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kvanco2
December 22, 2022
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CO FAMLI %

  • December 22, 2022
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I am trying to set up my contribution rates for the CO FAMLI. It is to be .45% employee and .45% Employer. The online payroll wants to calculate at 100% but the full rate is .9%.

 

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Candice C
December 22, 2022

Good morning, @kvanco2. 

 

It's great to see a new face here in the Community. Allow me to share more information about setting up Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI). 

 

To clarify, have you tried the steps in the section, Add Colorado FAMLI to your employees, through this guide? 

 

Set up Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program

 

If not, let's review and perform the instruction listed there to successfully get these details fixed in your QuickBooks Online Payroll and for your employees.

 

Keep me updated on how it goes. It's my priority that you get this set up as soon as possible. Take care! 

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kvanco2Author
December 22, 2022

Yes I have and when you get to adding the percentages it wants the percentages to add up to 100%. But the percentages are .45 and .45 which is .9 % not 100%.

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Director 1
December 30, 2022

Did This ever get answered? I am having the same problem 

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BeccaTwig
December 30, 2022

@Director 1 

Sadly no, even if you contact QB directly and sit in the chat, they still cannot tell you how to correct it.  What they did with me though is send me the instructions for doing it several times, but never clarified why the % was 100% not 90%.

 

From what I have been able to figure out is even though it states 100%, that 100% means 90% and when you enter the % paid by the employer / employee, you would enter 50% meaning that the total 90% would be divided evenly between employer and employee.  

 

Now do not get me wrong, I hate guessing, but this is the best I could figure out without relying on QB themselves.  QB has let their customer service slip so much that it is non-existent.

 

I hope what I stated above makes sense, if not message back here and I will try to help =D.  

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FoothillsTiffany
January 2, 2023

So it is my understanding that because we have less than 9 employees I set our % to 0 and the Employee to 50% since QBO isn't being helpful. I don't really have the time to sit on hold with them. It is so confusing. Thanks for any insight you might provide.

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    12345615
    January 2, 2023

    Hello friends, I hope this clears some things up:

     

    You are not entering the rate amounts. QuickBooks already knows the rate. QuickBooks needs you to enter if the employee is paying 100% or 50% of the total rate.

     

    We create a "policy" through our Payroll Setting > Colorado tax info. We either enter that the employee pays "100%" of the new FAMLI program premium (0.9%) or the employee pays 50% of it and the employer pays the other 50%.

    Then, we go to Payroll>Employees>Select an employee>Edit the Tax withholding section. Under the State withholding section>CO state taxes: you'll see an area to "+ Assign policy" & select the policy you just made through the payroll settings. 

    I've checked the rate amount being withheld on a future payroll and it calculates correctly.

     

    Happy New Year everyone!

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    userjulielherrin
    January 3, 2023

    I have followed those steps, and the new tax shows up with the employee's tax items, but when I create a 2023 paycheck (for 2023 earnings), the item is absent.  Thoughts?

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    JamaicaA
    January 3, 2023

    Hi there,

     

    I've read the thread and understand this hasn't been easy for you. I’ll make sure that the contribution rate for Colorado Family appears on the paycheck correctly by routing you to the best support team.

     

    I appreciate all the things you’ve done so far. Since you’re still experiencing the same result after following suggestions above, I recommend contacting our Payroll Support Team. They can pull up your account securely and find the root cause of this issue

     

    Here’s how:

     

    1. Go to the Help icon.
    2. Choose the Search tab and then Contact Us.
    3. Enter a brief description of your concern.
    4. Hit Continue.

     

    For more ways on how you can reach out to us, refer to this article: Contact Payroll Support. This includes the support hours you’ll want to take note of, so we can address your concerns on time.

     

    When everything is all set, you’ll want to check out these helpful resources as your reference to learn more about Colorado FAMLI:

     

     

    In addition, QuickBooks provides different kinds of payroll or employee reports so you'll get the basic information you need. To learn how to customize them and prepare for this year’s payroll, visit these guides:

     

     

    I appreciate your patience while dealing with this. Please feel free to let me know if you have other payroll concerns or questions about the Colorado FAMLI program in QBO Payroll. We're here to make sure you'll get the help you need.

