Oregon 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 one of the Oregon tax packages into the Tax Package field, depending on the location of your business. HINT-- If you don't see it in the list, you'll need to import the tax info first.
8. Click OK.

In 2008, Oregon calculates State Unemployment Tax on the first $30,200 of wages for each employee. The base rate for new businesses in 2007 is 2.4%. For established companies, the SUTA rate varies from .9% to 5.4%, depending on past history.

To enter your Oregon 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 Oregon 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 Oregon payroll info first.
3. Enter your business SUTA tax rate 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.

Oregon has two transit district taxes, which are paid by the employer for work done within the transportation districts.

The TriMet district covers the metropolitan Portland area, while the Lane County district (LTD) is in the Eugene area.

Starting in 2008, Goldenseal includes a separate Tax Package for each of the transit district (plus one for areas outside of either district).

If you are subject to these taxes, use the appropriate Tax Package for your employees.

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-- 503 378-4988
SUTA-- 503 378-3524
Worker's Comp-- 503 373-7792

Oregon Department of Revenue Forms
955 Center St. NE
Salem OR 97310

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