Arkansas Payroll Instructions

To enter withholding information for an employee in your Goldenseal company file, follow these steps:

1. Choose Employees from the Accounts menu.
2. Locate the employee record.
3. Click the Payroll Setup button.
4. Enter the employee's marital status into the Marital Status field.
5. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
6. Enter the number of Arkansas dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter the Arkansas Tax Package into the Tax Package field. HINT-- If you don't see it in the list, you'll need to import the tax info first.
8. Click OK.

NOTE-- Each entered state exemption results in a tax credit that is deducted from the annual gross tax

In 2013, the Arkansas SUTA tax applies to the first $12,000 in annual wages for each employee (a significant jump over the $10,000 cutoff used in 2009). The starting rate for new companies is currently 2.9%. After that, the rate can vary between 0.1% and 10% depending on your company's past employment history.

To enter your Arkansas state SUTA tax rate into the Goldenseal construction payroll software, follow these steps:

1. Choose Payroll Setup from the Costs menu, and choose Tax Items from the submenu.
2. You'll see a list of Tax Items. Locate the Arkansas SUTA tax in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see Arkansas SUTA in the list, you'll need to import your state's payroll info first.
3. Enter the percentage rate that you pay into the percentage field to the right of Calculation method.
4. If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field to the right of First Adjustment.