Friday, July 1, 2011

FUTA Unemployment Rate Change Effective 7/1/2011

Effective 7/1/2011, the FUTA (FED) Unemployment rate is going from 6.2 t 6.0. This is not in Microsoft's tax tables, it is a change the user makes. There are misconceptions around this. Many feel the rate is in Microsoft's tax tables BUT this is not true. Microsoft will not come out with an update to change this rate, the user can do this by going to Tools > Setup > Payroll > Unemployment Tax.

Here is the table in the company database
select *from UPR40100 where FUTASUTA = 'FED'



What is the Federal Unemployment Tax Rate?
For each worker per year the tax is 6.2% for the first $7,000 of gross earnings. Now once that particular worker has reached the $7,000 point, the employer no longer pays the tax for that person for that year.

Some wages are exempt from the FUTA tax. For example, a parent who pays their child who is under 21 years of age, services performed outside of the United States and wages paid to an intern by a hospital. Those examples are just a few mentioned here but, there are many more. There are some credits that are allowed with respect to unemployment taxes paid that may reduce the effective rate to 0.8%.