The Division of Workforce Services Law and Regulations provide that each employing unit paying wages for employment in Arkansas shall file a Report to Determine Liability on or before the last day of the month following the month during which it became an employing unit. That report is informational in nature and is used for the purpose of determining whether you are liable to pay the Arkansas State Unemployment Tax.

Liability is established under any of the following conditions: (1) Any employing unit having had in employment one (1) or more persons some portion of ten (10) or more days; (2) Any employing unit which acquires the organization, trade or business, or substantially all the assets thereof, of another successor, the result of which would be employment in ten (10) or more days; (3) Any agricultural employing unit whose payroll equals $20,000 in a calendar quarter, or has 10 or more employees in 20 different weeks in a calendar year; (4) Any employing unit whose payroll equals $1000 or more to individuals in domestic service in any calendar quarter in the calendar year or the preceding calendar year; (5) Any employing unit whose liabiliy is not established by any of the foregoing provisions but who is liable under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.

In order for this Agency to make a determination of your status, this registration report should be completed in accordance with the following instructions and must be filed no later than the last day of the second month in which you became an employer/employing unit.

If your employing unit is: (1) an acquired organization, trade or business, (2) domestic or household, (3) primarily seasonal, (4) agricultural or (5) an employee leasing employer then you must manually fill out the ESD-ARK-201 form providing additional information and mail or fax it to our office. Please call (501) 682-3798 to request a form or print the 201 form by clicking here.

STEPS for online registration

Enter requested information into each of the five online pages. An asterisk (*) next to the field means that the field is required. When you have finished entering information into each page, please click the [Continue] button to proceed to the next page of the form.

On the final page, review your data for accuracy and click the [Submit] button to complete the registration process. Note: Before clicking the submit button you may return to any previous page by clicking the [Back] button or by clicking the appropriate "Change" link to change a specific value on a previous page.

Please call us at (501) 682-3798 or (501) 682-3282 if you need assistance.

Description of each field on the Employer Registration forms:

Business Description