North Dakota 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 North Dakota dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter the North Dakota 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 2008, the North Dakota SUTA unemployment insurance tax is calculated on the first $22,100 of wages for each employee. The starting tax rate for new companies is 8.09% for construction companies and 1.6% for others. After the first year the rate is adjusted, based on hiring and layoff experience (construction companies have to wait two years for a rate change).

To enter your North Dakota state 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 North Dakota SUTA tax in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see N Dakota SUTA in the list, you'll need to import that info first..
3. Enter the rate that you pay into the percentage field to the right of Calculation method.
4. Enter the current SUTA cutoff amount into the dollar field to the right of First Adjustment.

Use the following to determine the value of the Marital Status popup field in each Employee account record:

• 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-- 701-224-2770

North Dakota State Tax Commission
State Capitol600 E. Boulevard Ave.
Bismarck ND 58505-0599

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