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Goldenseal Payroll
Software Info
US Federal Withholding
Tables
Free 2013 Payroll
Tax Table Updates
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Michigan has state income tax withholding. Rates are
calculated from a 'step' table that is similar to the federal withholding
tax tables.
Now that there are increasing numbers of local taxes
for Michigan cities, tax tables are pretty
much guaranteed to change, every year. Fourteen
of the past 23 years have also seen
withholding rate formula changes.
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software.
HINT-- Turtle Creek Software provides free annual updates for
our payroll software users, covering the latest
US federal and Michigan tax withholding rates.
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State Withholding Instructions |
To enter withholding information for an employee in your Goldenseal company file,
follow these steps:
- Choose
Employees from the
Accounts menu.
- Locate
the employee record.
- Click
the Payroll Setup
button.
- Enter
the employee's marital
status into the Marital
Status field
(see note below).
- Choose the correct
Tax package for the
employee, depending
on their place of
residence.
- Enter
the number of federal
dependents into the
Federal Exemptions
field.
- Enter
the number of Michigan
dependents into the
State Exemptions
field.
- If the employee
qualifies for any
special exemptions,
report the number
of special exemptions
in the Other Exemptions
field.
- Click
OK.
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| Michigan
Local Taxes |
If the employee
resides (resident) or
works (non-resident)
in Saginaw, Detroit,
Highland Park or an
increasing number of
other cities, you'll
need to set up additional
Tax Packages, so they
will get withholding
for local taxes.
To create Tax Packages, follow these
steps:
- Choose Payroll Setup from the Costs
menu,
and choose
Tax Packages
from
the submenu.
- Click on one of the standard packages,
then
click
Duplicate.
- Enter a descriptive name
for the
package
(e.g.
Saginaw
Non-Resident).
- Go through the list of Tax
Items,
and select
any local
taxes
that
apply.
- Click OK.
- Repeat steps 2 to 5 for
each
locality
where
you need
to collect
taxes.
After you have set up additional Tax
Packages, apply
them to your
employees:
- Choose Employees from the Accounts
menu.
- Use the browser controls at upper
left,
to locate
an employee.
- Click the Payroll Setup
button.
- Enter the Tax Package that
applies.
- Click OK.
- Repeat steps 2 to 5 for
each
employee
that
needs
local
withholding.
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| Michigan
State Unemployment Tax Instructions |
Michigan charges state unemployment insurance
tax on the first $9,500
of wages for each employee
(2013 cutoff, increased
slightly in 2012).
The starting SUTA tax
rate is 2.7% for most
businesses, and between
6.8% and 8.1% for
construction companies.
After the first year
the rate is different
for each business,
depending on past layoff history.
To enter your Michigan SUTA tax rate
into the Goldenseal payroll
software, follow these steps:
- Choose
Payroll Setup from
the Costs menu, and
choose Tax Items
from the submenu.
- You'll
see a list of Tax
Items. Locate the
Michigan SUTA tax
in the list, and
double-click on it. HINT:
If you don't see
Michigan SUTA in
the list, you'll
need to import your
state's payroll info
first.
- Enter
your SUTA percentage
rate into the percentage
field to the right
of Calculation method.
- If
the cutoff amount
has changed, enter
it into the dollar
field to the right
of First Adjustment.
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| Michigan
Marital Status |
Enter one of the following values into the
Marital Status field on each Employee account:
- 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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| Michigan
Tax Contacts |
Payroll Tax Office-- 800 487-7000
Forms-- 800 367-6263
Fax On Demand-- 810 754-0362
SUTA-- 517 373-3190
Michigan Dept of the Treasury
430 West Allegan St.
Lansing MI 48956 |
| Official
State Lawn Ornament |
Lower peninsula-- rusting automotive factory.
Upper peninsula-- sorry, ornament was eaten by
mosquitoes. |
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