Nebraska Payroll Instructions

Nebraska State Withholding Instructions

To enter Nebraska state withholding information for an employee in your Goldenseal company file, follow these steps:

1. Open the Payroll tab on the left, and choose Employees.
2. Use the browser controls to locate an employee.
3. Click the Payroll Setup button.
4. Enter the employee's marital status into the Marital Status field (see note below).
5. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
6. Enter the number of Nebraska dependents into the State Exemptions field.
7. Enter a Nebraska Tax Package into the Tax Package field, based on the employee’s W4 form. Choose Old W4 for pre-2020 forms. Choose New W4 Step2- if they did not check the box in step 2 of the new form. Choose Step2+ if they did check it. HINT: If you don't see Nebraska packages in the list, you'll need to import 2022 tax info first.
8. Click OK.

Nebraska State Unemployment Tax Instructions

For most employers, the Nebraska SUTA unemployment insurance tax applied to the first $9,000.00 in wages paid to each employee (2023 cutoff, unchanged since 2007). However, employers in "category 20" pay SUTA on the first $24,000 of wages. That includes new construction companies, which will need to adjust the cutoff amount.

For their first two years, new employers are assigned a tax rate that depends on the type of business (5.4% for new construction companies). After that, employers rates are based on their experience factor (rates can vary between .24% and 5.4%).

To enter your Nebraska state SUTA tax rate and cutoff amount into Goldenseal construction payroll software, follow these steps:

1. Choose Payroll Setup from the Costs menu, and choose Tax Items.
2. You'll see a list of Payroll Tax Items. Open the Nebraska SUTA tax item. HINT: If you don't see Nebraska SUTA in the list, you'll need to import your state's payroll info first.
3. Enter your SUTA rate into the percentage field to the right of Calculation method.
4. If the cutoff amount has changed, enter it into the dollar field to the right of First Adjustment.

Nebraska Marital Status

Enter each employee's marital status into the Marital status field on their account record. Use the following choices:

• Single- single employee with one personal exemption
• Married- married employee with two personal exemptions
• Dual Income- married employee with one personal exemption
• Head of House- employee claims Head of Family status
• Other- not used

State Tax Contacts

Website

Official State Lawn Ornament

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