Submit an Appeal
(Tax Rates and Successions)

Follow these steps to submit an appeal for tax rates, succession, worker status and personal liability issues or election of coverage. Employers must assign the Account Maintenance Update and Submit and Benefit Account Update and Submit roles to their agent in order for the agent to submit an appeal on their behalf. In addition, all appropriate reporting units must be assigned.

Effective April 1, 2010, MN Statue 268.103, Subd. 2a. requires that all appeals filed by agents on behalf of an employer must be filed online. This is effective for all department determinations and unemployment law judge decisions issued on or after that date. Use of another method of filing by an agent does not constitute an appeal. Agents, who have not been assigned the proper role to file an employer’s appeal online, must instruct the employer to file the appeal.

(For instructions on how to appeal a determination or decision for benefits involving an applicant, see Submit an Appeal: Determinations and Decisions.)

Step-by-step instructions to submit an appeal electronically:

1. Go to www.uimn.org, click on Agent Login.
2. Enter User ID and Password, click on Login.
3. On My Home Page, click on Searches.
4. Click on Employer Search.
5. Enter the employer’s name or account number, click Search.
6. Select the employer’s name to be viewed.
7. The selected employer’s Employer Home page will display.
8. On the employer’s Home Page, click on Tax Appeals.
9. The Tax Appeals screen displays, click File Tax Appeal.
10. File Tax Appeal screen displays. Under ‘Search’, select the issue type to appeal from the drop down menu, click Search.
11. Under ‘Search Results’, select the Document ID of the Determination or Decision you wish to appeal. (See example).
12. File Appeal screen displays, click File Appeal.
13. On the next screen, fill in the requested information, click Next.
    
    Note: If you indicate in the Hearing Details that the employer will:
    
    
    • be represented by an agent or attorney, the Additional Representation screen will display. Enter required information, click Next.
    • Present witnesses other than the contact person, the Witness List screen will display. Enter required information, click Next.
      
      
14. Review entered contact information and hearing details. If information needs to be amended, click Previous. If contact information and hearing details is correct, click Confirm.
15. Notice of Appeal displays. Click Next to return to the Employer Information screen. A different appeal may be submitted.

Note: To have evidence considered in the hearing fax* or mail your evidence five or more days before the hearing along with the Appeal Document Submission Form included with your Notice of Appeal to the Appeals office.

*The Appeals Office fax # is: 651-205-4007. No other fax number should ever be used unless instructed to do so.