District of Columbia Payroll Instructions

To enter withholding information for an employee who lives in DC, 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 DC dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter the DC 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.

The District of Columbia SUTA tax is charged on the first $9,000 of wages for each employee. The rate is different for each company, based on its hiring experience.

To enter your 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 DC SUTA tax in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see DC SUTA in the list, you'll first need to import the latest payroll tax tables.
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.

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

If you have employees that are residents of Maryland and/or Virginia, you'll also need to import tax tables for those states. Assign the appropriate tax package to each employee, depending on where they live.

Payroll Tax Office-- 202 727-4829
SUTA info-- 202 724-7273

District of Columbia Office of Tax & Revenue (withholding)
Customer Service Center
941 N Capitol St NE, 1st floor
Washington DC 20002

District of Columbia Employment Services Tax Division (SUTA)
609 H Street NE Room 367A
Washington DC 20002

Last updated 9/26/07

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