Pennsylvania 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 dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter the Pennsylvania Tax Package into the Tax Package field. HINT--If you don't seeit in the list, you'll need to import the tax info first.
8. Click OK.

Many Pennsylvania localities have a separate income tax withholding for municalities and/or school districts. There are several thousand districts, so we do not provide all local rates.

Starting in 2008, we are providing sample tax items and tax packages for three different localities. You can add more local tax rates, if you need to withhold for more than three different rates.

To adjust local tax rates, 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 one of the local taxes in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see local taxes in the list, you'll need to import the Pennsylvania state payroll info first.
3. Enter the withholding rate into the percent field to the right of Calculation method. You might also want to rename the item so it is more descriptive of the locality.
4. Click OK.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for each local tax.

To assign a local tax rate to an employee, follow these steps:

1. Choose Employees from the Accounts menu.
2. Click the Payroll Setup button.
3. Enter a tax package.
4. Click OK.

Pennsylvania state unemployment tax is charged on the first $8,000 of wages for each employee (2008 cutoff amount). The tax rate is different for each employer, based on their past employment history.

In addition, employees pay a variable percentage of wages into the UC fund. For 2006, the employee contribution was .09% of wages.

To enter the Pennsylvania SUTA tax rate for your business, 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania state payroll info first.
3. Enter the rate that your business pays in the percent field to the right of Calculation method.
4. If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field next to First Adjustment.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for the SUTA Employee contribution.

Use the following to determine the value for the Marital Status popup menu in 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

Payroll Tax Office-- 717 772-2340
SUTA-- 717 787-3064

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