Kentucky 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 (see note below).
5. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
6. Enter the number of Kentucky dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter the Kentucky 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.

Kentucky state unemployment tax is calculated on the first $9,300 of wages for each employee (2013 cutoff limit, a slight increase over last year). For new companies, the starting rate is 2.7%. After the first year, the rate is different for each company, based on your past hiring experience.

To enter your Kentucky SUTA tax rate into the Goldenseal business 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 Kentucky SUTA tax in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see SUTA in the list, you'll need to import the Kentucky payroll info first.
3. Enter your business SUTA percentage 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.

Enter one of the following values in the Marital Status field for each employee:

• Single- single employee with one personal exemption
• Married- married employee with two personal exemptions
• Dual Income- married employee with one personal exemption
• Head of House- employee claims Head of Family status
• Other- not used

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