Summary
How to set up an exempt employee in Sage 50 Accounting.
Resolution
Employee is exempt from Federal withholding
- Go to Maintain > Employees/Sales Reps.
- Select the Employee ID who is exempt from one or more payroll taxes.
- Browse to the Withholding Info tab.
- For employees hired after January 1, 2020
- Enter 99,000 or greater in the Line 4b - Deductions Annual Amt field
- For employees hired before January 1, 2020
- Enter 99 for the Allowances
- For employees hired after January 1, 2020
Employee is exempt from Social Security and/or Medicare
- Go to Maintain > Employees/Sales Reps.
- Select the Employee ID who is exempt from one or more payroll taxes.
- Browse to the Employee Fields tab and uncheck Use Defaults and Calc for Social Security and Medicare.
- Browse to the Company Fields tab and uncheck Use Defaults and Calc for Social Security_ER and Medicare_ER.
- Select Save.
- Verify that the employee's payroll is now correct.