Louisiana Payroll Instructions

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

Louisiana has state income tax withholding. Rates did not change in 2005 (they have changed 3 times in the past 15 years). The state calculates payroll withholding tax amounts with a 'step' tax table that is similar to the federal tax tables.

HINT-- Turtle Creek Software provides free annual updates for US federal and Louisiana tax withholding rate formulas.

Louisiana 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 Louisiana dependents into the State Exemptions field.
6. Enter the number of dependency credits claimed in the Other Exemptions field. Every child and stepchild may be claimed as a dependency credit (as described in Internal Revenue Code, Section 152).

Employers pay an SAFDST Debt Service Tax, which is a direct 1.4% tax on each employee’s gross wages. This Tax Item is included in each of the Louisiana State Tax Packages.

Louisiana Unemployment Tax Instructions

In 2005, Louisiana state unemployment insurance tax applies to the first $8,500.00 of wages for each employee. The starting rate varies for new businesses, depending on the type of business. After two years, the rate is based on past payroll amounts and claims.

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

Use one of the following choices in the Marital Status popup field for each Employee account:

• Single- employee with 0 or 1 deduction
• Married- employee with 2 or more deductions
• Dual Income- not used
• Head of House- not used
• Other- not used

Contacts

Payroll Tax Office-- 225 219-0102
Forms-- 225 219-2112
SUTA-- 504 342-2944

Louisiana Department of Revenue & Taxation
330 N Ardenwood Dr
Baton Rouge LA 70823

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