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vmartinez-isnglo
December 21, 2023
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Employer Payroll Taxes

  • December 21, 2023
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Hello, 

 

Is it normal for employer payroll taxes to change every pay period for salaried employees when their salary rate does not change? Specifically, I am seeing different amounts for FUTA, CA ETT and CA SUI. I don't know much about payroll taxes so I'm having a difficult time understanding why employer taxes would change when the salary rate and all other inputs are staying the same from pay period to pay period. We use Quickbooks for our payroll. 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. 

 

Thank you!

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Kurt_M
December 21, 2023
Thank you for reaching out here in the Community space, Vmartinez. We'll provide information about payroll tax deductions in QuickBooks Online (QBO).
 

A possible reason for the changes in amounts is that the employee may have already reached the wage base limit. When an employee reaches the per-employee cap on the taxable earnings, know that taxes may stop or increase. We recommend reviewing your employees' records by running the Payroll Tax and Wage Summary report. We'll be happy to walk you through the process and see if this is what's happening on your end. These are the steps:

 

  1. Access your QuickBooks Online company.
  2. On the left navigational bar, go to the Reports tab.
  3. In the Search bar, enter Payroll Tax and Wage Summary.
  4. Filter the report to a specific period, and then click the Run report button.
 
In addition, we've got these articles to help you learn more about wage bases and limits and prepare for this year's payroll:

 

 

We look forward to having you here again if you need clarifications or need help managing employee deductions inside QuickBooks, Vmartinez. Keep safe and have a good one.

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