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PR
Question
Our new employee’s W-4 says EXEMPT in line 4-c. How do I set up AccountMate for the exemption?
Answer
Review the IRS W-4 instructions about exemption:
Configure the Employee Maintenance for the employee as follows if you do not want to calculate Federal Withholding Tax but would still want to report the employee’s federal wages:
If the Use W-4 Form 2020 or later checkbox is not marked in the Employee Maintenance ► W-4 Info tab, then mark the Federal ► Override Withholding checkbox. Enter 0.00 in the Override by ► Amount field. Another way to achieve this is to set the Allowances to 99, which will result in zero withholding amount.
If the Use W-4 Form 2020 or later checkbox is marked in the Employee Maintenance ► W-4 Info tab, go to the W-4 2020 tab; then, mark the Override Withholding checkbox; then, enter 0.00 in the Override by ► Amount field.
Note: The Apply Federal Tax checkbox must be marked.