Question: How do I setup a flat amount of SWT (State Withholding Tax) to be withheld week after week?
Answer: In the Maintain | Employee | Taxes screen: choose the SWT (state) and then change the number of personal exemptions to 99. Next enter...
Question: How do I setup a flat amount of FWT (Federal Withholding Tax) to be withheld week after week?
Answer: In the Maintain | Employee | Taxes screen: choose FWT and then change the number of personal exemptions to 99. Next, enter the flat...
Question: What procedure can be used to enter multiple pay types (salary, hourly, daily) into multiple general ledger accounts for posting?
Answer: Setup Pay Type Salary1 and Pay Type Salary2. Assign both to the employee whose salary needs to be distributed into two different GL accounts. ...
Question: Can a check number be used again? Our current program assigns the same check # each week to all Direct Deposit employees.
Answer: No, a check number cannot be used twice. However, Direct Deposit assigns its own sequential numbers that do not interfere with the check numbers.
Question: If the Federal ID is not printing on the W-2’s, where does this need to be entered?
Answer: From Payroll | Maintain | Taxes: choose Jurisdiction. Enter “US” as the Jurisdiction ID, and then enter the Federal ID in the Employer ID...
Question: Is there a field to enter the state ID for SUTA and SWT?
Answer: Yes, in the Tax Jurisdiction screen there is a field called Employer ID.
Question: How is EIC (Earned Income Credit) handled?
Answer: Payroll is shipped with EIC as a standard Tax Class.
Question: What is a Tax Jurisdiction?
Answer: A Tax Jurisdiction is a taxing authority such as the federal government, a specific state or a municipality within a specific state.
Question: Are Tax Territories optional? What are they used for?
Answer: A Tax Territory is defined for specific geographical areas, such as a state. Tax Territories are optional, but companies will want to use them...
Question: Quite a few reports are needed, including the Check Register and MTD, QTD and YTD Earning Registers. Are these reports provided or do they have to be written?
Answer: Sage PRO ERP Payroll provides all of these reports and many more.