Filing Unemployment Taxes

VEC offers several ways to file your unemployment insurance tax reports and pay your unemployment insurance taxes. 

About Our Online Filing Services

Each of these three free online filing services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you file your tax reports online, you don’t need to file the paper reports/schedules. You can also schedule payments for a future date (up to the due date of the report). 

See which service best fits your filing needs: 

  • eForms FC20/21 – Good for small or household employers (0-25 employees) 
  • Business iFile – Good for medium-sized businesses (0-99 employees) 
    • Key payroll reports online 
    • View account status and agency communications in real-time 
    • See Business iFile Informationfor more details 
  • Web Upload – Good for one or more large businesses (0-unlimited employees) 
    • File for one or multiple companies 
    • Save all report and payment information into a single file to upload  
    • See Web Upload Informationfor more details 
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Quick Tip

To improve your experience using Employer Self Service, follow these tips: 

  • Do not have multiple browser windows open while working in the system 
  • Disable pop-up blockers 
  • Quarterly filings cannot be submitted using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (9XX-XX-XXXX). The ITIN must be deleted and, where the SSN is not known, wages may be keyed under 999-99-9999. 

What if electronic filing causes undue hardship?

Undue hardship is the idea that if meeting a legal obligation would cause you extreme hardship, you may be exempted from it. 

You may request a temporary waiver by submitting an Electronic Filing Waiver Request, citing your specific hardship. If approved, all waivers are temporary and must be renewed annually. 

Register a Business

ONLINE

Register a business online through iFile/iReg. You can also: 

  • Update your business profile 
  • Enter FC 21 payroll reports online and FC20 tax reports 

BY MAIL

Mail a completed VEC FC-27 form to: 

Virginia Employment Commission  
Employer Accounts 
P.O. Box 26441 
Richmond, VA 23261-6441 

Mail-In Registration Instructions

Do not mail the VEC FC-27 form to the VEC until you meet one of the requirements noted in questions 7a through 10 on the form. The VEC will only assign an account number if you meet one of the criteria and mark your response as "yes".  

Once your application has been processed, you will receive via U.S. postal mail "New Employer" notices which will contain your VEC account number, applicable tax rates and additional information about our reporting requirements. Penalties on new accounts are assessed only if required reports are filed after the due date of the reported quarter.