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March 2009 Revision

We now have revised US payroll tax tables, with slightly reduced withholding as part of the stimulus package passed in February. Click here for updating instructions.

2009 Payroll Tax Tables

Payroll withholding tables for 2009 are now available for free download! As of 3/23, these tables include revisions, as a result of the stimulus package.

US Federal payroll tax withholding formulas have changed slightly for 2009 (they have changed every year since 1988, the first year we started doing payroll software).

The following states have no state income tax withholding: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire , South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wyoming.

The following states changed their payroll withholding tables for 2009: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont,

The following states did not change their withholding formulas for 2009: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin,

NOTE-- We check all state websites in late December, and then again in mid-January and early July. That catches most tax revisions, but occasionally we miss one! If your state has revised its tax calculations, please let us know. We expect that 2009 will be an active year for tax changes.

Printing W-2 and 1099 Forms

Click the links to see detailed website instructions for printing 1099 and W-2 forms.

New Manuals

We are in the process of rewriting and improving our software manuals. Instead of the current two manuals, we plan to have a general Basics manual, plus specialized manuals for accounting, estimating, payroll, project management, rentals and sales/inventory. They'll make info easier to find, and will also allow us to split Goldenseal into a wider range of specialty programs.

The new Basics manual and Estimating manual are now ready in 'first draft' form. Click here to download them. These new manuals is still under development, so we haven't filled in cross references or the index yet, and haven't started on the separate Macintosh manual. Comments of any kind will be greatly appreciated!

2008 Canadian Payroll Taxes

Canadian withholding rates all changed in 2008: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories , Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

For the free download of 2008 Canadian tax tables, click here.

Check our our new alphabetical Answers that links to all parts of our website! It is the fastest way to locate info on any subject, whether in one of the online manuals, in the special topics section or elsewhere on our site.

There is also an alphabetical Tech Support Index with links to all tech support resources on the Turtle Creek website. It has answers to many Goldenseal problems and questions.

Over the next few months we are gradually adding web documentation for each construction unit cost in our database of construction estimating costs. Now you can look up more details for each Assembly that comes in the Goldenseal starter files. Each unit cost writup includes labor hours, construction specs and the way we calculated each price.

NOTE-- The Goldenseal program already includes unit costs for the complete range of construction, plus special estimating files for painters, drywall contractors, framing contractors and others. You'll find them in the Starter Files but we don't have detailed writeups for them on the website yet.

We are looking for specialty estimating templates for different types of businesses. If you have developed a custom version of Goldenseal with your own unit costs, please contact us! If your cost data is useful to other businesses, we will offer you royalties or make an outright purchase offer for your data.

You can now see Tech Answers for BidMagic, MacNail and Goldenseal. They are trouble-shooting aids that have answers for bugs, problems and common user questions for our construction software.

We now offer a list of local trainers for Goldenseal. NOTE-- If you are an experienced Goldenseal user and would like to offer training to beginners, please contact us!

You can now view most of our source code online. If you know C++ you can see how we put together the different parts of the Goldenseal software.

Upgrading from MacNail and BidMagic

Owners of MacNail and BidMagic who haven't yet upgraded to Goldenseal can get the estimating-only version for $250, and the full version for $450. Goldenseal has all of the features of our older software, with many improvements. To order, contact us.

News and Info for Turtle Creek Users

Upgrading from MacNail and BidMagic