is returned to them.

Recertification

A recertification is a process whereby an Employer requests a letter to send to the IRS that certifies the amount of UI Tax paid in a calendar year.

Transfer

A transfer is an internal transaction where an Internal User transfers a UI payment from one Employer account to another.

Redistribution

A redistribution is an internal transaction where an Internal User redistributes all or part of a UI payment across one or more unpaid UI debts on the Employer’s account.