2021 Nonresident Alien Additional Amounts

The following are the 2021 updates for the nonresident alien additional amounts:

• The amount added to the wages of a nonresident alien employee, who was first paid wages before 2020 and has not submitted a Form W-4 for 2020 or later, has increased from $8,100 to $8,250.

• The amount added to the wages of a nonresident alien employee, who was first paid wages in 2020 or later or has submitted a Form W-4 for 2020 or later, has increased from $12,400 to $12,550.

This Costpoint release updates the Nonresident Alien Additional Amount on the Manage Federal Taxes screen for Payroll Year 2021. The Compute Payroll screen was updated to support the 2021 nonresident alien additional amounts for federal withholding.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3821.

Reissued 2021 Form W-4 - Deductions Worksheet Update

The Deductions Worksheet was updated in the reissued 2021 Form W-4 due to the enactment of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act on December 27, 2020.

The only change that was made in the reissued Form W-4 is the updated qualifying medical expenses percentage in Line 1 of the Deductions Worksheet.

Line 1 now indicates “medical expenses in excess of 7.5% of your income” could be included in the employee’s 2021 itemized deductions estimate. The previous 2021 Form W-4 indicated that “medical expenses in excess of 10% of your income” could be included in the employee’s 2021 itemized deductions estimate.

This Costpoint release updates the following screens to comply with the reissued version of the worksheet:

• Costpoint Employee Self Service (ESS) Federal Withholding screen - Multiple Jobs/Deductions Worksheet tab

• Costpoint Employee Self Service (ESS) Life Events/New Hires screen - Federal Withholding screen - Deductions Worksheet tab

Attention: For more information, refer to the following:

• 2021 Form W-4: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf

• 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act: https://aboutbtax.com/UJc

2021 SUTA Wage Base

This Costpoint release adds tax table records effective 01/01/2021 for states where the unemployment-taxable wage base has been updated for tax year 2021.

North Dakota

The SUTA limit for 2021 is $38,500.

Rhode Island

The SUTA limit for 2021 is $24,600.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3821.

Guam 2021 Tax Table Updates

This Costpoint release updates the tax tables of Guam based on the 2021 federal income tax withholding methods.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3822.

Illinois 2021 Tax Table Updates

The value of the state withholding allowance in the withholding formula increased from $2,325 to $2,375.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for Illinois.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www2.illinois.gov/rev/forms/withholding/Documents/currentyear/IL-700-T.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3822.

Kentucky 2021 Tax Table Updates

The standard deduction amount for Kentucky increased from $2,650 to $2,690.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for Kentucky.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://revenue.ky.gov/Forms/2021%2042A003(TCF)(12-2020).pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3821.

Michigan 2021 Tax Table Updates

The personal exemption amount for Michigan increased from 4,750 to $4,900.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new personal exemption amount for Michigan.

Attention: For more information, refer to the 2021 Michigan Income Tax Withholding Guide: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/taxes/446_711611_7.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3824.

Minnesota 2021 Tax Table Updates

The following are the 2021 tax table updates for Minnesota:

• The amount of one withholding allowance increased from $4,300 to $4,350.

• The withholding tables for Single and Married have been updated.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for Minnesota.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/2021-01/wh_inst_21.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3823.

New Mexico 2021 Tax Table Updates

The following are the 2021 tax table updates for New Mexico.

• The percentage method implements a new 5.9% income tax bracket.

• The supplemental tax rate increased from 4.9% to 5.9%.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for New Mexico.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3823.

North Dakota 2021 Tax Table Updates

The following are the 2021 tax table updates for North Dakota:

• The tax brackets used in the withholding method for Forms W-4 before 2020 were adjusted.

• The tax brackets used in the withholding method for Forms W-4 for 2020 and after were adjusted.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for North Dakota.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.nd.gov/tax/data/upfiles/media/income-tax-withholding-rates-and-instructions-booklet-2021.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3821.

Oregon 2021 Tax Table Updates

Beginning tax year 2021, Oregon requires the following:

• Married employees should continue to use the existing MARRIED OR SINGLE filing status. The description has been changed to “Married” from “Married or Single with 3 or more allowances”, but the existing filing status code of “MARRIED OR SINGLE” has been retained.

• Single employees claiming three or more allowances should update their filing status to SINGLE 3 OR MORE ALLOWANCES if their existing filing status is MARRIED OR SINGLE.

To support Oregon’s requirements, Costpoint added a new filing status of “SINGLE 3 OR MORE ALLOWANCES” and updated the description of the existing “MARRIED OR SINGLE” status from “Married or Single with 3 or more allowances” to “Married”. The following withholding state filing statuses are now available for Oregon:

• Married (MARRIED OR SINGLE): Select this filing status if the employee is married.

• Single with 3 or more allowances (SINGLE 3 OR MORE ALLOWANCES): Select this filing status if the employee is single and claiming three or more allowances.

• Single with 2 or less allowances (SINGLE): Select this filing status if the employee is single and claiming less than three allowances.

The following are the 2021 tax table updates for Oregon:

• The federal tax adjustment amount increased from $6,950 to $7,050 for an employee with annual wages up to $50,000.

