Georgia Payroll Instructions

Georgia 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. Locate the employee's record.
5. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
6. Enter the number of Georgia dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter a Georgia 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 Georgia packages in the list, you'll need to import the tax info first.
8. Click OK.

Georgia State Unemployment Tax Instructions

Georgia SUTA tax (unemployment insurance) applies to the first $9,500 in annual wages for each employee (2023 cutoff amount, no change in many years). The current rate for new companies is 2.7%. After that the rate is adjusted, based on past hiring and layoff history.

To enter your Georgia 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 Georgia SUTA item HINT: If you don't see Georgia SUTA in the list, you'll need to import your state's payroll info first.
3. Enter your SUTA percentage rate 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.

Georgia Marital Status

Use the following to determine the value for the Marital Status popup menu 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

State Tax Contacts

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