Payroll Tech Answers

The section contains answers to problems with the MacNail construction payroll software. This information comes from our Tech Answers database, which our support staff has used for tech support over the past 15 years.

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Employee payroll Setup
Additional withholding
Changing Wage Rate
Computing payroll burden
Extra exemptions
Multiple pay rates
Owners & Salary employees
Pensions and 401-K

Error Messages
Bad Dialog
Bad Worker's Comp
Can't Find Employee Hours
Can't Find Pay Blank (more)
Macro Error- F131
Macro Error- F195
Missing Defined Name Criteria
Missing Defined Name Document
Need a valid start date
No Valid Employees
Source File and Pay Blank don't match!
Worksheet is Damaged- when updating

Labor Logs
Advances
Bonuses
Overtime

PaycheckS and W-2 FORMS
Buying W-2 Forms
Can't Print W-2's from Employee Index
Doesn't print YTD correctly (gets from previous employee)
Duplicated deductions in W-2's
First and last pay period for W-2
Not getting year to date on payroll check
Paycheck for wrong amount
Printing off from forms, misaligned
State totals not showing in W-2
Wrong maximum in W-2

Payroll POSTING
Blanks in payroll report
Company Payroll file but not employee files
Company Payroll file for wrong year (more)
Company Payroll file is missing totals
Losing past pay periods (more, more)
Medical benefits (more)
Missing additional federal withholding
Not getting deductions
Post to Ledger skips some items
Skipping an employee
Skipping some hours
Windows- problems making payroll report

Payroll Worksheets
Adding Columns
Changing dates in Weekly Log Form
#N/A is showing in payroll report
#Name in labor report
Quarterly Payroll reports
Wrong values in some columns

Tax Tables & State withholding
California tax is off

Formula method doesn't match tax table
Massachusetts too high
Montana payroll gives mismatch error
North Dakota instead of blank file
Oregon extra tax
SUTA not cutting off
Taxes cut off too soon (YTD is too high)
Washington state- incorrect tax
Washington state- special instructions
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