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KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                                                                                                Page 1 of 5
www.dol.ks.gov
                                                            For Internal Use Only           SUBMIT ONLINE: www.KansasEmployer.gov
EMPLOYER STATUS REPORT                                                                      MAIL:  Unemployment Tax Contributions
K-CNS 010 (Rev. 10-21)                                                                             P.O. Box 400
                                                                                                   Topeka, KS 66601-0400
                                                                                            FAX:         (785) 291-3425

See instructions on page 5. The information requested in this report is required to be provided by K.S.A. 44-714(f) and K.A.R. 
 50-2-5. It will be used only by public officials in the performance of their public duties. Section 6103(d) of the Internal Revenue 
Code authorizes IRS to exchange information with us for audits and certifications.

1.   What is your type of organization / ownership? (check one below)
      Individual                                    Limited Partnership            Estate
       General Partnership                       Joint Venture                     Receivership
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)                Corporation (Inc.)            Trust
      Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)     Governmental/Political Sub-Division (if checked, answer questions 2a and 2b)
      Other:  ________________________________________________________________________________________
 2.   If you are a governmental or political sub-division, select the branch of government and your finance option:
 2a. Branch of government (check one)                       2b. Finance option (check one)
         State           Local       Indian Tribe                        Contributing     Reimbursing       Rated Governmental
 3.   Are you a 501(c)(3) exempt organization?             YES           NO     (if YES, answer 3a and 3b)
 3a. Finance option (check one)        Contributing          Reimbursing
 3b. Have you received the 501(c)(3) exemption letter from the IRS?                YES        NO   (if NO, explain below)

4.   Are you a Professional Employment Organization (P.E.O.)?
   YES (If YES, you must submit a separate K-CNS 015 for each client.)                    NO
 5.   Describe the major service, activity or product in Kansas that generates the most revenue for your business:
  ________________________________________________________________________________________________
 5a. Is your business considered to be in the construction industry?          YES           NO
 6.   Date you first paid wages in Kansas: _________________________
 7.   List your Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN): ______________________________
 8.   Legal business name (Inc., LLC, LP, Sole Prop, etc.): ___________________________________________________________
 9.   Business or trade name (if different than #8): ________________________________________________________________
10.  Business phone: _______________________________________ Business fax:  ________________________________
   Business Email:  ___________________________________________________________________________________
11.  Mailing address - Street:______________________________________________________________________________
 City: ______________________________________________________ State: ________ ZIP:  ____________________
12.  Kansas business physical address:     Storefront/Physical Location            Job/Construction Site    Employee Residence
 Street: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
 City: ______________________________________________________  State: ________ ZIP:  ____________________
13.  Address where accounting records are maintained/can be examined in the state of Kansas:                Address same as #12
 Street: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
 City:  ______________________________________________________  State:  _______  ZIP:  ____________________

                                          UNEMPLOYMENT TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
                        P.O. Box 400, Topeka, KS  66601-0400 •  Phone (785) 296-5027  •  Fax (785) 291-3425



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Kansas Department of Labor                                                                                                  Page 2 of 5
Employer Status Report
K-CNS 010 (Rev. 10-21)
14. Company or in-house payroll contact:
    Name:  ____________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________
    Email: _____________________________________________________________________                               Address same as #12

    Street: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
    City: ______________________________________________________  State: ________ ZIP:  ____________________

15. Ownership identification – Owner, Corporate Officer, Member, Member/Manager, Partner (general & limited), etc. Use
    full LEGAL names. Do NOT use nicknames. Provide residence address of each owner, officer, partner, etc. Use page 4
    if additional space is needed.

           Social Security number: ________________________ Title: __________________________________________ 
      First name: ____________________________  MI: _________ Last name:  ______________________________
      Street:    ____________________________________________________________________________________ 
    City:  _______________________________________________________ State:  ___________ ZIP:  __________

     Social Security number:  ________________________ Title: __________________________________________ 
      First name: ____________________________  MI: _________ Last name:  ______________________________
      Street:  _____________________________________________________________________________________ 
     City:  _______________________________________________________ State:  ___________ ZIP:  __________

16. Record all Kansas wages paid by calendar quarter for the current and prior calendar year.

           Year                   1st Quarter             2nd Quarter                3rd Quarter              4th Quarter
                           $                        $                         $                        $
                           $                        $                         $                        $

