Federal or State Unemployment Insurance rates or limits changed mid-year or you entered them incorrectly.

Calculate the difference in taxes

Download and run the attached report to determine the difference between the actual State Unemployment Tax (SUI) on the check and the revised calculation rate.

Attachment: SUITaxCalulationReport.rpt

Enter correcting checks

If you found differences in the calculations by using the report, follow these steps to enter checks to correct the employee totals.

 NOTE: Use a check date to correct the tax amount in the original quarter. Enter one correcting check per employee for each quarter that needs correction. 

1. In Payroll, from the Tasks menu, select Enter Checks.
2. Select the time entry view and click OK.
3. Click List, select an affected employee, then click OK.
4. Type the correct period end date, then press Tab twice.
5. Click Tax, and click Emplr Tax.
6. Click List, select the tax, then press Tab.
7. Type the employee total difference amount from the report. Press Tab.
   • If the amount listed on the report is a negative, enter the tax as a positive number
   • If the amount on the report is a positive, enter the tax as a negative
8. Click Process, clear any default calculation frequencies, then click OK.
9. Click Chk Info, verify that the Check amount box is blank, then click OK.
10. Click Manual, type the Check number and the correct Check date.
11. Click OK, then click Accept check.
12. Repeat steps 3 through 11 for each affected employee, and then click Finish.
13. Post checks as usual.
14. Reconcile the checks in Cash Management. Refer to the Cash Management Help topic, "Reconciling."

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