Indiana county additional withholding

Good evening, @hawkinswater. 

It's great to see you back in the Community. I can provide you with some details about Indiana's additional county withholding. 

 Let's trying making sure the system is up-to-date in order to give you these options for the withholding: 

• Latest Payroll Tax Table 
• Update QuickBooks Desktop to the latest release

Here's another helpful guide so you can ensure you're looking in the right spot for the options: Indiana counties tax filing enhancement. 

I hope this resolve the issue. If not, I'm only a post away to assist you further. Take care! 

All updates are completed.  If you click on the link you provided regarding Indiana county tax filing enhancements, there are pictures that show exactly what I'm showing here.  No field to enter additional county tax, even though it actually is an option for employees. 

Hello, hawkinswater. 

I appreciate you for letting us know about the steps you've tried to resolve this issue. Since, you still do not have the option to enter additional county tax after updating the system. 

I'd recommend reaching out to our Payroll Support Team. They can pull up your account and investigate what's causing the issue. 

Here's how: 

1. Go to Help, then select QuickBooks Desktop Help.
2. Select Contact Us.
3. Enter your concern, then select Continue.
4. Choose a way to connect with us. 

I've added this article for your reference: Set up employees and payroll taxes in a new state. 

In addition, check out the following materials below for more insight on setting up your payroll account:

• Set up payroll
• Find your State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) rate
• Enter or change state unemployment insurance (SUI) tax rates

Let me know if you have other questions about withholding taxes in QuickBooks. I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Have a great day!

Can anyone else help with a workaround for this?  I was in a chat for 45 minutes and zero resolution, as apparently no one reads my actual question.  Over and over I was referred to the IRS (it's a state tax issue) or to the state (it's a missing field in Quickbooks, not a tax question).  

I have a workaround to achieve your task, @hawkinswater.

Thank you for following up with us and informing us that you have spent time on the phone with our support agents and have had no success resolving this issue. Please know that this is not the impression we want to leave you with. You may rest assured that your experience has been noted and will be shared with the management team.

I'd recommend adding the additional county tax manually by following the steps below: 

1. Go back to the Taxes for (employee name) window. 
2. From the Item Name field, select Add New. If you don't see an option to add, go to the Lists menu and choose Payroll Item lists. 
3. Pick a predefined tax from the list and click Next. 
4. Enter the name for employee-paid tax in the box, then hit Next. 
5. Complete the Agency for employee-paid liability, Tax tracking type, Calculate based on quantity, Default rate and limit, Taxable compensation, and Pre-tax deductions window. 
6. Click Finish. 

If you're unsure about the setup, I recommend speaking with the state or your accountant. They can assist you in determining the best account for your Indiana taxes.
 

You can also visit these articles below about the list of occupational codes and Indian tax commonly questions. 

• Indiana Payroll Tax Compliance
• Enter Indiana occupational codes for employees

Please know that you are always welcome to post if you have any additional concerns. I wish you and your company continued success.

@MichelleBh   THANK YOU for actually hearing my issue and suggesting a solution.  This sounds like it will work for now, except I may have to manually add it to the monthly state tax form, which I can do.  I hope you will suggest an update to Quickbooks to add this field to the local tax tab to resolve this.  I have to think it's an oversight, as a while back they updated the state and local tax tabs to be more automated for Indiana.  All of the options from the Indiana form WH-4 are on these tabs except this one for additional county tax.  I appreciate your help with this!

Thanks for getting back here and sharing the results of how the recommendation of my colleague works for you, @hawkinswater. The option to have an additional field for county tax is a good idea.

We'd love to hear your insights about this so I recommend sending feedback to our product engineers. This way they can review your suggestion and consider adding it in future releases or updates. Here's how:

1. In your QuickBooks Desktop company, navigate to the Help menu.
2. Next, select Send Feedback Online and click Product Suggestion.
3. From there, enter your product feedback and submit it. 

Additionally, I've added this helpful resource that you can use in looking for guides and reference when performing your task: QuickBooks Help page. 

Please let me know if you have any other QuickBooks-related concerns. I'm always here to lend a hand to ensure your success. Have a good day and take care. 

Hi, how do you input the WH-4 form into the tax section for employees, specifically for "exemptions". If an employee claims "1" exemption, where and how do you enter this into Quickbooks? I know allowances is different from exemption, but that's the only box I see. Other than that, it would say "Exempt" or "Not Withhold". I don't see a box to enter a number for exemptions. 

I put the exemptions from line 5 of the WH-4 in the box labeled allowances.  If they also claim qualifying dependents on lines 6-8, I enter those in the boxes for # of qualifying dependents or # of qualifying adoptions.

Okay thanks! I was concerned that number of exemptions versus allowances are different things. 

I will qualify my answer to say I'm no expert.  But we've used Quickbooks for years and this has worked for us.