17. In which WEEK did you establish liability based on the number of weeks of employment? ______________________
18. Did you acquire/purchase all or part of an existing business?      c YES      cNO
    18a.  If YES, the date acquired (mm/dd/yyyy): ____________________       c All         c  Part    ______ % acquired 
           Did you acquire substantially all of the assets?    c  YES      cNO   
           Did you acquire substantially all of the employing enterprise, organization, trade or business?    c  YES      cNO
           Termination date of prior owner (mm/dd/yyyy): ____________________
    18b.  Has the previous owner continued business in          Kansas?    c  YES      cNO     If YES, explain:
           ____________________________________________________________________________________________
    18c.  Do you want the prior owner’s experience rating factors?      c YES      cNO
           Transfer of rating factors is:       c Mandatory    c  Elective
    18d.  Name of prior owner: __________________________________ 
           Prior owner’s Kansas employer serial number: _______________
    18e.  Prior business or trade name: _____________________________________ Current phone: ___________________
    18f.   Prior owner’s current address: Street ______________________________________________________________ 
           City: _______________________________________________ State: _________ ZIP: ______________________
                                                  UNEMPLOYMENT TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
                           P.O. Box 400, Topeka, KS 66601-0400 •  Phone (785) 296-5027  •  Fax (785) 291-3425



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Kansas Department of Labor                                                                                                               Page 3 of 5
Employer Status Report
K-CNS 010 (Rev. 10-21)

K.S.A. 44-710a(b)(2) allows a successor, defined in K.S.A. 44-703(h)(4) and K.S.A. 44-703(dd), the choice to acquire the experience rating factors of the
predecessor employer. The request for transfer must be made in writing within 120 days of the acquisition. The experience rating factors are all of the
unemployment taxes paid, annual payrolls and benefit charges of the predecessor employer. These factors are used to compute your unemployment tax rate 
for subsequent years. Alternately, successor employers may elect to be assigned their industry tax rate.
K.S.A. 44-710a(b)(1) shall be unlawful through manipulation of the employer’s workforce, or business, to knowingly obtain a reduced liability for contributions 
related to determining a contribution rate, when the primary purpose of the business acquisition was for the purpose of obtaining a lower rate of contributions, 
or for a person to knowingly advise an employing unit in such a way that results in such a violation, shall be subject to penalties.
19. For the last three years, list any multiple business locations you have operated in KANSAS.     c  No multiple locations
   Include trade name, address, dates of operation, number of employees and business activity.
                        Trade Name and Address           Date Opened   Date Closed   No. Employees                                  Business Activity

20. Do you want to sign up for the electronic employer response system called SIDES (State Information Data Exchange
   System)?       c YES       c NO    If YES,  one valid email is required and a maximum of five can be listed.
 Primary SIDES Email Address:  
 Optional No. 2:                                         Optional No. 3:
 Optional No. 4:                                         Optional No. 5

21.Are you subject to Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)? Current year c  YES     c NO      Prior year    c YES      NOc
22.Are you continuing to pay wages in KANSAS?      c YES      cNO
23.Do you have individuals performing services you believe are not employees?    c  YES      cNO
   If YES, explain. Attach additional pages if necessary.

24. If no liability is indicated, do you wish to elect coverage?
           c  YES, beginning January 1 of the current year, or at the commencement of employment of the current year, and 
           continuing for not less than two calendar years, on behalf of the employing unit, I voluntarily elect to: (select one or both)
           c  become an employer described in K.S.A. 44-703(h), the same as other employers, since no 
              mandatory coverage is indicated
           c  extend coverage to all workers performing services that are excluded from coverage by the employment 
            security law
       c  NO
25. Would you like to have a KDOL representative contact you to provide additional information on exemptions, payment
options for governmental/political sub-divisions or 501(C)(3) entities, successorship or any other status report information?
       c  YES      cNO

26. I certify that the information I have provided on this report is complete, correct and true to the best of my knowledge and
   belief.

Signature of owner, partner, member/manager, corporate officer, etc.           Title                                Date

                                               UNEMPLOYMENT TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
                      P.O. Box 400, Topeka, KS 66601-0400  •  Phone (785) 296-5027  •  Fax (785) 291-3425



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Kansas Department of Labor                                                                                    Page 4 of 5
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Space for additional information (include question number):

                               UNEMPLOYMENT TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
                      P.O. Box 400, Topeka, KS 66601-0400 •  Phone (785) 296-5027  •  Fax (785) 291-3425



