Tennessee (TN) Employer Account Number Registration

Tennessee requires businesses with employees to register for a withholding tax account.

Tennesse prefers employers mail (or fax) the registration, there is no registration fee.

Follow this link to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development's "Unemployment Insurance Tax" for more information on the Tennessee set-up process: https://www.tn.gov/workforce/employers/tax-and-insurance-redirect/unemployment-insurance-tax.html

Follow this link to the Tennessee Deparment of Labor and Workforce Development's registration form: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/workforce/documents/Forms/LB-0441.pdf

Once received by the Tax Division it will be 3-4 weeks before an employer receives their account number in the mail.