MAINTAIN US TAX RATES#

The screen, IPUTR Maintain US Tax Rates, is used to display the tax rates for each of the states loaded by the UDGNIS and UPUTR functions. The tax rates are loaded by the UPUTR function.

By clicking on the applicable state, the tax rates for the state in focus will be displayed below.

The tax rates are for information purposes only (except the overridden SUTA / FUTA rates). The tax rates are not passed to Symmetry for tax calculation, rather Symmetry retrieves the tax rates directly within their tax engine (SymmetryTaxServer).

State

This field indicates the name of the state whose tax rates are displayed below. If UPUTR was run for Federal, then the Federal tax rates will be displayed as well.

Effective

This field indicates the date to be used by UPCALC to determine which record to read for any overridden tax rate for the pay period being paid. The Effective Date entry in IPUTR is not used by Symmetry.

Expiry This field indicates the date the tax rate is no longer effective for the purpose of UPCALC.

Tax Rate Details#

Tax Rate Seq

Tax Rate Seq is in the format of 'XXnnnn', where XX is the State code and nnnn is a sequential 4 digit number. The sequence is not pre-determined, it is simply the order in which the parameter was loaded in by UPUTR. The sequence of the tax parameters mentioned in the documentation may not match exactly to the sequence you have in your environment. The sequence is used to order the parameters and to distinguish them at the state level in IPRLU.

Tax Identifier

The Tax Identifiers are pre-defined by Symmetry and indicate the Location code and Tax type that pertains to the tax rate. These provide a mechanism to allocate a tax rate to a specific tax jurisdiction. The first two digits in the Tax Identifier indicate the FIPS code of the state. The second segment indicates the county, if the tax rate is specific to a county. The third segment indicates the City's Feature id, if the tax rate is specific to a City otherwise it will be zeros. The fourth segment indicates the type of tax for example, SIT for State Income Tax or ER_SUTA for Employer State Unemployment Tax.

Description

The description of the tax identifier is displayed here. If the tax if for a specific City, typically this will display the name of the City the tax pertains to. If the tax is a state tax, the name of the state and the tax type will be displayed, for example Alabama State Unemployment Tax

Tax Rate

The rate of the tax is displayed here. If the tax rate displays a 0, it typically means the tax has been deprecated. It may also indicate the tax is based on a formula such as the SIT.

Override Tax Rate

This field allows the user to input an override for the tax. This override is used for taxes such as SUTA and FUTA. If the state does not allow a tax rate override for a particular tax, Symmetry will not use this tax rate override.

Wage Base

The Wage Base indicates the upper threshold of wages on which the tax can be imposed.

Override Wage Base

This form allows the user to indicate an override wage base. Although the user may provide an override to all tax rates, Symmetry will only respect those that are allowed as indicated by the state.

Tax Limit Amount

The Tax Limit Amount indicates the maximum amount of tax that may be taken.

Override Tax Limit

This field allows the user to input an override to the tax limit. Similar to the other override fields within this form, Symmetry will only respect those that are allowed as indicated by the state.

Tax Limit Period

This field may display a period in which the tax limit applies. The Tax Limit Period may be Annual, Monthly, Quarterly or None depending on the tax identifier.

Is Employer Tax

This toggle indicates if the tax is paid by the Employer. If the toggle is not checked, then the tax is Employee paid.

Do Not Calculate

When enabled, this toggle prevents UPCALC from calculating the tax.

Reference Text

This field typically displays the description of the tax identifier, however it may also provide additional information on the tax.

Override Amounts#

• UPCALC will read IPUTR for SUTA / FUTA Overridden amounts and will pass these overridden amounts to Symmetry for the tax calculations.

• There are two options to set up Overridden Rate, Overridden Wage Base or Overridden Tax Limit:
  1. IPUTR
     • Enter the rate or wage base provided by the government on the Override fields.
     • These overrides are applicable for the entire company for the state.
     • Rate overrides are only applicable for FUTA, SUTA, SUTA SC, SUI EE and SDI EE tax identifiers, overrides entered for other tax rates will not be read.
  2. IDGV
     • If there is a specific rate given by the government for different State Registration #, then enter on IDGV by "Reg Type", this overrides the IPUTR rate.
     • UPCALC retrieves IDGV by Government Registration from the employee's pay header group.

Effective Date Processing#

• The Effective Date entry in IPUTR is not used by Symmetry. The UPUTR will load in all tax rates, regardless of when they become effective. During the tax calculation, UPCALC will pass to the SymmetryTaxServer the pay period issue date to determine which tax rates to use for the period being paid.
• The Effective Date entry in IPUTR is used by UPCALC to determine which record to read for any overridden tax rate for the pay period being paid.

• If you need to add in a new effective date entry for a change to an overridden tax rate (e.g., new government supplied SUTA rate) you would run UPUTR for the new effective date.

• When UPUTR is generating new sets of Effective Date entries, the Overridden Rates and Amounts will be copied into the new Effective Date entries.

• If an old Tax Rate entry is not used by Symmetry in the current load, this old Tax Rate will not be copied into the new Effective Date set, however, if you are reloading with an existing Effective Date, then this old Tax Rate will remain unchanged for historical purposes.

• If IPUTR has Tax Rate entries that have an effective date PRIOR to the UPUTR specified effective date and an expiry date of '31-Dec-3999', these Effective Date entries will be expired within one day prior to the newly selected effective date. UPUTR will generate a new set of IPUTR entries with the newly specified effective date and expiry date of 'Dec-31-3999'.

• If IPUTR has Tax Rate entries that have an effective date MATCHING the UPUTR specified effective date and and an expiry date of '31-Dec-3999', these Effective Date entries will be checked and updated if values are different.

• If IPUTR has Tax Rate entries that have an effective date GREATER than the UPUTR specified effective date, these Effective Date entries will be consolidated with the selected Effective Date entries and the latest Effective Date entries will be used in order to retain the latest user Overridden amounts.