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Godzilla1
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I want my employee to have a net paycheck of a certain amount, after deductions

need to know what hourly needs to be paid to reach a certain amount
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BigRedConsulting
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I want my employee to have a net paycheck of a certain amount, after deductions

Desktop Payroll has a Gross-up feature which reverse-calculates gross pay and taxes based on a net amount you enter, like $100 for a bonus.

 

I don't think Online Payroll can do that.

john-pero
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I want my employee to have a net paycheck of a certain amount, after deductions

Using online payroll you will have to play around with the numbers to gross it up. If you were using desktop payroll it offers a convenient feature to enter net and it calculates gross. From there you would simply divide by hours.

 

In a nutshell (Algebra I, 8th grade)

GROSS PAY - FWT - %DEDUCTIONS×GROSS =NET.

 

As a tentative, look up what FWT should be close to from the IRS tables. Add that to the net. Then divide this by the reduced ,% from the left side. Deductions are FICA plus State plus Local. If 10% you divide the right side by .9 

 

Example you want net of 1000. You estimate FWT at 100, taxes total 10% (FICA alone  is 7.65%)

GR - 100 - .1GR = 1000

Combining

.9GR = 1100

GR = 1222.22

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