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Kansas Department of Labor                   K-CNS       010   INSTRUCTIONS                                            Page 5 of 5
Employer Status Report
K-CNS 010 (Rev. 10-21)
1.  Place an X before the appropriate type of ownership of        Enter your street number, the direction (N, S, NE, SW, etc.), 
 your business. If not listed, place an X in OTHER and            the street name, any apartment or suite number, city, state 
 describe the ownership.                                          and ZIP. 
2a. Place an X before your type of governmental agency:        16. Enter your Kansas wages, by calendar quarter, for the 
 State, local (city, county, etc.) or Indian Tribe.               current calendar year and the prior calendar year.
2b. Place an X in the selected finance (payment) option.       17. Enter a number from 1 through 52 which indicates the 
3.   Indicate if you are a 501(c)(3) organization. If YES, you    number of the week during the current or prior calendar 
 must complete questions 3a and 3b.                               year in which you had sufficient employees for at least 20 
 a. Place an X in the finance option.                             weeks. For purposes of this report, each week counted 
 b. Place an X in the YES box if you have received                must include the Saturday. The weeks do not have to be 
     your IRS exemption letter. If NO, explain.                   consecutive. For general employment, you must have one 
4.  Indicate if you are a Professional Employment                 or more employees each week; agriculture employment 
 Organization (Employee Lease Organization). If YES,              must have 10 or more employees each week; and 501(c)
 you must complete a K-CNS 015 for each client that you           (3) employment is four or more employees in each week.
 represent.                                                    18. Are you operating a business that was once operated 
5.  Describe your major service or product in Kansas (that        by someone else? Note: If you reorganized/restructured 
 portion producing the major income source).                      your business and are now reporting employees under 
 a. Indicate if your business is considered to be in the          a different entity/FEIN, please answer YES to the above 
     construction industry.                                       question. 
6.  Enter the first date you paid wages in Kansas.                   a. Enter the date when you purchased or acquired the  
7.  List your nine-digit Federal Employer Identification          business and whether you purchased all the business or 
 Number (FEIN) issued by the IRS used on your 940 and             what percent of the business. Enter termination date of 
 941 reports.                                                     prior owner.
8.  Enter your legal business name (for example - ABC Inc.,          b. Is the prior owner operating any other business in   
                                                                  Kansas? If YES, explain how the previous owner    
 ABC, LLC, John Smith, Sole Proprietor, etc.).
                                                                  continues in operation.
9.  Enter your business or trade name (doing business as 
                                                                     c. Would you like to have the prior owner's             
 name, Dark Corner #1, ABC Inc. d/b/a House Restaurant, 
                                                                  unemployment tax rate and experience factors used  
 etc.).
                                                                  to calculate your tax rate?
10. Enter your actual business phone number, including the 
                                                                     d. Enter the name of the prior owner and serial number, if known. 
 area code. List the main fax number and business email.             e. Enter the prior business or trade name and phone. 
11. Enter the business mailing address where                         f.  Enter the prior owner's current address, if known.
 correspondence from the agency is to be sent. List your       19. List each business location you have operated in
 street number or PO Box, the direction (N, S, NE, SW,            Kansas for the last three years. If you have more than
 etc.), the street name, any apartment or suite number, city,     one, list each location separately.
 state and ZIP.                                                20. State Information Data Exchage System (SIDES) provides 
12. Indicate if your Kansas location is a storefront/physical     a nationally standardized format in which employers and 
 location, a job/construction site or an employee's               Third Party Administrators (TPA) can receive and easily 
 residence. Tell us the Kansas location's street number,          respond to Unemployment Insurance claims. Using 
 direction of street address (N, S, NE, SW, etc.), the street     SIDES reduces phone calls, helps prevent payment to 
 name and apartment number or suite number, city, state           those who do not meet eligiblilty requirements, eliminates 
 and ZIP.                                                         unnecessary appeals and streamlines UI response 
13. Enter the Kansas location where your accounting               processes, which reduces paperwork while saving time 
 records are maintained and can be examined by agency             and money. 
 personnel. If the address information is the same             21. Indicate if you are subject to the Federal Unemployment 
 as entered in item #12, place an X in the checkbox.              Tax Act (FUTA), for the current or prior year.  
 Otherwise, enter the street number, direction of street       22. Indicate if your business is continuing to pay wages in 
 address (N, S, NE, SW, etc.), the street name and                Kansas. 
 apartment number or suite number, city, state and ZIP.        23. Indicate which workers you believe are not employees. 
14. Indicate who is your company or in-house payroll contact      Explain in detail why you consider them to be something 
 person. If the address information is the same as entered        other than employees.
 in item #12, place an X in the checkbox. Otherwise, enter     24. Indicate if you wish to elect to extend unemployment 
 the street number or PO Box, direction of street address         insurance coverage to your workers if a determination 
 (N, S, NE, SW, etc.), the street name and apartment              indicates that you are not required by statute to cover 
 number or suite number, city, state and ZIP. Also list the       employees. You may also elect coverage for workers who 
 main company email address of the payroll contact person         are not defined by the statute as employees. (Election of 
 and a direct phone number.                                       coverage is for two calendar years). If YES, place an X before 
15. Enter the legal names of officers, members, member/           your choice of coverage. If NO, place an X in the NO box.
 managers, partners or owners of the business. Include         25. Indicate if you would like a further explanation from a KDOL  
 Social Security numbers for each listing and title of the        staff member about any questions on this form. 
 person (Corp. Pres., Mem/Mgr, Mem. Gen Ptr, Owner, etc.).     26. Sign the report, providing your title and the date.






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