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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…
  • 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…
  • WA State PFML

    This tax is paid on WA hours worked by WA employees. I cannot get it to calculate that way. It calculates on all hours worked. Even the hours worked in Oregon, which do not have to be included. How do I set this up? After many hours with support, the…
  • 401K Contribution

    Hi Sage, I have an employee who wants to contribute 100% of his bonus to his 401K. The FICA taxes calculate on the full amount, so I reduced the contribution by the FICA taxes and now it calculates a state tax, which there shouldn't be a state tax…
  • Setting up HSA as a Direct Deposit

    Is Article ID 26573 in the knowledge base still applicable to set up HSA for direct deposit? Also, can I copy and paste the formula as shown in the article when I create the formula?
  • Payroll FWH Calculation Verification

    I’m processing my first new employee under the 2020 W-4 form, and I cannot reconcile using the IRS tables to verify Sage’s calculation. Anyone see where I am going wrong? Single, $2000 for dependent, $860 taxable this week, state is NH (no income tax…
  • 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…
  • Deferred Compensation

    I am new with the company, and not as familiar with SAGE 300. Has anyone set up a Non-Qualified deferred compensation plan? I am trying to work with Sage support, but so far two people i've talked with don't even know what a deferred compensation plan…
  • 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"?
  • Partial Direct Deposit - Net check is less than amount to that account

    Is there a formula I could use for partial direct deposits where the net check after Process Payroll is less than the amount to go to that account? Example: Employee wants $750 to go to a specific account, with reminder going to another. This week,…
  • Formula MAX Pay Period End Date

    Looking for a formulaa to simply look into the PR-Check table and return to me an employees maximum date within the Pay Period End Date field . As the help file suggests, the MAX function is only used for numbers and Sage doesnt like it when I try to…
  • Can I run my 2017 payroll before w-2's are complete?

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    Do I just need to close my current month (December) first and download the service pack? Will the service pack change my w-2 numbers because of the new 2017 tax tables even if December is closed before it is downloaded? Can I still make changes to…
  • Payroll Locale should not be Tied to State

    We have a City tax for employees who work within city limits. We use the Locale option to calculate this. It was recently discovered that if employees live in another state, the Locale does not allow the individual's state tax to calculate. We have several…
  • 401K formulas/setup when plan allows different withhold amount on Bonuses?

    does anyone have 401k formulas setup to incorporate different amounts withheld on Bonuses. Our plan allows participates to withhold a different amount on Bonuses both 401k and Roth. We have formulas setup to calculate 401K and Roth and to compare to one…
  • Payroll Calculations

    I have set up our payroll calculations. Under our state unemployment our rate is 2.4% and I have it set up that way however it is only calculating 1.8%.....HELP??!!