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Oregon : No more paper W2s

Ted — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:13:53 +0000

Starting with 2009 Forms W-2 filed in 2010, Oregon employers with 250 or more employees must electronically file Forms W-2 with the Oregon DOR. Effective with 2010 Forms W-2 filed in 2011, the threshold for employers not using a payroll service provider will decrease to 50 or more employees. Effective with 2011 Forms W-2 filed in 2012, all employers must electronically file Forms W-2.
[Or. Adm. R. §150-316.202(3)].

Look for more states to follow. Another part of the stimulus package involved the gov’t boosting up each state’s unemployment coffers but each state had to promise to ‘modernize’ their wage data collection infrastructure. PayMaster currently handles 38 state’s SUTA electronic formats and RS records for the year end MMREF format. Be sure to stay current to support these everchanging state specific formats.

PayMaster EOY update available

Ted — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:17:09 +0000

All customers who have a current support contract are entitled to receive the End of Year update and the 2009 tax tables. Please contact support before printing your 2008 W2s and before running your first 2009 payroll. Besides the 2008 W2 module, the EOY of update is a rollup of all the fixes, optimizations, and new reports created over the year. Please call the office to be sure your support contract is up to date and receive instructions on how to download and install the 2008 update.

Since each day states are releasing modifications to the tax code for 2009, the tax table update is not included in the EOY update. It will be released separately and will be available the week of Dec 22,2008 .

For instructions on how to install the tax table update see the latest Blue Pages or call support.

As of Dec 10,2008 this is what is included in the 2009 tax table update.

DO NOT APPLY THIS PATCH UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO RUN YOUR FIRST 2009 PAYROLL.

Updates Federal, EIC, OASDI Max.

State Withholding Tables Updated (CA,CO,ME,MI,MN,ND,NM,OH,OK,OR,VT)

SUTA Wage Bases Updated. (ID,IL,IA,MN,MO,MT,ND,NV,NJ,NM,OK,SD,WA,WI,WY)

Expect your Unemployment Rates to Rise in 2009

Ted — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:01:31 +0000

States face unemployment cash crisis
Job losses mount: 1.2 million in ’08

State unemployment insurance trust funds are rapidly running out of money amid soaring job losses.

This is prompting state officials to consider raising employer taxes or curtailing benefits, while forcing them to borrow from the federal government to cover claims.

“Some states didn’t have adequate reserves built up,” said Andrew Stettner, deputy director of the National Employment Law Project.

The number of people collecting state unemployment benefits hit a 25-year high of 3.84 million, on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department said Thursday. The following day, the department announced that 240,000 jobs were lost in October, pushing the unemployment rate up to 6.5%, up from 6.1%. It’s the highest rate since March 1994. Nearly 1.2 million jobs have been lost this year.

2009 SUTA Wage Bases announced

Ted — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:03:38 +0000

States increasing their taxable wage bases in 2009:

Idaho ($33,200)
Illinois ($12,300)
Iowa ($23,700)
Minnesota ($26,000)
Missouri ($12,500)
Montana ($25,100)
Nevada ($26,600)
New Jersey ($28,900)
New Mexico ($20,900)
North Dakota ($23,700)
Oklahoma ($14,200)
South Dakota ($9,500)
Washington ($35,700)
Wisconsin ($12,000)
Wyoming ($21,500).

States with no change in 2009:

Alabama ($8,000)
Arizona ($7,000)
Arkansas ($10,000)
California ($7,000)
Colorado ($10,000)
Connecticut ($15,000)
Delaware ($10,500)
District of Columbia ($9,000)
Florida ($7,000)
Georgia ($8,500)
Indiana ($7,000)
Kansas ($8,000)
Kentucky ($8,000)
Maine ($12,000)
Maryland ($8,500)
Massachusetts ($14,000)
Michigan ($9,000)
Mississippi ($7,000)
Nebraska ($9,000)
New Hampshire ($8,000)
New York ($8,500)
Ohio ($9,000)
Pennsylvania ($8,000)
Puerto Rico ($7,000)
Rhode Island ($14,000)
South Carolina ($7,000)
Tennessee ($7,000)
Texas ($9,000)
Vermont ($8,000)
Virginia ($8,000)
West Virginia ($8,000).

States that haven’t announced for 2009:

Alaska ($31,300)
Hawaii ($13,000)
Louisiana ($7,000)
North Carolina ($18,600)
Oregon ($30,200)
Utah ($26,700)
Virgin Islands ($21,800)