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MAINTAIN US TAX FILING INFO (USING PA'S)#

The Maintain US Tax Filing Info screen allows you to maintain United States tax filing information using a personnel action.

Maintain US Tax Filing Info data is stored in the P2K_SA_PERSONNEL_ACTIONS, P2K_PR_US_TAX_AREAS and P2K_PR_US_PAY_RULES tables.

PA #

This field displays the PA which will maintain United States tax filing information.

Change Reason

This field provides the reason for the data change.

Takes Effect

The date the PA takes effect will be displayed in this field.

New Effect

This field displays the new date that the change is effective.

Initiate PA

This button will allows you to initiate a Personnel Action for the employee in focus.

Cancel PA

This button allows you to cancel the PA by pressing this button, once pressed the status will change to 'Cancelled'.

State

This field allows the user to enter a State in which the employee either lives or works in. The field will show the name of the state.

Jurisdiction

This field allows the user to enter a Tax Jurisdiction.

Description

The reason why these taxation rules are being maintained is shown in this field. (i.e. Default Tax rules). Users may wish to enter "Default W4", "Default" or similar description for the first blank jurisdiction record.

This function is date sensitive and changes made in these areas below the date navigator may be split with a new effective date.

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Federal tab#

Filing Status

The Federal Filing Status indicates how the employee is filing.

Tax Method

This field specifies the federal tax method for this employee.

Suppl. Tax Method

This field specifies the Federal supplemental tax method for this employee.

FICA Method

This field specifies the calculation method for FICA.

Medicare Method

This field specifies the calculation method for the Medicare portion of the FICA.

FUTA Method

This field specifies the calculation method for FUTA.

EIC Method

This field specifies the calculation method for employee Earned Income Credit.

Number of Exemptions

This field specifies the number of exemptions the employee claims.

Annual Exemption

This field displays the annual exemption amount being claimed.

Add’l $ or % Per Period

This field specifies any additional exemption amount the employee claims.

If Federal Tax Method = Annualized + %, then this field contains the percentage that will be apply to federal earnings and treats as additional tax. (e.g. 5%, enter as 5).

If Federal Tax Method = Annualized + Amount, then this field contains a per pay period additional tax amount.

Tax Amount

This field contains the flat tax amount that has been pre-calculated by you to be taken for the pay.

It will be used when Federal Tax Method = Flat Amount Method.

Tax %

This field contains the federal tax percentage applicable to this employee.

If the percentage is greater than zero, it will be used whenever the FED-TAX-METHOD or FED-SUP-METHOD specifies to use %. Otherwise the percentage from GOVTREG file (IDGV) will be used.

Tier1 & 2 RRTA Method

This field specifies the Tier 1 & 2 Social Security tax calculation methods for railway employees.

Tier1 MED Method

This field specifies the Tier 1 Medicare tax calculation method for railway employees.

RUIA Method

This field specifies the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) tax calculation method for railway employees.

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State tab#

Tax Method

This field specifies the State tax method for the employee.

Suppl. Tax Method

This field specifies the state supplemental tax method for the employee.

WC Method

This field specifies the calculation method for Workers’ Compensation.

SUI Employee Method

This field specifies the employee’s calculation method for State Unemployment Insurance.

SUI Employer Method

This field specifies the employer’s calculation method for State Unemployment Insurance.

SDI Employee Method

This field specifies the employee’s calculation method for State Disability Insurance.

SDI Employer Method

This field specifies the employer’s calculation method for State Disability Insurance.

Add'l or % Per Period

This field indicates the amount of additional tax to be taken each pay period.

Add’l Tax for Res.

This field indicates whether the additional tax per period is for Residence State tax.

Add’l Tax for Work

This field indicates whether the additional tax per period is for Work State tax.

Tax Amount

This field contains the flat tax amount that has been pre-calculated by you to be taken for the pay. This field will be used when State Tax Method = Flat Amount method.

Tax Percent

This field contains the state tax percentage applicable to this employee.

Reciprocity Agreement

This field indicates if the employee has filed a ‘Non-Residency Certificate’ with the employer and therefore the state tax is to be calculated by the certificate.

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Local tab#

County Tax Method

This field specifies the county tax method for the employee.

City Tax Method

This field specifies the city tax method for the employee.

School Tax Method

This field specifies the school district tax method for the employee.

Head Tax Method

This field specifies whether head tax should be calculated for the employee.

Submit PA

This is an action button which allows you to submit the PA for review. When pressed a dialog will appear asking you to verify the changes by pressing OK or Cancel. The status of the PA will then change to 'Submitted'.

Process PA

This is an action button which will update the employee's records with the changed detail of the PA. The status of the PA will be updated to 'Completed'.

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