Oklahoma Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax Account Number Registration

Oklahoma requires businesses with employees to register for a Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account.  Once your business has a UI account number your business needs to register on Oklahoma's EZ Tax Express website and set-up third party access.

Here's how to do it:

1. Login (To setup login, see: Oklahoma EZ Tax Express Website Registration (Unemployment Insurance))
2. Select “Submit Status Report” link
3. Select “Continue” button
4. On “Business Information (Page 2)”
   1. Input “required” info
   2. Obtain “Date entered business”
      1. From https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx
   3. “First date …” is first paycheck date
5. On “Owner Information”
   1. Select “type of organization”
   2. Input “Owner/Officer” required information
   3. Select “Add Owner” button
   4. Select “Continue” button
6. On “Acquistion Information”
   1. Select “Yes” or “No”
   2. Select “Continue”
7. On “Corporate Information”
   1. Transcribe/Paste from https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx
   2. Select “Continue”
8. On “FUTA Information”
   1. “Is … Business liable …” Select “Yes” (unless it’s not)
      1. “year liable” is the year of first pay date
   2. “Is … business … non profit” Select “No” (unless it is)
   3. Select “Continue”
9. On “Previous Account”
   1. Select “No”
   2. Select “Continue”
10. On “Oklahoma Locations” select “Yes”
    1. On “Add ... Location” complete required fields
    2. Select “Add Ok.. Location” button
    3. Select “Continue” button
11. On “Payroll And Worker History”
    1. “Gross Payroll Each Quarter”
       1. Obtain gross payroll for each quarter from EOD
       2. Input payroll
    2. “Number of Employed Workers” each week
       1. Input total number of employees per week
          1. Begin week of first pay period
    3. Select “Continue” button
12. On “Employee Leasing Information”
    1. Select “No”
    2. Select “Continue” button
13. On “Contractor Information”
    1. Select “No”
    2. Select “Continue” button
14. On “Summary”
    1. Review
    2. Select “Continue”
15. On “Certification”
    1. Select “check box”
    2.  Input client information for
       1. Contact Name
       2. Title
       3. Contact Phone
    3. Select “Submit” button

Congratulations! Here's what to expect as regards the OESC registration going forward:

1. In 5 business days you can check the status of the account with OESC and retrieve the account number and the employer contribution rate
   1. Open https://eztaxexpress.oesc.state.ok.us/Default.aspx
   2. Login
   3. Note “Oklahoma Account Number”
   4. Select “Employer Contribution Rate” link
      1. Note the “Rate”
2. Email Ludt Payroll the "Oklahoma Account Number" and "Employer Contribution Rate"
3. Set up third party access to the business user account: https://help.ludtpayroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001433007-Oklahoma-EZ-Tax-Express-Third-Party-Access
4. In 10-15 business days Oklahoma should send a letter indicating that an "Oklahoma Account Number" has been assigned to the business -- you can file this away.