• The federal tax adjustment phaseout amounts for an employee with annual wages 50,000 or greater changed in 2020.

• The tax table changed for an employee with annual wages up to $50,000.

• The tax table changed for an employee with annual wages $50,000 or greater.

• The allowance amount increased from $210 to $213.

• The standard deduction amount increased from $2,315 to $2,350 for an employee filing “Single” with fewer than 3 allowances.

• The standard deduction amount increased from $4,630 to $4,700 for an employee filing “Single” with 3 or more allowances.

• The standard deduction amount increased from $4,630 to $4,700 for an employee filing “Married”.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for Oregon. The Compute Payroll application was updated to remove the special programming regarding the use of the MARRIED OR SINGLE table if an employee is Single with 3 or more allowances as it is no longer needed because of the new filing status “SINGLE 3 OR MORE ALLOWANCES”.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.oregon.gov/dor/forms/FormsPubs/withholding-tax-formulas_206-436_2021.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3822.

Rhode Island 2021 Tax Table Updates

The following are the 2021 tax table updates for Rhode Island:

• The annual withholding table has been updated.

• The threshold for 0.00 allowance amount increased from $231,500 to $234,750.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for Rhode Island.

Attention: For more information, refer to http://www.tax.ri.gov/forms/2021/Withholding/2021%20Withholding%20Tax%20Booklet.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3822.

Vermont 2021 Tax Table Updates

The following are the 2021 tax table updates for Vermont:

• The annual percentage method withholding tables for Married and Single have been updated.

• The value of a withholding allowance increased from $4,350 to $4,400 annually.

This Costpoint release adds tax table records with an effective date of 01/01/2021 to support the new tax table updates for Vermont.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://tax.vermont.gov/sites/tax/files/documents/WithholdingInstructions.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3822.

Virgin Islands 2021 Tax Table Updates

This Costpoint release updates the tax tables of the Virgin Islands based on the 2021 federal income tax withholding methods.

Attention: For more information, refer to: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15t.pdf.

Note: This enhancement requires PATCH3822.

Defect 1398755: The Exchange Rates subtask window, located in multiple applications, would snap back to its original position when you tried to move or drag it to a new position.

Defect 1394766: When you clicked Execute or Recalculate, the Projected Available Qty displayed inconsistent output.

Defect 1401374: The Material Requirements Planning process did not plan Parts according to the Need Dates. This resulted in negative Projected Available Qty, which should not happen because there's enough supply to fulfill the demand. 

Defect 1392080: When you tried to do a print or preview of a multi-level bill of materials (BOM), you encountered a system error.

Defect 1390639: When you used the Web Integration Console (WIC), the system did not load Project Info and Validations, and the following critical system error occurred: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'COMP_INVT_PROJ_ID'.

Defect 1390272: When you ran the purchase order (PO) header script, PO_HDR.ORD_DT was updated to the PO_HDR.CHNG_DT value when updating an existing PO.

Defect 1386247: The employee count of Component 1 and Component 2 report types did not match.

Defect 1395727: The addition of an "S-" prefix and the insertion of a backslash cause records with 20 characters to be truncated when the application writes to the EMPL_GROUP file.

Defect 1402732: Prior to MR 7.1.10, you could only generate payroll direct deposit files for one taxable entity at a time. In MR 7.1.10, the Create ACH Bank File application was enhanced to allow creation of the direct deposit file for all taxable entities. However, when you use this new option, the application excludes the taxable entity information from the direct deposit file, which causes the file to be rejected by the financial institution.

To address this issue, MR 7.1.14 removes the ability to generate a direct deposit file for all taxable entities. This functionality will be fixed and re-released in a future MR.

Defect 1402379: The following Box 14 descriptions should only print if the corresponding amount is not equal to 0.00:

• Sick leave subject to $511/day limit

• Sick leave subject to $200/day limit

• Emergency family leave wage

Defect 1402527: The application should not generate Box 14 records if the corresponding amount is not equal to 0.00.

Defect 1402545: When you save a Manage W-2s screen record, the application should only automatically populate the description fields on the COVID 19 Box 14 subtask if the corresponding amount is not 0.00.

Defect 1387384: When more than one person was using the application, the screen stopped responding.

Defect 1391281: Revenue Analysis did not include accounting revenue adjustments as a line item.

Defect 1401542: When you reassigned hours from a selected resource to a new resource, the new resource was not added to the Selected Resource list.

Defect 1392100: When you entered the same alternate Project Report Name and level/segment in two or more companies, and then you queried the Project Report Name in any of those companies, each segment of the project report name length was doubled in Query. For example, if the project report name has levels of 4-3-2-1 (ANC1.001.01.1), that project report name will have segments of 4-4-3-3-2-2-1-1 in Query.

Defect 1402431: Following the import of existing employee group records using a type B import code, the import history displayed a duplication error because the import transformed the records using an "add" (A) transaction instead of a "change" (C) transaction.

Defect 1399648: When a signature was replaced on an exported expense report, the report's status reverted to Approved.

Defect 1395850: Though you deleted a row from the Start/Stop subtask, those deleted hours remained in the Timesheet Lines table cells.