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Goldenseal Payroll
Software Info
US Federal Withholding
Tables
Free 2021 Payroll
Tax Table Updates
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Connecticut has state income tax withholding, using multiple payroll
tax tables. The Connecticut tax calculation is
by far the most complicated for any US state. It includes an initial exemption table, a main
tax table and a tax credit table. The "jump" intervals in
the tax credit tables are definitely the weirdest
in North America.
The tables have changed in
20 of the past 30 years, including two
complete revisions to the calculation methods,
and frequent tinkering with the number of steps. We really dread doing this state, every year.
One withholding tables changed slightly in 2019. Tables were unchanged for 2020 and 2021 (phew!).
NOTE: In 2015, Connecticut added a new Table C 3% Tax Rate Phase-Out Add-Back (we're not making that up!) which applies to annual wages between $50K and $100K per year. Also, a new Table D Tax Recapture that applies to annual wages between $200K and $700K. Frankly, the adjustments are small, and adding the new tables required so much extra programming that we decided to skip them. We only have room for four computation tables, and CT already uses them all. No other US state needs more than two.
Come on, CT legislators, enough is enough! How about, look at the tax formulas for any other state in the US? Mathematically speaking, i t is possible to match any desired "tax curve" with a single step table.
Click here to download free updates for Connecticut
and federal payroll tax tables. Turtle Creek
Software provides updated tax withholding tables
around the first of each year.
| Connecticut
State Withholding Instructions |
You will need to assign different Tax Packages
to employees, depending on their filing status. The Marital Status
field in each Employee account is only used for Federal taxes.
To assign tax packages and enter withholding
information for an employee in your Goldenseal company file, follow these steps:
- Choose
Employees from the
Accounts menu.
- Locate
the employee record.
- Click
the Payroll Setup
button.
- Enter
the employee's marital
status into the Marital
Status field. Choose
either Single or
Married.
- Enter
the appropriate tax
package into the
Tax Package field.
Base it on their
filing status from
Line 1 from Form
CT-W4 (status A,
B, C or D), see note
below.
- Enter
the number of federal
dependents into the
Federal Exemptions
field.
- Enter
the number of Connecticut
state dependents
into the State Exemptions
field.
- Click OK.
If any additional amount is to be withheld,
enter this amount into the State Withhold field in the
Employee Account. If there is a claimed amount to be subtracted
from annual withholding, as indicated on Line 3 from Form
CT-W4, enter this as a negative amount into the State Withhold
field.
NOTE: Connecticut state tax is calculated
using a triple table method. Filing statuses A through
C have exemptions and personal tax credits that are based
on annual wages. Filing status D receives no exemptions
or tax credits. Taxable income is determined by a standard
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| Connecticut
State Unemployment Tax Instructions |
In 2021, the Connecticut SUTA tax (unemployment
insurance) applies to
the first $15,000 in
annual wages for each
employee (unchanged since
1999). After the first
year, the rate can
range between 1.9%
and 6.8%, depending
on past experience.
To enter the Connecticut SUTA tax rate
for your business in the Goldenseal payroll
software, follow
these steps:
- Choose
Payroll Setup from
the Costs menu, and
choose Tax Items
from the submenu.
- You'll
see a list of Tax
Items. Locate your
state's SUTA tax
in the list, and
double-click on it. HINT:
If you don't see
Connecticut SUTA
in the list, you'll
need to import Connecticut
payroll info first.
- Enter
the percentage rate
that you pay into
the field to the
right of Calculation
method.
- If
the cutoff amount
has changed, enter
it into the dollar
field to the right
of First Adjustment.
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| Connecticut
Marital Status |
Enter the employee's marital status for federal
withholding.
For Connecticut state taxes, enter the appropriate
Tax Package for
each employee, based on their marital status and other withholding
details.
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| Connecticut
Tax Contacts |
Withholding tax website
Payroll Tax Office-- 860 297-5962
SUTA rate info-- 860 566-5180
Connecticut Department of Revenue Svcs.
Box 2997 Hartford CT 06104-2997 |
| Official
State Lawn Ornament |
Garden gnome, carrying briefcase and waiting
for commuter train.
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