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I have an employee who reached maximum on the first threshold of CPP - but the system didn't deduct anything from CPP2. If i create a pay for the next period, it starts deducting from CPP2. Should these deductions appear at the same time on the paycheque…

Client is reporting three employees had NEGATIVE SIT (-$500) calculated during a recent payroll processing. IA recently released a new W-4 form. Accounting required all employees to update their exemptions using the form. These three employees had LARGE…

Hello In my place I have some local taxes for professional services, i need to create like a "rule" that calculates the 10% tax for professional service or the 6% is a waiver certificate is provided, from the total amount of the invoice. This calculation…

The NYS Paid Family Leave tax that was setup with this last update is not calculating properly. It does not factor in the cut off for the allowable weekly limit. The max allowable weekly earnings of $1,718.15..or $6.40 per week for a contribution in total…

It appears federal withholding is not calculating correctly. Withholding amounts on salaried employees have increased substantially from last Friday (2023 pay date) to today (2024 pay date). If anything, withholding amounts should have slightly decreased…

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…

Hello, I added many old assets to SAGE but I'm still struggling with the older assets that are on their second half of life . For example, my building that was put into service in in 1991 is only 32 years through its 50 years but when I put in 18 years…

Within 300CRE, has anyone been able to successfully implement Puerto Rico withholding taxes when a Withholding Exemption Certificate with Form 499R-4.1 is claimed by the employee? I am wondering if the PRSWH tax formulas in Sage need updating to account…

Alabama DOR OT Rules - January 2024.pdf Just making sure someone is on top of this before Jan 1 rolls around.

The federal withholding is not calculating on the certified wages. Any ideas what I need to do?

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…

I have a new pay category for our apprentices that needs to be taxed but I don't want vacation pay to calculate on it. How can I do that?

I have an employee that is a resident of New York but is traveling and working in several states based on project location. He is requesting that we always withhold a flat amount for NY state withholdings regardless of where he works. What is the best…

I work in Payroll. An employee showed me their W-2's from 2020 and 2021. In round numbers, they made $42k in 2020 and $52k in 2021. Ever since they started here in early 2020, they have claimed Single, $8,000. In 2020, $2,500 was withheld for Federal…

We have 5 different pays set up for COVID pay based on the type. How can I combine all into one line on box 14?

When i use the calculator using the W-4 Amount, FWH seems to calculate a lot less to zero tax vs. when im using the Exemption number and im trying to understand why. Is there a special calculation when you use the amount? What is done behind the scene…

Our company pays for $100,000 for group term life insurance and $100,000 for accidental life insurance. I did not realize that the employee was responsible to pay taxes on the portion of life insurance above $50,000 that the employer pays. Is the employee…

I'm playing catch-up here.... Sage 300 CRE federal withholding tables are not ready for update yet? What's the deal?

I have an employee wanting to put his entire paycheck for this week into his IRA. Today's PR transaction also includes our year bonus. I have updated his employee DEDUCT to what his gross pay and bonus is. How will that work as far as taxes, etc.?

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…

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…

I was curious as to how to handle 401k deductions for states like Pennsylvania where the deduction is part of the taxable income for the state tax which differs from Federal. Since there isn't a spot to mark the deduction type within the set-up, I wasn…

Does anyone have a report that tracks the employee retention tax credit (ERTC)?

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…

Does anyone know the easiest way to file payroll taxes using two separate payroll files? My field crews are union and are paid through Sage. Office salaried employees are paid via ADP. What's the easiest way to combine these?