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Payroll Tax Update September 30, 2020
This Tax Update does not include FIT changes for 2020 W-4s. Do not install this Tax Update if you have installed a Tax Update that allowed you to reconfigure your employees for 2020 W-4s.
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September 30, 2020 Payroll Tax Update
This Tax Update does not include FIT changes for 2020 W-4s. Do not install this Tax Update if you have installed a Tax Update that allowed you to reconfigure your employees for 2020 W-4s.
Federal
The IRS has updated Lines 13b, 24, and 25 on the 941 for the third and fourth quarters of 2020. Lines 13b and Line 24 are related to deferred Social Security taxes. Line 13b now includes employee deferred taxes as well as the CARES related employer deferred Social Security taxes. The total amount of the employee share of deferred taxes should be entered separately on Line 24.
Please visit IRS site at https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i941.pdf for more information related to this deferment.
Please note that there are no changes to the 941 Schedule B. The amounts on the 941 may not match the Schedule B amounts if you entered a deferred amount. If there is a discrepancy because of this deferment, enter the correct amounts manually. Please see the IRS page about Schedule B at https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i941sb.
The Year Total and 941 Quarterly Reports (accessed from 941 GUI) now include COVID-19 related Sick and Family Leave.
State Forms
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State and Local Income Tax
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SUTA Wage Base (Maximum taxable earnings)
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July 15, 2020 Payroll Tax Update
This Tax Update does not include FIT changes for 2020 W-4s. Do not install this Tax Update if you have installed a Tax Update that allowed you to reconfigure your employees for 2020 W-4s.
Federal
Line 15 on Form 941 was not displaying correctly in certain instances. This has been fixed. If you are not affected by this issue, you do not need to install this update.
Please note that the Year Total Report available through the 941 module is not yet reconfigured for COVID-19 related Income. A separate Tax Update will be released when these changes are available. We appreciate your patience as we work through these changes.
The IRS has released some guidance regarding the W-2, Wage and Tax Statement for 2020. COVID-19 Qualifying Sick Leave wages and Family Leave wages should be reported on Box 14 as Other as well as in Boxes 1, 3, and 5. . If you have these types of wages, you can assign the Income Factors called COVIDSICK, COVIDCARE, and COVIDFAMILY to Box 14 in the following way:
- Go to Payroll/Configure/Income.
- Select the COVID Income Factor previously created for qualifying Sick or Family Leave.
- In the Additional W-2 reporting box, click the down arrow.
- Select Other Information Box.
- Click OK and Save changes.
This procedure can be done at any time.
State Forms
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State and Local Income Tax
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SUTA Wage Base (Maximum taxable earnings)
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June 30, 2020 Payroll Tax Update
This Tax Update does not include FIT changes for 2020 W-4s. Do not install this Tax Update if you have installed a Tax Update that allowed you to reconfigure your employees for 2020 W-4s.
Federal
Support for 2020 Form 941 (Revised April 2020)
State Forms
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State and Local Income Tax
Idaho (ID SIT)
SUTA Wage Base (Maximum taxable earnings)
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May 10, 2020 Payroll Tax Update
This Tax Update does not include FIT changes for 2020 W-4s. Do not install this Tax Update if you have installed a Tax Update that allowed you to reconfigure your employees for 2020 W-4s.
Federal
COVID-19 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) US Social Security Employer exemption
This Tax Update contains changes related to FFCRA Sick Pay. If you have employees entitled to this type of pay, you will need to create the following new Income factors for wages required to be paid under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (ESPLA) as enacted under the FFCRA. This Act requires employers with less than 500 employees to provide paid sick leave to employees unable to work or telework after March 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2021 due to reasons outlined below.
Create one or both of the following Income Factors to implement these changes:
In these circumstances, you are entitled to a maximum of $511 per day, or $5,110 total over the entire paid sick leave period.
- Are subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19;
- Have been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19;
- Experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and are seeking medical diagnosis. This falls under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act.
In these circumstances, you are entitled to compensation at 2/3 of the greater of the amounts above at a maximum of $200 per day, or $2,000 over the entire two week period.
- Caring for an individual who is subject to a Federal, State, or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19 or an individual who has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19;
- Caring for your child whose school or place of care is closed, or child care provider is unavailable, due to COVID-19 related reasons;
- Experiencing any other substantially-similar condition that may arise, as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
This Income must be subject to US SS and any other taxes related to this sick pay. Once you create this Income factor, apply it to eligible employees.
If you previously created an Income for this type of sick pay under a different name, you should change the Income name to COVIDSICK and/or COVIDCARE. In order for this change to be applied to eligible sick pay, it must be called COVIDSICK or COVIDCARE in all caps.
COVIDFAMILY - Qualified family leave wages you paid to your employees under the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act under the FFCRA.
This requires employers with less than 500 employees to provide public health emergency leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to an employee who has been employed for at least 30 calendar days. The requirement to provide leave generally applies when an employee is unable to wok or telework due to the need to care for a child under the age of 18 because the school or place of care has been closed, or the childcare provider is unavailable, due to a public health emergency. The first 10 days for which an employee takes leave may be unpaid. During this period, employees may use other forms of paid leave, such as qualified sick leave, accrued sick leave, annual leave, or other paid time off. After an employee takes leave for 10 days, the employer must provide the employee paid leave for upt to 10 weeks. The qualified family leave wages can't exceed $200 per day or $10,000 in the aggregate per employee for the year.
Once you create one or both of these Income factors, apply them to eligible employees. This Income must be subjct to US SS and any other taxes related to this sick pay.
If you previously created an Income for these types of sick pay or family leave under a different name, you should change the Income name to COVIDSICK, COVIDCARE, or COVIDFAMILY. In order for this change to be applied to eligible sick pay, it must be called COVIDSICK, COVIDCARE, or COVIDFAMILY in all caps.
Please click here for more detailed instructions on applying this change.
State Forms
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State and Local Income Tax
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SUTA Wage Base (Maximum taxable earnings)
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