Fla. unemployment tax on businesses to skyrocket
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Unemployment compensation taxes paid by Florida businesses will skyrocket next year due to the state's high jobless rate that hit 11 percent in September, revenue officials said.
In those 12 months, Florida cut its number of unemployed workers by 19.15 percent from 983,797 in 2011 to 795,432 in June 2012 -- that's 188,365 workers off the unemployment rolls in the past year.