West Virginia 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 West Virginia dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter the West Virginia 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.

In 2012, the WV SUTA tax is based on the first $12,000 of annual wages for each employee (the cutoff amount jumped from $9,000 in mid-2009).

The starting rate is 7.5% for construction businesses, and 2.7% for others. After three years, the rate is adjusted, depending on your payroll experience and jobless claims.

To enter your West Virginia SUTA tax rate into the Goldenseal 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 West Virginia SUTA tax in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see W Virginia SUTA in the list, you'll need to import the state payroll tax tables first.
3. Click on the percentage field to the right of Calculation method, and enter the current SUTA tax rate for your company.
4. If the SUTA cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field to the right of First Adjustment.

Enter one of the following values for the Marital Status popup 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-- 304 344-2068
SUTA-- 304 558-2630

West Virginia State Tax Department
Taxpayer Services Div
Box 3784
Charleston WV 25337-3784

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