Nebraska Payroll Instructions

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Nebraska uses single and married tax tables to calculate payroll withholding amounts for each employee. The withholding tax rate formulas did not change in 2005. They have changed 4 times in the past 15 years, most recently in 1998.

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

Nebraska Withholding Instructions

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

1. Choose Employees from the Accounts menu.
2. Use the Find command to 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 Nebraska dependents into the State Exemptions field.

Nebraska Unemployment Tax Instructions

In 2005, the Nebraska SUTA unemployment insurance tax applies to the first $7,000.00 in wages paid to each employee each year. New employers are assigned a tax rate of 3.5%. That rate remains in effect for the first two calendar years. After that employers rates are based on their experience factor (rates can vary between .05% and 5.4%).

To enter your Nebraska 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 Nebraska SUTA tax in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see Nebraska SUTA in the list, you'll need to import your state's payroll info first.
3. Enter your SUTA 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.

Marital Status

Enter each employee's marital status into the Marital status field on their account record. Use the following choices:

• 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-- 402 471-2971
Forms-- 402 471-9000
SUTA-- 402 471-9933

Nebraska Department of Revenue
PO Box 94818
301 Centennial Mall
S Lincoln NE 68509-4818

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