MASSACHUSETTS STATE TAX CALCULATION#
State Tax Calculation - General Set Up#
Please refer to the US Federal Tax Calculation document's 'General Set Up' section for all set up requirements.At state level, the following screens should be verified set up for each state:
IPUTR#
This screen is used to:- view US Tax Rates by state and to enter the Overridden rates and Wage Base.
- suppress some SUTA Surcharge Calculation for some states by checking the 'Do not Calculate' toggle
IPUTP #
This screen is used to:- view US Tax Miscellaneous Parameters by the states that are applicable for IPRLU
IDGV#
- This screen may optionally contain specific Override rates and Wage bases by Government Registration for each Registration from the Pay Header's group
- IDGV overridden amounts take precedence over the IPUTR overridden amounts
IPRLU/IPRULS #
- Each employee must be set up with the applicable Tax Methods
- Miscellaneous Tax Parameters must be set up by the states that need to be paid
UPRLU #
This process audits the US Tax Filing information and generates IPRLU Miscellaneous Tax Parameters information according to IMCT set upIPPH #
- The Pay Header tab must specify the default Work Jurisdiction and Home Jurisdiction
- In the Pay Lines tab, the Jurisdiction field must specify the Work Jurisdiction of this pay line
- After Trial Calc or UPCALC, the Pay Amounts tab will contain all US Taxation amounts in summary that are used for the calculation of net pay
- The Pay Jurisdiction tab contains the default Work Jurisdiction and Home Jurisdiction
- After Trial Calc or UPCALC, the Pay Jurisdiction tab contains all US Taxation amounts by jurisdiction in detail
Massachusetts State Tax Calculation#
On IPUTR, there is a list of applicable taxes to be calculated for State of Massachusetts:| 25-000-0000-SIT-000 | Massachusetts State Tax |
| 25-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000 | Massachusetts State Unemployment Tax |
| 25-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-018 | Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund |
| 25-000-0000-ER_UHI-000 | Massachusetts Unemployment Health Insurance |
MA – IPRLU Set Up#
The Miscellaneous Tax Parameters must be set up for the following Miscellaneous Identifiers- If these identifiers do not exist, UPCALC will generate the default entries for the identifiers.
- When generating the default identifier for HEADOFHOUSEHOLD, the IPRLU State Filing Status will be used if this exists, otherwise the Federal Filing Status will be used.
- If the State / Federal Filing Status = ‘03’ – Head of Household, then HEADOFHOUSEHOLD = ‘TRUE’
| Miscellaneous Identifiers | Description |
|---|---|
| FULLTIMESTUDENT | Optional Full Time Student, default to ‘FALSE’ |
| HEADOFHOUSEHOLD | Optional Head of Household, default to ‘FALSE’ When IPRLU State/Federal Filing Status = Head of Household, then HEADOFHOUSEHOLD default to ‘TRUE’ |
| PERSONALBLINDNESS | Optional Personal Blindness, default to ‘FALSE’ |
| SPOUSEBLINDNESS | Optional Spouse Blindness, default to ‘FALSE’ |
| TOTALALLOWANCES | Optional Enter the total number of allowances |
MA – ER SUTA Rate#
ER SUTA may be bypassed on IPUTR with ‘Do not Calculate’ or IPRLU ‘SUI ER Method’ = ‘Do not Calculate’.There are two options to set up the ER SUTA rate by state:
- IPUTR
- Enter the SUTA ER rate that is given by the government on the Override Tax Rate field.
- This rate is applicable for the entire company within the State of Massachusetts.
- IDGV
MA – IPPC / PC Usages#
In order to calculate the following taxes, set up IPPC for these PC Usages:| Usage | Description |
|---|---|
| 7300 | IA - MA-Health Insurance Tax |
| 7301 | MA-Workforce Training Tax |
MA – Special Taxes#
IPUTR - Employer SUTA Surcharge Tax- Iowa Reserve Fund - The Tax Rate for the Iowa Reserve Fund is set at 0 by the government, therefore this tax is not calculated
- Iowa Administrative Surcharge Tax - The Tax Rate is set at 0 by the government, therefore this tax is not calculated
- Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund - By default, these taxes will be calculated unless the IPUTR ‘Do Not Calculate’ toggle is checked or IPRLU ‘SUI ER Method’ = ‘Do not Calculate’
- Massachusetts Unemployment Health Insurance - By default, these taxes will be calculated unless the IPUTR ‘Do Not Calculate’ toggle is checked or IPRLU ‘SUI ER Method’ = ‘Do not Calculate’
- The wages that are used to calculate UHI are the same wages that are used for ER SUTA
- An override percentage or override wage base can be specified, if zero, the built in rate and wage base will be used as specified by the government
MA – Trial Calc Example#
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IPRLU Miscellaneous Tab
MA0002 HEADOFHOUSEHOLD = TRUE
| PC 8046 Res SIT Earn | = 2490.83 |
| PC 6042 Res SIT | = 114.59 |
| PC 8056 Res SSP Earn | = 452.88 x 5.3 % |
| PC 6052 Res Supp Tax | = 24.00 |
| PC 6500 MA-Health Insurance Tax | = 3250.00 x IPUTR 25-000-0000-ER_UHI-000 Tax Rate 0.00 |
| = 3250.00 x default built in rate (0.0024) | |
| = 7.80 | |
| PC 6501 MA-Workforce Training Tax | = 3250.00 x IPUTR 25-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-018 Tax Rate 0.0006 |
| = 1.95 | |
| PC 6703 SUI ER Contr | = 3250.00 x IPUTR 25-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000 Override Tax Rate 0.1233 |
| = 400.73 |
