West Virginia Payroll Instructions

West Virginia 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 (see note below).
5. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
6. Enter the number of West Virginia dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter a West Virginia 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 West Virginia packages in the list, you'll need to import 2022 tax info first.
8. Click OK.

West Virginia State Unemployment Tax Instructions

In 2022, the WV SUTA tax is based on the first $9,000 of annual wages for each employee.

The starting rate is 7.5% for construction businesses, and 2.7% for others. After three years, the rate is adjusted, depending on your payroll amount and jobless claims.

To enter your West Virginia 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 West Virginia SUTA item. HINT: If you don't see W Virginia SUTA in the list, you'll need to import state payroll tax tables first.
3. Click on the percentage field to the right of Calculation method, and enter the current SUTA tax rate for your company.
4. If the SUTA cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field to the right of First Adjustment.

West Virginia Marital Status

Enter one of the following values for the Marital Status popup 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

Website

Official State Lawn Ornament

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