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Montana Payroll Instructions

For more about Goldenseal payroll accounting software, click here.
For more about US Federal withholding in the Goldenseal payroll software, click here.
To download free updates for Montana and federal payroll tax tables, click here.

Montana collects state income tax-- rates changed in 2005. Rates are the same for single and married employees. We calculate state withholding amounts from a 'step' table that is similar to the federal payroll withholding tax tables.

HINT-- Turtle Creek Software provides free annual updates for US federal and Montana tax withholding rates.

Montana State Withholding Instructions

To enter withholding information for an employee, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Employees from the Accounts menu.
  2. Locate the employee record.
  3. Enter the employee's marital status into the Marital Status field (see note below).
  4. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
  5. Enter the number of Montana dependents into the State Exemptions field.

Montana Unemployment Tax Instructions

The 2005 SUTA rate for Montana is 0.20%-6.5% depending on past experience. The tax is based on the first $20,300 of wages.

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

Marital Status

Enter one of the following choices in the Marital Status popup field 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

Contacts

Payroll Tax Office-- 406 444-6900
Forms-- 406 444-3614

Montana Department of Revenue
Mitchell Building PO Box 5805
Helena MT 59604-5805

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