Information to register

During the registration process we ask you for specific information to determine your account type and create either a Joint UI/Paid Leave account or Paid-Leave-ONLY account for your business or organization. Your account will be set up based on the information you provide.

Federal and state identification numbers

Your federal and state employer identification numbers work like a personal Social Security number, but for your business. You need them to pay federal and state taxes, hire employees, open a bank account for your business, etc.

Enter your Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)

Your FEIN is a unique nine-digit number assigned to your business, tax-exempt organization, or other entity when you register with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

For more information or help, visit the IRS Employer Identification Number page - https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employer-identification-number.
Enter your Minnesota Department of Revenue Tax ID

Business/organization information

Information you provide for your legal entity type, legal entity subtype, and business type matters. Variations within the legal entity type may affect the legal, financial, and accounting structure of the business. Some of these selections will impact tax rates, thresholds, coverage, etc.

If you don’t know or are unsure of what to enter for these questions, you may want to talk with your accountant.

Select a Legal Entity Type and Subtype (Sole proprietorship, LLC, corporation, etc.)

During the registration process, we ask you to select your Legal Entity Type, Legal Entity Subtype, and Business Type.

Read all the choices for Legal Entity Type carefully. Select the choice that fits your organization the best.
Your Legal Entity Type selection will determine the Legal Entity Subtype choices you have available to select from.

Note: Religious organizations have a Legal Entity Type of either Non-Profit Corporations or Non-Profit Organizations.

Employer identification page displaying Legal Entity Type options

The table below displays all available Legal Entity Types and Legal Entity Subtypes.

Legal Entity Type	Legal Entity Subtype
S Corporation	Privately Held Privately Held – Family Farm Corporation Privately Held – Fraternity/Sorority Publicly Traded
C Corporation	Privately Held Privately Held – Family Farm Corporation Privately Held – Fraternity/Sorority Publicly Traded
LLC – 1 member / Multi-Member	Reporting to IRS as Corporation Reporting to IRS as Sole Proprietor
Sole Proprietorship	There are no subtype options for this legal entity type.
Partnership	General Partnership Joint Venture Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Limited Partnership (LP) Professional Limited Liability Partnership (PPLP)
Non-Profit Corporation (including religious organizations registered as a non-profit corporation)	501(c)3 Fraternity/Sorority – 501(c)(3) Fraternity/Sorority – Non-501(c)(3) Non-501(c)(3) Religious Organization – 501(c)3 Religious Organization – Non-501(c)(3)
Non-Profit Organization (including religious organizations that are not corporations)	Non-Religious Religious
Estate/Trust (Fiduciary)	There are no subtype options for this legal entity type.
Cooperative	There are no subtype options for this legal entity type.
Government Entity	Indian Tribal Entity Political Subdivision of the State of MN (counties, cities, towns, school districts, etc.) State of Minnesota (agencies of the State of MN)

Select a Business Type (Agricultural, Domestic, Owner/Officer-Only)
Select the option that fits your business the best:
- Agricultural employment - does your business raise crops or livestock? Then you provide agricultural employment. Farms and ranches qualify as agricultural employers. Feedlots, hatcheries, and horse breeding or training facilities are not considered agricultural employers.
- Domestic (Household) employment - are you a private home, fraternity, or sorority? Then you provide domestic employment. The most common types of domestic employees are household workers, housekeepers, nannies, gardeners, and others who work around a home on a regular basis.
- Only owner/officers employed with this employer (Not Agricultural or Domestic) - if the only employees of your organization are the owners/officers, you should select this option. Owners/officers of a business that pay themselves a wage are not automatically covered by the UI program but are covered by Paid Leave. An owner/officer who only compensates themselves via profits from the business is not being treated as an employee and does not have to report their wages for either UI or Paid Leave.
- All other employment (Not Agricultural or Domestic) - Most employers, including religious organizations - will select this option because the other three choices don't apply to them.

Information to determine program coverage and effective date

Most work in Minnesota is covered by both Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Paid Leave. If the business or organization issues a W-2 to someone, they are an employee of the business and likely covered by Paid Leave.

Diagram of Coverage - majority covered by both UI and Paid Leave

"Coverage" for both UI and Paid Leave starts when you make your first wage payment.

Enter the date wages were paid for Minnesota employment (first payroll date)
We ask you if you have paid wages in Minnesota. Enter the date you issued your first paycheck.
- Paid-Leave-ONLY account – Enter the actual date wages were first paid. If it was a long time ago and you don’t know the actual date, do the best you can.
- Joint UI/Paid Leave account – Enter the actual date wages were first paid.
Enter the number of employees you are paying UI/Paid Leave covered wages to in Minnesota
We ask you to enter the number of employees and date covered services were first performed in Minnesota for each program. Enter the date work was first performed.
- UI covered employees –
  - Enter the number of employees covered by UI -- It’s ok to enter zero if you do not have any employees covered by UI.
  - Date UI covered services were first performed -- If you enter something other than zero for the number of employees, enter the date work was first performed in Minnesota.
- Paid-Leave covered employees –
  - Enter the number of employees covered by Paid Leave -- If you are registering a Paid-Leave-ONLY account, this should be greater than zero.
  - Enter the actual date services were first performed -- If it was a long time ago and you don’t know the actual date, do the best you can.

Business/organization names and addresses

These questions relate to general contact information for your business.

We ask you for the:

"Legal Entity" name (as registered with the Secretary of State)
"Doing Business As" name (when different than "Legal Entity" name)
Physical address of business/organization (where the work is done)
Business address for correspondence mailings (when different from business location)

Type of industry

We need to assign your business/organization an industry code under the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS).

There will be five steps.
Each step defines the industry in greater detail -- It moves from a broad sweep to a more narrowed definition of the industry.
We know this takes time, selecting the correct industry matters.
Select the choice that fits your organization best.

Owner/officer information

Depending upon legal entity type, we will ask you to provide either ownership information or information for those trusted individuals responsible for the account.

If the business is owned by:

Individuals (an owner, officer(s), board members, or persons responsible) – enter their personal information – name, home address, phone number, Social Security number*, and percentage of ownership.
Another business – enter the information of the business that owns the business you are registering - legal name, FEIN, business address, and percentage of ownership.

The total of owner/officer ownership needs to add up to 100 percent:

LLCs and Corporations
- Total percent for all owners must equal 100 percent.
- It’s not unusual that a corporation would need three names.
Non-profits and Governmental entities
- Provide the necessary information. As a non-profit organization, you are required to provide three executives, directors, trustees, or other persons responsible for UI submissions. Please enter percent of ownership as zero percent.

*An owner’s SSN is required to complete registration when a business is owned by an individual. Do not enter the FEIN of the business you are registering in place of the owner’s SSN. Only enter a FEIN if the owner of the business you are registering is another business.