Overview
Kentucky employers subject to unemployment insurance must file quarterly wage and contribution reports with the Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance.
The TaxBandits API supports Kentucky UI Form UI-3 for unemployment insurance reporting.
Forms supported
| Form | Type | Filing frequency | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UI-3 | UI | Quarterly | Last day of the month following the quarter end |
Key compliance notes
- UI wage reporting. Employers liable for Kentucky unemployment insurance must file the quarterly UI report and report wage information for covered employees.
- Employee wage details. The UI report includes employee-level wage information used to determine unemployment insurance liability.
- Electronic filing. TaxBandits enables employers to prepare and electronically transmit Kentucky UI reports through the Public API.
API endpoints
For Kentucky reporting, the state-specific methods — Create, Update, and Get — differ by form because each form has its own field structure. The utility methods — List, Delete, Transmit, RequestPdfUrls, and Status — refer to the common endpoints shared across State UI reporting.
UI-3 (Kentucky UI)
- Create — Create a new Kentucky quarterly unemployment insurance report.
- Update — Update a UI-3 report that was created but not yet transmitted.
- Get — Retrieve the details of a created UI-3 report.
Common endpoints: For the remaining methods — List, Status, Transmit, RequestPdfUrls, and Delete, refer to the common endpoints shared across State UI reporting.
All endpoints require an OAuth 2.0 access token. Call the Auth method and pass the token as a Bearer token in the request header.
Testing & notifications
Before filing, you can simulate the entire verification flow in our Sandbox environment without submitting real data to state agencies.
As an alternative to polling the Status endpoint, you can configure a webhook for the Status Payroll Filings Status Change event type to receive automated status updates.