Payroll tax reporting

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Payroll tax reporting

If you are liable to pay state or territory payroll tax, you can calculate your payroll tax amounts using the payroll information in your AccountEdge software. If you are unsure about whether you are liable to pay state or territory payroll tax, contact your state or territory revenue office.

Before you can report payroll tax, you need to set up your payroll tax details. After you process pays for your employees, you can run a report to display the payroll tax due for a period. Note that you can only set up payroll tax for one state or territory.

For more information about calculating your payroll tax liability, see ‘Report and pay payroll tax’.

To set up state or territory payroll tax details

1	Go to the Setup menu and choose General Payroll Information. The General Payroll Information window appears.

2	Click Set Up Payroll Tax. The Payroll Tax Information window appears.

3	Select your state or territory.

4	Enter your Payroll Tax Registration Number and Payroll Tax Group Number.

5	Enter the threshold details and Payroll Tax rate for your selected state or territory.

6	In the list at the bottom of the window, select the Payroll Categories to be included as taxable wages. Amounts recorded against these categories will be included in payroll tax calculations.

note : If you are unsure about taxable wage calculations

If you are unsure which payroll categories should be included as taxable wages, contact your state or territory revenue office.

7	After you have entered your payroll details, click OK.

▪	Set up payroll

▪	Report and pay payroll tax

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