Nevada Payroll Instructions

Nevada has no state income tax withholding. However, you still need to withhold US federal taxes, and you'll also pay federal and state unemployment insurance taxes (SUTA and FUTA).

HINT: TurtleSoft provides free annual updates for Nevada payroll taxes, and US federal withholding rates.

Nevada State Withholding Instructions

To enter 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. Locate the employee's record.
  3. Click the Payroll Setup button.
  4. Enter the employee's marital status into the Marital Status field.
  5. Enter the number of federal dependents into the Federal Exemptions field.
  6. Enter the number of Alabama dependents into the State Exemptions field.
  7. Enter a Nevada 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 Nevaga packages in the list, you'll need to import 2022 tax info first.
  8. Click OK.

Nevada State Unemployment Tax Instructions

In 2023, Nevada state SUTA taxes apply to the first $40,100 in wages for each employee (up from the 2022 cutoff). The tax rate depends on your classification and past experience rating (for new employers the starting rate is 2.95%).

To enter your Nevada SUTA tax rate into Goldenseal payroll software program, follow these steps:

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

Nevada Marital Status

Use the following to determine the value for the Marital Status popup menu in each Employee account:

State Tax Contacts

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Little Known Nevada Tax Fact

Nevada residents are allowed to go "double or nothing" on their state income tax payment, based on the flip of a silver dollar (performed by the Tax Commissioner on the courthouse lawn in Carson City every April 15).

Use form NV-2/4/0 if requesting this option.

Official State Lawn Ornament

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