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!!!WASHINGTON STATE TAX CALCULATION
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!!Washington State Tax Calculation
|53-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000|Washington State Unemployment Tax
|53-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-052|Washington Rate Class 1 Thru 40 Employment Admin Fund
|53-000-0000-SDI-000|Washington Industrial Insurance
|53-000-0000-ER_SDI-000|Washington Industrial Insurance - Employer

There is no State Tax for Washington, therefore, [IPRLU] Miscellaneous Tax Parameters are not required to be set up.//  //[IPRLU State|IPRLU#MiscellaneousTab] tab ‘SDI EE Method’ and ‘SDI ER Method’ must be set up for Washington Industrial Insurance.
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!WA – IPPC / PC Usages
On [IPPC], set up pay components for these PC Usages:

||Usage||Description
|6058|Pre-FWT Hours - Total Hours worked, this is used for SDI calculation
|6721|SDI tax deduction
|6723|SDI employer contribution
|7610|WA-Class 1-40 Admin Fund
|7611|WA-Reserved Tax
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!WA – 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 Washington.
#[IDGV]
#*If there is a specific rate given by the government for a different State Registration #, then enter the rate on [IDGV] by ‘Reg Type’; this overrides the [IPUTR] rate.	
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!WA – SDI Rate
Washington Industrial Insurance tax is calculated as an hourly rate multiplied by the hours worked.  These are treated as SDI tax and are to be contributed by both the employee and employer.  [IPPC] must be set up for PC Usage 6058 Pre-FWT Hours in order to supply the Total Hours Worked.  Both EE and ER Rate must be supplied on either the [IPUTR] or [IDGV] screen.  This calculation may be bypassed on [IPUTR] with ‘Do not Calculate’ or [IPRLU] ‘SDI EE Method’ or ‘SDI ER Method’.
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There are two options to set up SDI Rate by State:
#[IPUTR]
#*Enter the SDI EE and ER rate that is given by the Government on the Override Tax Rate field
#[IDGV]
#*If there is a specific rate given by the government for different State Registration #, then enter this on [IDGV] by ‘Reg Type’.  This overrides the [IPUTR] Rate
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!WA – Special Taxes
IPUTR - Employer SUTA Surcharge Tax

By default, the following tax will be calculated unless the [IPUTR] ‘Do Not Calculate’ toggle is checked or [IPRLU] ‘SUI ER Method’ = ‘Do not Calculate’
*STE-2011-R12 supports Washington Rate Class 1 Thru 40 Employment Admin Fund
**The wages that are used to calculate this tax are the same wages that are used for ER SUTA
**Override Tax Rate must be supplied
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!WA – Trial Calc Example
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|PC 8046  Res SIT Earn|=1536.22 - SIT Earn is updated for Information purpose
|PC 6042  Res SIT|= No State Tax
|PC 8056  Res SSP Earn|=871.10 - SSP Earn is updated for Information purpose
|PC 6052  Res Supp Tax|= No SSP Tax
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|PC 6703 SUI ER Contr|= 2636.83 x IPUTR 53-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000 Override Tax Rate 0.0602
|                     |= 158.74
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|PC 5510  WA-Class 1-40 Admin Fund|= 2636.83 x IPUTR 53-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-052 Tax Rate 0.03
|                     |= 79.10
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|PC 6721  SDI EE|= Usage 6058 Pre-FWT Hours x IPUTR 53-000-0000-SDI-000 Override Tax Rate
|                     |= 80 x 0.05 = 4.00
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|PC 6723  SDI ER|= Usage 6058 Pre-FWT Hours x IPUTR 53-000-0000-ER_SDI-000 Override Tax Rate
|                     |= 80 x 0.06 = 4.80
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51	WV – West Virginia

On IPUTR, there is a list of applicable Taxes to be calculated for State of West Virginia.

