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How to Identify When an Employee Made Federal Tax Updates in Their Employee Portal

Learn how to identify W-4 changes made by your W-2 employees in the employee portal or mobile app.

Available for Basic Payroll, Full Service Payroll

In the Patriot Software employee portal (www.mypatriot.com or www.payrolltime.com) and the mobile app, My Patriot, your employees can update their own federal tax withholding by completing an electronic version of Form W-4.

When an employee makes an update to W4 federal tax withholding in their employee portal, you (the employer) will receive an email notification that a change has been made.

The information automatically updates the employee’s “Taxes” page in Patriot Software, so there is nothing further you need to do.

You can view a history of all federal withholding changes made by both the employee and employer on the employee’s “Taxes” page.

Go to Payroll > Employee List > {Employee name} > Taxes tab.

The Federal Filing History section shows the date and time the change was made, a link to view the electronic version of the W-4 form, and whether the change was made by the employee or employer. The employee can also view this history in their portal.

The federal filing history shows the date and times a W-4 was changed, who made the change, and provides a link to the electronic version of the W-4 form.
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