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Louisiana Department of Revenue state’s income tax withholding tables update not showing on QB update

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January 2, 2025
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I need to see if anyone else is experiencing this issue. I have called QB support twice and still not comfortable in the replies I am getting. On 12/21/2024 I was notified via email (see attached email from State of LA) by LA Dept of Revenue that Louisiana Department of Revenue has published an emergency rule updating the state’s income tax withholding tables and formula. I updated my payroll update before 12/31/24 to see if this update was applied but there was no mention of any changes for Louisiana tax tables, then again today on several occasions I did update to see if it picked up changes and still nothing is showing as being updated for State of Louisiana. Both QB support phone calls saying that the update should be there but it does not show anything applicable to this emergency rule. How can I get some sort of documentation from Intuit that the latest update 22501 includes the emergency rule that is supposed to be in place for 1/1/2025 before I run my payroll? Anyone in Louisiana experiencing this same issue and if so how can we get this payroll update to pick up the changes for this new State reule?

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JenoP

The new tax table for Louisiana state income tax for 2025 has not yet been implemented in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll, dbh1966. Our Compliance Team is already working to ensure that our payroll services fully align with the new withholding table and formula for your state.

I'd also like to clarify that although 22501 is the most recent update, it does not include the new tax table for Louisiana state income tax. Let me share this article that lists all changes that are included in this update: Get latest payroll news and updates in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll.

I know that your recent interaction with our phone support team didn't meet your expectations. Rest assured that you'll be informed once a new tax table is ready and available through a prompt inside QuickBooks about an update.

Once everything is already updated and installed, create a dummy paycheck to determine the amount difference between the old and new calculations.

From there, you can either create a liability adjustment or edit the state withholding amount in the next paychecks.

Let me share these articles as your guide:

In the meantime, I’m sharing this article for your reference in case you need extra guidance while completing your payroll-related year-end tasks: Year-end checklist for QuickBooks Desktop Payroll.

We appreciate your patience as we strive to provide you with the most up-to-date and accurate payroll tax information. The Community is always here for you if you have any questions or encounter challenges while managing employees in QuickBooks.

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dbh1966Author

Thanks jenop2 for the speedy reply and info. My biggest concern is this new tax table is supposed to be in use 1/1/25 as per the notice from the state, however my first payroll of 2025 is next week, so I'm guessing this means the state deductions for my employees will be incorrect until a payroll update is released by Intuit QB. And if it is incorrect and the update is weeks away from being available, how will the adjustment occur to correct the deficiency or overage from the current state deduction from the employees paychecks?

FishingForAnswers

@dbh1966 Unless QB puts forth more oomph than usual, it probably won't adjust.

While QB does make catch-up or catch-down adjustments when payroll taxes go off the rails, to my knowledge, it only does this with % based payroll taxes like social security and medicare, not state withholding taxes that are dependent on a variety of variables.

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bfwofs

I am also in Louisiana and received the notice about the emergency rule back in December. I process payroll semi-monthly. I've checked for updates daily since the email went out and it still hasn't caught the update to the Louisiana withholding tables. With the first payroll of the year coming up, I am very concerned about this and the fact that Intuit has not addressed the changes.

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dbh1966Author

Well this really concerns me. Have you reached out to QB Intuit support as well or just to the community for help? If you have not, contact QB Support and notify them as well. I have been updating my payroll daily hoping the update will be there, sometimes multiple times a day because my first payroll is this week and there is no resolve in sight so far from anyone with this issue getting the Louisiana State Payroll Tax updates.

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LANDYRAY

I'm having the same "issue". I have bonus checks to write and have been putting them off because of this issue. I have to defend QB in this case--our legislatures don't truly understand what it's like running a business. They don't understand that when you wait until the last 2-weeks of the year to make changes like payroll tax tables and sales tax rates, that it puts companies in a huge bind to get their systems updated in-time. QB is in this exact bind....LA didn't get deal passed with enough time for QB to program the tables and standard deduction into the payroll background.

I've decided that if the update is still not there by middle of next week, I will write my checks anyway. Yes, the state withholding on this one check will be incorrect (slightly), but because it's supposed to be a decrease in the table, at least no-one will have too little tax withheld--it would be that they had more withheld than needed--and for many employees, that will probably be okay with them because at the end of the year, it may get them a few more bucks back.

I have too many employees to have to do "manual" calculations by using the state's chart.

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d7764

has anyone in louisiana using quickbooks desktop gotten the issue with state withholding fixed ? If so how?

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