The following are some tips so that you can submit your NY quarterly reports electronically. The state of New York requires employers that report 250 or more employees in four consecutive quarters to file electronically, and they encourage any employer with less than 250 employees to do so also. CheckMark Payroll version 8.0 and higher […]
Miscellaneous
What can cause an amount to appear on the “Adjustment for Fractions” line?
Any amount on the Adjustment for Fractions line on the Tax Summary report will be printed on Line 7 of the 941 on the Fractions of Cents field, line 8 Current Year’s Adjustments of the 943 or line 6, Current Year’s Adjustments, of the 944. If the amount is under one dollar, the difference is […]
Maryland RV record
The RV record for Maryland requires information from the user. The fields and positions of the fields that you, the user, will need to fill in are displayed in the RV window that opens when you select the Text file button to save the MD EFW2 file. Enter all the information to fill the entire […]
Idaho RV record
The RV record for Idaho requires information from the user. The fields and positions of the fields that you, the user, will need to fill in are displayed in the RV window that opens when you select the Text file button to save the ID EFW2 file. Enter all the information to fill the entire […]
I updated my payroll from a version of Payroll before 7.9.4 and now my employee’s federal withholding is way too little. I don’t believe that the federal tax tables are correct.
The Payroll version 7.9.4 or higher has the new federal tax tables as published by the IRS in February 2009 mandated by the Stimulus Package law. The tables included in this version are available to check in Publication 15-T that should have been mailed to you the middle of March 2009 by the IRS. If […]
The Federal 941 would not open. I kept getting a message that the file was not found. I still cannot open any federal tax forms.
Windows has security features that prevent the payroll program from writing the .fdf and .pdf files to the Program Files folder. There are 2 options available to you as a user: Move the saved location of the payroll data set out of the Program Files folder to a location such as C:Program Data[new folder name]. […]
I have to submit 941 or 943 or 944 deposits. There is no Employer Payee category for these taxes. How do I do this?
Forms 941, 943 and 944 all report federal taxes to the IRS. Your business determines which form the IRS requires you to submit. All these forms report federal withholding, Social Security and Medicare taxes. To set up an Employer Payee to create payments for federal taxes Open Employer Payees window on the Command Center. Select […]
My 941 is coming up with a page of text that doesn’t make any sense. Or, I get an error message saying that there is no application found.
You need to have the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed and have it set as your default reader. This is a free download from Adobe’s website. Click link below to get to Adobe’s website. In Payroll version 7.8.0 and higher, the program utilizes the Adobe Reader program to help with the printing […]
There is a change in the W-2/W-3 format, but it is not being reflected when I print out W-2’s/W-3 on pre-printed forms.
If a change in the format to W-2’s or W-3 occurs, you will need to reset the default format in the updated payroll program in order to see this change in format take place. To reset the format in versions 7.7.x or higher, open the W-2/W-3 statements screen, select the W-2 on pre-printed forms option, […]
I am trying to install my payroll update and keep getting the message “payroll may be running or marked read only.” What do I do next?
First, verify that Payroll is not running while you are trying to install the payroll update. If it is running, Exit the payroll program and run the 7.8 payroll update installer again. Second, check to see if the pay.exe application or the Payroll folder have gotten marked as “Read Only” in the Attributes. You will […]