Worker's Comp Rates by Category

Problem

Worker's Comp rates could only be entered with two decimal places (up to $xx.xx). In Washington State, some rates use fractional pennies.

Caught By

User bug report.

Workaround

None.

Solution

Starting with version 3.9 of the Goldenseal payroll software, the Worker's Comp rate and Tax rate in a Category System can have up to four decimal places. That applies to both dollar rates (as in Washington State) or percentage rates (as in California and several other states).

Technical Details

Money or percentage values in pretty much any part of Goldenseal can have four decimals. We restrict them to two decimals in places where fractional pennies are rare, but we can usually reprogram any values to have the extra digits. Just let us know, if you want to use fractional pennies in some other part of the Goldenseal accounting software!