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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 Washington and federal payroll tax tables, click here.
Washington has no state income tax withholding nor payroll tax tables. However there are employee
withholding and employer taxes for worker's compensation and disability insurance, with different rates for
each type of work done by the employee.
HINT-- Turtle Creek Software provides free annual updates for
US federal and Washington state tax withholding and insurance rates.
Washington State Withholding Instructions
To enter withholding information for a Washington 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.
Industrial Insurance and Disability Setup
You'll need to fill in the current Industrial Insurance rates for the types of work you do. To
do that, follow these steps:
- Choose Category Setup from the Costs menu, and choose Category Systems from the
submenu.
- Double-click on a Category System.
- The Comp Rate for each category handles the Industrial Insurance
rate, and the Tax Rate handles disabiility insurance costs. Enter the rates you
pay for each type of work. If you use subcategories, you'll need to enter the rates for each category
and subcategory.
- Rpeat step 3 for each Category System that you use.
When you enter Labor Hours records, enter the work category into the Category field. When you write
payroll, Goldenseal will automatically use the correct rate for each type of work. State Unemployment Tax Instructions
In 2005, Washington charges employers a SUTA tax rate of 2.53% on wages up to $30,500 per year.
When you import this year's federal tax rates,
you'll also pick up the current SUTA rate.
If for some reason you pay a different unemployment insurance rate,
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 Washington SUTA tax in
the list, and double-click on it. HINT: If you don't see Washington state SUTA in the list,
you'll need to import your state's payroll info first.
- Click your mouse in the percentage field to the right of Calculation
method. and type in the SUTA percentage rate for your business.
- If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the field to the right of First Adjustment.
Marital Status
Enter one of the following value into the Marital Status popup field 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-- 800 647-7706
SUTA-- 206 753-5180
Worker's Comp-- 206 956-5799
Washington Dept of Revenue
PO Box 47450
Olympia WA 98504-7450
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