Alaska Payroll

Did you know that employees in Alaska do not have state taxes withheld from their paychecks? That tips and gratuities may not be credited toward Alaska's minimum wage?

Alaska Income Tax Withholding

The State of Alaska currently does not have an individual income tax, therefore no employee withholding for state income tax is required.

Alaska levies a corporate net income tax based on federal taxable income with certain Alaska adjustments. Multi-state corporations apportion income on a water's edge basis using the standard apportionment formula of property, payroll and sales.

Alaska Benefits

Alaska Voting Rights:

Employer Right To Schedule Voting Hours	Pay Deduction For Voting Time Leave
Not Specified	Prohibited

Alaska law does not specify the exact amount of leave time that must be granted. In fact, employers do not have to allow employees time off if the employees have at least two consecutive hours before or after their work shifts during which the polls are open. Employers cannot deduct from employees' wages payment for the time spent voting.

Alaska Compensation

Employees covered by Alaska's minimum wage law must be paid $7.15 an hour. Tips cannot be credited toward the minimum wage.

Alaska Payroll

Alaska employers must pay wages at least monthly; however, if employees so choose, employers must pay semi-monthly, unless the initial contract required monthly pay periods.

Alaska Unemployment:

Taxable Wage Base ($000s)	New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages)	Employee Tax Rate (% Taxable Wages)	Period Effective
31,100	2.44 - 3.54	0.50	Calendar Year 2007

Helpful Links for Alaska Payroll

Alaska Department of Revenue
550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 500
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-3555
(907) 269-6620

Alaska Labor and Workforce Development
Division of Administrative Services
PO Box 111149
Juneau, Alaska 99811-1149
(907) 465-5980

Alaska Tax Forms and Publications
Download the Employment Security Tax Handbook, Quarterly Contribution Reports and other tax forms and publications from the Employment Security Tax section of the Alaska Department of Labor website.

Alaska Laws
Browse the InfoBase of the Alaska State Legislature.

Alaska Regulations
Access the Alaska Administrative Code online.