	54-000-0000-SIT-000			West Virginia State Tax
	54-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000		West Virginia State Unemployment Tax

	If UPUTR is run with list of IDTX Jurisdictions, the following entries may exist. The Tax Rate can be used as a reference for the Head tax calculation.
	54-000-1558347-CITY-000		Charleston City Tax
	54-000-1555932-CITY-000		Weirton City Tax
	54-000-1540605-CITY-000		Huntington City Tax

51.1	WV – IPRLU and Head Tax Set Up

- The Miscellaneous Tax Parameters must be set up for the following Miscellaneous Identifiers

	TOTALALLOWANCES			- Optional, enter the total number of allowances.
	TWOEARNERPERCENT			- Optional, enter 'True' or 'False' to indicate if the Two-earner Percent 
is used

- LOCAL Tab must be set up as follows:

	The West Virginia Head tax can be treated as ‘City Tax’ or ‘Head Tax’.  The results are stored in Head Tax pay components.  User may suppress the ‘Head Tax’ calculation from either ‘City Tax Method’ or ‘Head Tax Method’.
If IPRLU City Tax Method and Head Tax Method are not set up, the default Head Tax will be calculated.

City Tax Method				- Lexicon X_ULOC_CITY_TAX_METHOD
		Null, or All methods (except 99)	- the will calculate City Head Tax for West Virginia
						- West Virginia City Tax means the Head Tax will be calculated
		99 - Do Not Calculate		- Employee may suppress the City Tax calculation
						- this means the Head Tax will not be calculated 

	Head Tax Method			- Lexicon X_ULOC_HEAD_TAX_METHOD
		Null, or All methods (except 99) 	- the will calculate City Head Tax for West Virginia
		99 - Do Not Calculate		- Employee may suppress the Head Tax calculation

The West Virginia City Service Fee is a head tax which is levied upon employees at a flat rate per week.  The weekly rate is prorated over the pay period. For example, Charleston has a $2.00 tax per week.  For a bi-weekly pay period, the tax would be computed as $4.00.

	On IPPC screen, please set up Pay Components for these PC Usages to store the Head Tax.

Usage	Description
6904	City Work Deduction - EE Head Tax
6905	City Work Earnings - Reg Tax
6906	City Work Earnings - Supplemental Tax
6910	City Work Contribution- Employer Head Tax
6924	City Res. Deduction - EE Head Tax
6925	City Res. Earnings - Reg Tax
6926	City Res. Earnings - Supplemental Tax
6930	City Res Contribution - Employer Head Tax

 

51.2	WV – ER SUTA

User may bypass ER SUTA on IPUTR with ‘Do not Calculate’ or IPRLU ‘SUI ER Method’ = ‘Do not Calculate’.

There are 2 options to set up ER SUTA and EE SUI by State:

(1)	IPUTR		- enter the SUTA ER Rate that is given by the Government on the Overridden Rate field
			- this rate is applicable for the entire company for State of West Virginia

 


(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




 

51.3	WV – UPCALC Example

In Period 201105, employee lives in Huntington with Jurisdiction 54-011-1540605 (County: Cabel),
and works in Huntington with different Jurisdiction 54-099-1540605 (County: Huntington).
In same Period, employee moves to where he works, and works another 20 hours.

 

Pay# 3: 	Work GNIS:  		WV 54-099-1540605 	Huntington, Huntington
	HOME GEO:  		WV 54-011-1540605 	Cabel, Huntington
	PC 8046  Res SIT Earn		= 2866.53
	PC 8056  Res SSP Earn		= 917.47
PC 6045  Res SIT		= 143.00
PC 6047  Res SIT Sup		= 917.47 x 6.5 % = 59.63 Round to 60.00
					West Virginia rates vary from 3% to 6.5% based upon the year-to-date gross pay
	PC 6703 SUI ER Contr		= 4124.39 x IPUTR 54-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000 Overridden Rate 0.085000
					= 350.57
	PC 6924 RCITY EE Head Tax	 = IPUTR 54-000-1540605-CITY-000 Rate 3.00 / week x 2 weeks (BW) = 6.00

Pay# 4: 	Work / HOME GEO:  	WV 54-099-1540605 	Huntington, Huntington
	PC 6924 RCITY EE Head Tax	 = 0  (City 1540605 Huntington Head Tax has been taken for the same period)

51.4	WV – UPCALC Vertex Example


Vertex Calculation has the following differences for West Virginia:

- West Virginia City Service Fee is treated as Head Tax in PC 6904 WCITY EE Head Tax
	- PC 6040 Work SIT includes both the Work SIT and Work SSP, the tax calculation is different than Symmetry