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Washington Cares Fund - How do I enter in a % for each employee on Payroll Center

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
March 17, 2023
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I am trying to finish setting up Employee payroll and the Washington State Cares Fund is a requirement but when I go to Employee > Payroll info> Taxes > and select the Wa-Cares Fund, it does not allow me to input a %.

Any assistance would be great appreciated.

QuickBooks Desktop Payroll

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Rea_M

Hello there, @ACS-Barcode.

Let's download the latest payroll tax table update so you can input the WA Cares Fund Insurance percentage and complete your employees' setup in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) Payroll.

You may have an outdated payroll tax table. That's why you can't input the WA Cares Fund Insurance percentage while setting up employees in QBDT Payroll. To fix this, let's download the latest payroll tax table update (22206). Before doing so, I'd also recommend making sure your QBDT software is updated to the latest release. This way, we can guarantee the program is running with the newest fixes and patches.

Whenever you're ready to download the latest payroll tax table update (22206), follow these steps:

Go to Employees, then select Get Payroll Updates.
Select Download Entire Update.
Select Update. An informational window appears when the download is complete.

Once you're done, go back to the Employee Center, open an employee's account, and input the WA Cares Fund Insurance percentage.

Please see this article to learn more about the WA Cares Fund long-term care insurance benefit and how it impacts you and your employees in QBDT: Set up Washington Cares Fund payroll tax.

Also, you can pull up payroll reports to view information about your business finances and employees. You may want to check out this article to see the complete list and guide you in printing and customizing them in QBDT Payroll: Run payroll reports.

If you have other payroll concerns or questions about managing employees in QBDT Payroll, please feel free to leave a comment below. I'm always ready to help. Take care, and I wish you continued success, @ACS-Barcode.

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ACS-BarcodeAuthor

I am currently running Tax Table Version 22308 - I just updated it.

Still when I go into the employee it does not allow me to put in a % for the WA-Cares.

I attached 2 pictures. 1 of the WA-Cares and you can see it does not have a spot for inputting a %.

I will reply again with 2nd picture showing the Paid Fam Leave and there is a spot for the %.

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HW1993

Not sure if you have this issue resolved yet. I am using QB assisted payroll. If you are not using assisted payroll, then your experience may be different. I have a "WA - Cares Fund" item in my "Payroll Item" list (from the "Lists" menu). This was set up last time (more than a year ago) when the WA Cares fund was first introduced and Intuit added that in my QB. Before 7/1, the "Amount" is "0.0%". You can change it to "0.58%" by double clicking on it to bring up the "Edit payroll item" window, just navigate it to the third window, you will see the option to change the percentage. There are two options there - "0.0%" and "0.58%". I just change the percentage to "0.58%". This will apply to everyone.

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ypcseattle

We are set up like HW1993 WA Cares (Emp Fund) is in "Payroll items" list .58%

could not set it up like Paid Family Medical Leave PFML (:

My problem is after running the first payroll is QB only calculated the WA Cares for 3 of our 6 employees (:

running payroll version 22312 I really need this issue fixed before I run the next payroll

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HW1993

HI, @ypcseattle

I am also using 22312 and I doubled checked that every employees were deducted for WA Cares. I would suggest you check the employees who did not get deducted. Go to Employee Center, select the employee, double click to bring up the "Edit Employee" window. Select the "Payroll Info" tab on the left, click on the "Taxes...: button on the upper right in the window. Then click the "Other" tab, go through the "ITEM NAME" table on the top. If it is set up correctly, you should see an Item like "WA - Cares Fund". I suspect that the employees who got the deductions have this set up. But the ones who did not get deducted, may not have this set up. You will also see a "WA - Paid Fam Med Leave" Item in the same area too. That's how it gets deducted. Hope this helps.

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MMM Consulting

Has anyone filed their quarterly report yet. This may be only an Online QB issue but the premium for cares calculates on the gross wages rather than excluding tax similar to the PMFL. Been on the phone with QB for multiple calls and still haven't been able to resolve the issue.

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MMM Consulting

excluding tips not tax

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