Pennsylvania Payroll Instructions

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Pennsylvania has state income tax withholding. Rates did not change in 2005, and have not changed since 1995.

There are also state deductions for local taxes and employee payments for state unemployment.

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

Pennsylvania 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 dependents into the State Exemptions field.

Pennsylvania Unemployment Tax Instructions

Pennsylvania state unemployment tax is charged on the first $8,000 of wages for each employee (2005 cutoff amount). The tax rate is different for each employer, based on their past employment history.

To enter the Pennsylvania SUTA tax rate for your business, 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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania state payroll info first.
3. Enter the rate that your business pays in the percent field to the right of Calculation method.
4. If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field next to 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-- 717 772-2340
SUTA-- 717 787-3064

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