Note: This solution is only available for United States installations of Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate.
Setup the pay as Supplemental:
- From the Payroll Setup menu, select Pays.
- Select the pay that is to be taxed at the supplemental rate, or if this is a new pay ID, enter the new Pay ID.
- For the Pay type select Other.
- Select the Supplemental check box.
- Enter the applicable GL Expense account.
- Click Save and Close.
Specify a supplemental tax rate:
- From the Setup menu, select Taxes, Tax Rates.
- Click List and select the tax that is to calculate and the supplemental rate.
- Enter the appropriate Supplemental Rate Percent or Formula.
Note: IRS and State regulations may have specific requirements for supplemental taxes. For more information, consult a certified tax advisor for your state. - Click Save and Close.
If the employee's check includes any deductions marked as Before employee/employer taxes in the Deduction Setup window, Payroll prorates the deduction across the non-supplemental and supplemental wages. For example, an employee earns gross wages of $6000. His non-supplemental wages equal $1000, and his supplemental wages equal $5000. The employee has a 401(k) deduction of $500. The employee's supplemental and non-supplemental taxable amounts calculate as follows:
Supplemental taxable 5000 - (5000/6000*500) = 4583.33
Non-supplemental taxable 1000 - (1000/6000*500) = 916.66
Notes:
- If an employee's individual tax record includes an Adjustment Method other than No Adjustment, No tax, or Exempt, Payroll ignores that Adjustment Method when calculating taxes for supplemental wages.
- The Check Tax Record combines the total taxable and tax amounts for supplemental and non-supplemental wages.
- You may receive an error in Enter Checks "Too many digits left of point" if you try to manually adjust FWH without modifying the Supplemental Rate Percent.
- If you have both supplemental and non supplemental wages on the same check, the taxes will calculate based on the non-supplemental rate/s, and ignore the supplemental rate.
For a thorough description of the process, refer to the Payroll Help topic "About supplemental wages."