Florida Payroll Instructions

There are no Florida state income taxes, and no state payroll tax withholding. However, you'll still need to withhold for federal taxes, SUTA and FUTA.

HINT: TurtleSoft's payroll accounting software includes free annual updates for state and Us federal tax withholding rates.

Florida State Withholding Instructions

To enter withholding information for an employee in your Goldenseal company file, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Payroll tab on the left, and choose Employees.
  2. Locate the employee's record.
  3. Click the Payroll Setup button.
  4. Enter the employee's marital status into the Marital Status field.
  5. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
  6. Enter a Florida Tax Package into the Tax Package field, based on the employee’s W4 form. Choose Old W4 for pre-2020 forms. Choose New W4 Step2- if they did not check the box in step 2 of the new form. Choose Step2+ if they did check it. HINT: If you don't see Florida packages in the list, you'll need to import the tax info first.
  7. Click OK.

Florida State Unemployment Tax Instructions

In 2023, the Florida SUTA unemployment insurance tax applies to the first $7,000 of wages (it was reduced from $8,000 in 2014 and stayed the same ever since). The starting rate for a new company is 2.7%. It stays at that rate for the first 10 quarters of employment. After that, the rate can vary between .1% and 5.4% depending on payroll totals and the number of UI claims made against your business.

To enter your Florida state SUTA tax rate into Goldenseal payroll software, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Payroll Setup from the Costs menu, and choose Tax Items.
  2. You'll see a list of Tax Items. Open the Florida SUTA item HINT: If you don't see Florida SUTA in the list, you'll need to import your state's payroll info first.
  3. Enter the percentage rate that you pay into the percentage field to the right of Calculation method.
  4. If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field to the right of First Adjustment.

Florida Marital Status

Use the following to determine the value for the Marital Status popup menu in each Employee account:

State Tax Contacts

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Official State Lawn Ornament

1987 to 1999-- Pink plastic flamingo being eaten by pink plastic alligator.
2000 to 2001-- Hanging chad.
2002 to 2003-- Pink plastic flamingo being eaten by pink plastic alligator.
2004 to 2005-- Pink plastic flamingo covered with hurricane debris.
2006 to 2007-- Pink plastic flamingo covered with tiny blue tarp.
2008-- Pink plastic flamingo with Obama campaign sticker.
2009 to 2013-- Unemployed relative.
2014 to 2021-- Pink plastic boa constrictor swallowing pink plastic alligator.
2022-- Pink plastic flamingo covered with hurricane debris.