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  • 2024 Federal Tax Bracket Update

    I have updated Sage 50 Payroll to 20240101. The federal tax brackets were to change for 2024, but when I go process payroll for the new year the federal amounts for all employees have stayed the same as 2023. Spoke to support yesterday and all they said…
  • Refunding Pretax deduction v2.22.2

    When generating a check for ONLY a pretax deduction refund, the refund taxes are not being calculated. If I add a earnings line and pay a penny, the taxes generate properly (but I have overpaid the former employee by a penny). KB 96467 suggested adding…
  • Sick and Vacation Accrual only if the employee works a certain amount of hours a month

    Hello, I have a costumer with a very particular workers comp decree established by the local DoA which stated that the hourly employee accrues 6hrs/mo Vacation (144hrs max) and Sick (120hrs max) only if total hours for the pay period is equal 115 or more…
  • Non-Cash Compensation

    I need to include a non-cash compensation for an employee. The non-cash compensation is large, so it generates a net negative payroll check. This is employees final check, can I just not tax the non-compensation? if so, what implication should i need…
  • Fringe benefits and before tax IRA

    I have a payroll question related to fringes and employee IRA contributions. This is a simple IRA and is taken before taxes. I have the fringes set up as a benefit on the appropriate paygroups with an offset for each employee based on the benefits we…
  • Wokers' Compensation Calculations

    Does anyone happen to know the 'behind the scenes' math for the 5-3-2 Workers' Compensation table window? I need to know how to set it up for the most accurate job/employee costing. For example does the Liability column calculation run after the Employer…
  • Benefit deducting from W-2 wages

    I set up an insurance benefit as a company expense in payroll settings with yes to general ledger and reports and taxable for federal and state wages only. It is deducting rather than adding to Federal and state wages on W-2's. I've had this problem for…
  • How is the Schedule B of the 941 populated?

    The first 8 weeks of Q4 2020 are correct, the last 6 weeks are wildly off. I've spoken with support both online and over the phone and they said there is some fix in the works, but they don't have any way to help me. The solution they gave me was to…
  • how to claim credit for FFCRA on form 941

    Hi, I am having hard time understanding how to claim the FFCRA credit on form 941. I paid $1520.00 total of FFCRA sick leave. the form told me to annually reduce the liabilities on schedule B, the amount is 1542.04 (which is gross + medicare - employer…
  • Sage X3 Fixed assets depreciation Calculation done but cannot see the Changes in Journal Entry

    I have implemented the fixed asset in Sage X3 version PU9 as per the curriculum provided in the training by Fixed asset instructor from Sage University. Performed every step as per his instruction. only problem that I found was I cannot see the any…
  • CA Sick Pay Calculating Incorrectly

    Hello. I have been using Peachtree since 1990s, currently using Sage50. I'm in CA, and set up our Sick pay according to Document #10246 back in 2015 or 2016. It is just a "Memo" field, but prints on paystubs. Sick pay is meant to be limited to 48 hrs…
  • PO and mfg variance calculations (PPV)

    I'm trying to understand exactly what is in the the PPV amounts (and how calculated) on our Sage income statement so we understand the information reported, if the manual JE's are correct,a and if we need to change our processes. We have two GL accounts…
  • PTO Accrual: Limits and carryover

    Good Morning, I am new to the Sage Community about 4 months. I am evaluating the leave balances and accruals for all of our employees and I am having some concerns as to the set up. We have employees that earn 40 hours a year (new Hires) then after…
  • Year to Date Wrong

    The year to date is wrong from one paycheck to another for an employee and it is not right, it is off at least $10k. I need help on how to fix this...Any help is much appreciated.
  • Federal Income Tax allowance

    On the Calculations tab for an Employee (5-2-1) how do I specify that the Federal allowances specified on the employee's W-4 is "married but withhold at higher single rate"?
  • Subtotals in AP (Select Invoices to Pay)

    When I go in AP to set invoices up for payment ... AP - Tasks - Select Invoices to Pay - On Screen List. Is there a way to show subtotals for each of the vendors / suppliers I am paying? I do see that I can go in and view the total (by going into…
  • Payroll 2018 - Local Tax Calculation

    I am testing Sage 100 2018 with payroll before upgrading from 4.5. We operate in PA, and all employees reside in PA. Several employees live in townships/boroughs/cities that have a local income and/or school tax. I've been unsuccessful in getting local…
  • State Withholding

    What have other companies done to setup reciprocal state withholding? This becomes an issue only when the primary state withholding is higher than the withholding in the state for the construction project. Connecticut is our primary (HQ) state. …
  • Announcement: 1st January 2018 Sage 50 US Payroll Solutions Update released on Dec 19th

    The 1st January 2018 Sage 50 US Payroll Solutions Update was released today, December 19th 2017 This update contains Federal and State tax formula calculations for the 2018 calendar year reported through December 13th, 2017 . To receive this update…
  • Sales Tax Report: Invoice Return (credit memo) amounts showing in taxable column are higher than amount of credit.

    Please see below Sales Tax Report. What are some possible reasons that the amount showing in the Taxable column would be HIGHER than the amount of the actual credit. We process all credit memos using the return invoice feature of the Order Entry module…
  • Bottle Deposit

    Hello, My company is now distributing bottled beverages and we would like to know if there is any way to automate this in the system. In other words how can we add this fee to the bottles being distributed to NY and CT - These are the only states in…
  • Sales Tax on RMA

    Hello every one, i am trying to view how much sales tax has been calculated on a RMA . i am not sure how can i set a Tax Schedule for an RMA can anyone please help me on this Thanks
  • Is it possible to alter labor hours using a calculation without changing the takeoff unit to hours in Estimating Extended?

    I want to add a calculation in my assembly that will change the labor hours behind the scenes. My takeoff unit is EA and I don't want to change that. For example: If I have a qty of 10, I want my labor hours to be unaffected. If I have a qty of…
  • How do I make a new payroll formula based on a percentage of gross pay?

    I need to first compare 15% of Gross Pay to a flat amount of $114.75. If 15% of Gross Pay is greater than $114.75, then use $114.75. If 15% of Gross Pay is less than or equal to $114.75, then use 15% of Gross Pay. Here is the formula I have so far that…
  • US Payroll W2 does not match YTD information on last paycheck

    I have a client that when reviewing the YTD information on the last paycheck, it does not match the W2. Our brief investigation shows that the W2 is correct, but the YTD information includes information for one extra paycheck and it is not the last one…