New Hampshire Payroll Instructions

New Hampshire does not have state income tax withholding, so you'll only need to calculate federal taxes (employee withholding, Medicare and Social Security), plus federal and state unemployment insurance taxes (SUTA and FUTA).

HINT: TurtleSoft provides free annual updates for US federal and New Hampshire tax withholding rates.

New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire packages in the list, you'll need to import 2022 tax info first.
  7. Click OK.

New Hampshire State Unemployment Tax Instructions

In 2023 the New Hampshire SUTA tax is calculated on the first $14,000 of wages for each employee (no change from the past few years). The starting tax rate is 2.7%. After the first year, the unemployment insurance tax rate is based on the employer's experience factor.

To enter your New Hampshire SUTA rate into Goldenseal payroll software, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Payroll tab on the left, open Lists, then open Tax Items.
  2. Find the New Hampshire SUTA tax item. HINT: If you don't see their SUTA in the list, you'll need to import the New Hampshire payroll info first.
  3. Get the percentage rate for your business, and enter it into the percentage field to the right of Calculation method.
  4. If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field next to First Adjustment.

New Hampshire 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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