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Employer Accrual Tab

Use the Employee Accrual tab on the View Employee Earnings screen to view employer's liability for federal unemployment taxes and FICA taxes.

FICA Taxes

Use the FICA Taxes group box to view employer's portion of social security and Medicare.

Social Security

Field Description
Exempt Pay Types This field displays the amount for the employer portion of social security exempt pay types.
Exempt Deductions The field displays the total of the social security exempt deductions. This field is not editable.
Taxable Wages This field displays the amount for the employer portion of social security taxable wages.
Accrued Expense This field displays the employer expense accrued for social security.

Medicare

Field Description
Exempt Pay Types This field displays the amount for the employer portion of Medicare exempt pay types.
Exempt Deductions This field displays the total of the Medicare exempt deductions. This field is not editable.
Taxable Wages This field displays the amount for the employer portion of Medicare taxable wages.
Accrued Expense This field displays the employer expense accrued for Medicare.

Unemployment Taxes

Field Description
FUTA Exempt Pay Types

This field displays the total of all earnings amounts that are linked to pay types which are exempt from FUTA Taxable Wages. The taxability of pay types is determined on the Manage Pay Type Taxability screen. The pay types processed are detailed on the Pay Types subtask.

FUTA Exempt Deductions

This field displays the total of all deduction amounts that are exempt from FUTA Taxable Wages. The taxability of deductions is determined on the Manage Deductions screen. The deductions processed are detailed on the Deductions subtask.

FUTA Subject Wages

This field displays wages that are subject to FUTA. This is not necessarily the FUTA taxable wages since the U.S. federal government imposes a limit on the amount of wages which can be FUTA taxable. This field is calculated by subtracting the FUTA Exempt Pay Types amount and the FUTA Exempt Deductions amount from the Gross Amount.

FUTA Excess Wages This field displays the portion of wages that are subject to FUTA, but are in excess of the FUTA Wage Limit. This field is calculated by subtracting the FUTA Wage Limit from the FUTA Subject Wages.
FUTA Taxable Wages

This non-editable field displays the amount of FUTA taxable wages for the employee referenced in this transaction.

FUTA Rate

This field displays the FUTA Employer Rate on the Manage Federal Taxes screen of the payroll year that equals the payroll year on the check date.

FUTA Accrued Expenses

This non-editable field displays the amount of FUTA accrued expense for the employee referenced in this transaction.

SUTA State

This non-editable field displays the two-character code for the SUTA state assigned to the employee referenced in this transaction.

SUTA Exempt Pay Types

This field displays the total of all earnings amounts that are linked to pay types which are exempt from SUTA Taxable Wages. The taxability of pay types is determined on the Manage Pay Type Taxability screen. The pay types processed are detailed on the Pay Types subtask.

SUTA Exempt Deductions

This field displays the total of all deduction amounts that are exempt from SUTA taxable wages. The taxability of deductions is determined on the Manage Deductions screen. The deductions processed are detailed on the Deductions subtask of this screen.

SUTA Subject Wages This field displays wages which are subject to SUTA. This is not necessarily the SUTA taxable wages since the U.S. federal government imposes a limit on the amount of wages which can be SUTA taxable. This field is calculated by subtracting the SUTA Exempt Pay Types amount and the SUTA Exempt Deductions amount from the Gross Amount.
SUTA Excess Wages This field displays the portion of wages which are subject to SUTA, but are in excess of the SUTA Wage Limit. This field is calculated by subtracting the SUTA Wage Limit from the SUTA Subject Wages.
SUTA Taxable Wages

This non-editable field displays the amount of SUTA taxable wages for the employee referenced in this transaction.

SUTA Rate

This field displays the SUTA rate.

SUTA Accrued Expense

This non-editable field displays the amount of SUTA accrued expense for the employee referenced in this transaction.