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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 Oregon and federal payroll tax tables, click here.
Oregon has state tax withholding based on "step" tables that are similar to the US Federal
withholding tables. Rates last changed in 2002 (they don't change in most years).
HINT-- Turtle Creek Software provides free annual updates for
US federal and Oregon state tax withholding rates.
Oregon State Withholding Instructions
To enter withholding information for an employee, follow these steps:
- Choose Employees from the Accounts menu.
- Locate the employee record.
- Enter the employee's marital status into the Marital Status field (see note below).
- Enter the number of federal
dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
- Enter the number of dependents into
the State Exemptions field.
Oregon Unemployment Tax Instructions
In 2005, Oregon calculates State Unemployment Tax on the first 27,000 of wages for each employee.
The rate varies for each company, depending on past employment experience.
To enter your Oregon SUTA tax rate into the Goldenseal payroll software, follow these steps:
- Choose Payroll Setup from the Costs menu,
and choose Tax Items from the submenu.
- 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.
- Enter your business SUTA tax rate into the percentage field to the right of
Calculation method.
- If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field to the right of First Adjustment.
Marital Status
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
Contacts
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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