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    bbsbookkeeping
    January 25, 2023

    QuickBooks is not the issue.  The instructions are.  The 0.9% is setup correctly.  So, follow the instructions below:

    1. Double click an employee profile

    2. Select Payroll Info

    3. Select Taxes tab

    4. Select Other Tab

    5. Select (highlight) the Item Name: CO - Paid Fam Med Leave Emp. In the Section below it reads "Print on W-2 as:" ENTER COFAMLI.  In the field directly below titled "Emp. Portion Rate" ENTER 0.45%

    6. Repeat Step 5 and Select (highlight) the Item Name: CO - Paid Fam Med Leave Co."  In the Section below it reads "Print on W2- as: ENTER: COFAMLI.  In the field directly below titled "Co. Portion Rate" ENTER 0.45%.  PLEASE NOTE:  If the Company has 9 or less Employees instead of Entering 0.45% for the Co. Portion Rate ENTER 0%. 

    7. Select Ok, Ok and DONE!

     

     

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      WartEye
      January 26, 2023

      Finally:  somebody got it right (no thanks to Intuit).  Cheers, bbsbookkeeping!

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      bbsbookkeeping
      January 26, 2023

      I am amazed at how many "experts" got this wrong!  Suggested "work around's" will cause issues printing W2's FYE 2023, and is not obvious now.  I am seeing comments referencing the rate at 90% or 100%.  It is 0.90%.  Hopefully, if others chose to use one of the suggested "workarounds," they realize 90% is different than 0.90%. Otherwise, you will have some angry employees if you withhold 90% of wages.  I reported this to the Intuit engineers and support team this afternoon.  

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      bbsbookkeeping
      January 26, 2023

      QuickBooks is not the issue.  The instructions are.  The 0.9% is setup correctly.  So, follow the instructions below:

      1. Double click an employee profile

      2. Select Payroll Info

      3. Select Taxes tab

      4. Select Other Tab

      5. Select (highlight) the Item Name: CO - Paid Fam Med Leave Emp. In the Section below it reads "Print on W-2 as:" ENTER COFAMLI.  In the field directly below titled "Emp. Portion Rate" ENTER 0.45%

      6. Repeat Step 5 and Select (highlight) the Item Name: CO - Paid Fam Med Leave Co."  In the Section below it reads "Print on W2- as: ENTER: COFAMLI.  In the field directly below titled "Co. Portion Rate" ENTER 0.45%.  PLEASE NOTE:  If the Company has 9 or less Employees instead of Entering 0.45% for the Co. Portion Rate ENTER 0%. 

      7. Select Ok, Ok and DONE!

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      BeccaTwig
      January 26, 2023

      Good day @bbsbookkeeping 

       

      All instructions were followed, like my prior comments stated.  There was an issue on QBO's backend that one of their specialists had to fix.  Nothing to do with how it was added.  

       

      If others fall into this same issue and you have followed the instructions, there is most likely something wrong in what QBO refers to the "back end" of their programming.  I, or really anyone outside of QBO itself, does not have access to fix it.  

       

      I had to go through the QBO chat feature, chat with someone who did not know, set up a time for someone else to call me, and that person was able to fix it.  

       

      If you run into this issue and you have followed the instructions, reach out to the chat feature.  Do not follow @bbsbookkeeping  and just keep trying to add it.  It will not work.  They need to fix most likely a line of code that is errored and then you can redo it, following the instructions.  I feel QBO did not have a good amount of time to install this process and some people will run into errors that are not user based one.  Just redoing it repeatedly will waste your time, reach out - get it corrected and then follow the instructions again.  

       

      Thanks for sending me the same instructions as the QBO reps and not actually listening to my issue.  Standard directions will not work if there is something else is wrong.  

       

      Have a great rest of your day =D

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        Terifei
        February 1, 2023

        I have contacted Quickbooks 3 times.  They tell me they will fix it and email me back.  Has not happened.  we are over a month into this new tax and still not able to deduct from paychecks in QBO.  Desktop works fine.

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