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South Dakota Payroll Instructions

For more about Goldenseal payroll accounting software, click here.
For instructions for setting up the US Federal withholding tax tables, click here.
To get free updates of US federal payroll tax tables for Goldenseal payroll software, click here.

South Dakota has no state income tax, and no payroll tax withholding.

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

South Dakota Unemployment Tax Instructions

In 2005 the South Dakota SUTA tax applies to the first $7000 in annual wages for each employee. The starting SUTA tax rate is 6.7% for construction businesses, and 1.9% for other businesses in 2005. That decreases to 3.7% or 1.7% in the second and third years, if your company pays more in taxes than are taken out in unemployment claims. After that, rates can vary between 0% and 7.7% depending on the funds ratio.

To enter the South Dakota SUTA tax rate for your company, 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. Find the South Dakota SUTA tax item in the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see S Dakota SUTA in the list, you'll need to import your state's payroll info before you begin.
  3. Enter the percentage rate for your business into the field to the right of Calculation method.
  4. If the state SUTA cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the field to the right of First Adjustment.

Contacts

Payroll Tax Office-- 605 773-3311
SUTA-- 605 773-3101

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