Virginia Payroll Instructions

To enter withholding information for a Virginia employee, 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 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,

Virginia state unemployment tax rates are different for each employer, depending on their past hiring and layoff history. The tax is based on the first $8,000 of wages for each employee (2008 cutoff amount).

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

In each Employee account, enter one of the following Marital Status values:

• 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-- 804 367-8038
SUTA-- 804 786-7159

Virginia Department of Taxation
Box 6-L
Richmond VA 23282

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