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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…
  • Fastest way to update Paygroup Benefits?

    When updating a rate in 5-3-1 Payroll Calculations, the edits are not reflected in the Benefits screen of 5-3-4 Paygroups. Is there a way to update the 5-3-4 Paygroup Benefits without having to manually enter the same change in the 5-3-1 Payroll Calculations…
  • 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…
  • Payroll Ledger Entitlements and Paid Sick Leave - please help, how to use this entitlement?

    We are expecting to have Paid Sick Leave in Ontario. Law enforcement will come after the parliament approval, but the premier had said Ontarions will get extra pay on top of Federal benefit. I am thinking it will be about the same as 2018 Jan -…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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"?
  • Unpaid Leave and Benefits

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    I am looking for assistance regarding an employee who is on unpaid leave and wishes to continue paying for her portion of company benefits (RRSP and Medical Benefits). I am wondering what is the best way to record the amount owing and still have the amounts…
  • Can I run my 2017 payroll before w-2's are complete?

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    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…
  • Pension percentage does not calculate properly when there is a taxable benefit.

    If there is a taxable benefit, ie: MSP, and a Pension deduction of 3%, Sage calculates the 3% on the salary plus the taxable benefit whereas the pension is only based on the salary. How can I get around this without doing a manual entry for the pension…
  • 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??!!