What information is included in the Quarterly Governmental Report
Description

Customizing the Quarterly Governmental Report:

The Quarterly Governmental Report default values print the current version of the Quarterly Governmental Report form used for quarterly reporting of income and tax information. If you need to add form codes for specific governmental tax and income reports, you can modify the existing format to meet your reporting requirements.

Note: If your state requires double spacing for this report, enter 002 in the Number of lines per detail item field on the Header tab.

The following table indicates what effect the field description has on quarterly report printing.

Field Description

Effect on Report

Social Security Number
Name - Last Name First
Name - First Name First
Days Worked
Weeks Worked
Gross Wages

These fields print on the line specified within each employee line grouping.

Name - Last Name First
Name - First Name First

These fields allow you to enter Y in the Misc column to print only the first initial of the first name or N to print the entire first name.

Unemployment WGS To Limit

This field prints on the line specified within each employee line grouping. If you enter Y to print this field, only states where an employee has unemployment wages print. If you enter N in this field, information for all states where employees have wages print.

Pension Plan Deductions

This field allows you to print pension plan deductions for each employee.

Employee First Name

This field allows you to enter Y in the Misc column to print only the first initial of the first name or N to print the entire first name.

Employee Hire Date

This field prints the employee hire date only if this date falls within the quarter for which you are printing the Quarterly Governmental Report.


Detail Options:

  • Data: Select the Print check box to print the selected data field on the form. Then, enter the line number and tab position for the data field.
  • Description: Select the Print check box to print the description for the selected data. Then, enter the line number and tab position for the description. In the Description text box, enter the description to be printed for the selected data.



By default, the report will print Unemployment wages TO LIMIT.

Note: You can also print the Quarterly Tax Report (under Payroll > Reports menu) to get the Taxable Unemployment Wages to limit

To print QTD Unemployment Wages pre-limit (total unemployment wages without the Unemployment limit applied) ( which is the Gross wages - any applicable deductions that are setup to reduce Unemployment wages):

  1. Open Payroll, Period End, Quarterly Governmental Report
  2. In the Form Code field, create a new form code (i.e. 2) with appropriate description
  3. Click Form button
  4. Click on Detail tab and make the following changes:
    • Unemployment Wages TO Limit, deselect all check boxes and click OK
    • Unemployment Wages NO Limit, Data= select Print check box, enter Line=001, Tab=059, click OK
    • Note: If applicable, you may want select Excess Unemployment Wages
  5. Click Accept
  6. In the State Code field, select applicable state code from look up
  7. Print or Preview

If you do not get desired results, confirm none of the print lines are using the same tab settings.


Attached is a sample Quarterly Governmental Report format for showing Total Unemployment Wages (NO Limit) and Excess Unemployment Wages



Cause

Resolution

Use the Quarterly Governmental Report for reporting quarterly income and tax information to various governmental agencies. The default format supplied with your Payroll module, includes quarterly Gross Wages and taxable Unemployment Wages (FUTA/SUTA).

If your company requires Quarterly Governmental reports to be filed electronically, you can use Federal or State eFiling and Reporting.

Note Employees with negative wage amounts for the quarter are not included on this report.


To print the Quarterly Governmental Report:

  1. Open Payroll, Period End, Quarterly Governmental Report
  2. If you would like to customized this report, click the Form button. **See additional information section below


Sample of Quarterly Governmental Report:



DocLink: How to Perform Quarter End & Year End Processing in Payroll 2.x and Higher
DocLink: How to print the Quarterly Tax Report for federal, state or local taxes
DocLink: State unemployment wages are incorrect in eFiling for Sage 100
Attachment: 348_20230425122213_SAMPLE Quarterly Governmental Report for State UI.pdf

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