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slide 2: ● How To Change SUI rate for Basic Enhanced or Standard
Payroll. Facts About SUI ● Rate is unique to your business and issued by your state. ● Rate is not part of the tax table update and critical that you enter your current rate in
QuickBooks Desktop ● Is paid only by the employer unless you are in a state that requires employees to contribute ● SUI wage base limit is updated by the tax table according to your states requirements and
cannot be manually changed ● Most states update their SUI rate in the beginning of the year while others such as New
Jersey Vermont and Tennessee update their rates in the third quarter of the year If you have received a rate change notice from your state see How to Read SUI rate change
notifications. Note: If you have Assisted Payroll see SUI rate change for Assisted Payroll.
slide 3: The majority of states attach a surcharge or assessment to State Unemployment.
To ensure that you enter the correct percentage rate for the SUI portion: ● compare the breakdown of rate on your notice with a sample copy for your
state. See Read SUI rate change notifications. ● if your state attaches an assessment or surcharge item update the rate for
that payroll item as needed in QuickBooks. To change your SUI rate in QuickBooks Desktop: 1. Choose Lists Payroll Item List. 2. Double-click the State Unemployment Tax item which is typically named:
state abbreviation - Unemployment Company.
slide 4: 3.Click Next Next for the Company tax rates for year and enter the correct
rates for each quarter. ● If your system date is between 7/1 and
1/1 you will also be able to add the rate
for the first quarter of the following year.
slide 5: 4.After you enter the correct rates you may get a popup message for Payroll Tax
Rate Change Warning click Continue. Your SUI rates are updated. FOR MORE
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slide 6: 5.Click Next once and click to clear any compensation items that are not subject to
your states unemployment tax check with your states unemployment department for
more details. 6.Click Next Finish Note: If you change your SUI rate in the middle of a current quarter or in a prior
quarter QuickBooks Desktop will not auto adjust the tax amounts collected for any
employees who have reached the wage limit prior to the rate change. To adjust the
tax amount collected for SUI you will need to do a manual tax amount adjustment for
each affected employee for each quarter affected. Why should choose our QuickBooks
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slide 7: If you need to adjust SUI wage bases and/or amounts reported for
your employees create a Payroll report to determine these numbers.
See steps below: 1. Click Reports Employees Payroll Payroll Item Detail 2. Set the date to view each specific affected quarter. 3. Click Customize Report button and select the following: ○ Date ○ Source Name ○ Payroll Item ○ Wage Base ○ Amount 4. Click the Filters tab. Under Filter select Payroll Item from the list. 5. Click the down arrow under payroll Item and select your State Unemployment item. 6. Click OK. 7. Look at the total wage base column for the SUI and multiply it by your current rate. 8. Match results with amount calculated.
slide 8: If you have employees who are over or under collected for SUI you can
create correcting positive or negative liability adjustment for the affected
employee and affected quarter. See Entering wage base and tax adjustment
to correct employees quarter qtd or year to date ytd total. QuickBooks FAQs
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