Payroll
Help and resources for payroll, employees, integrations and direct deposit
370 articles
- How to Use the Direct Deposit Planner Tool
- Direct Deposit Funding and Timing Options
- How to Set Up Direct Deposit in Payroll
- Instructions to Send Bank Wires or Instant Payments for Direct Deposit
- How to Add or Manage Employee Bank Info for Direct Deposit
- How to Manually Verify a Business Bank Account with Test Pennies
- Patriot Bank Statement Descriptions for Payroll Transactions
- Using Prefunded Direct Deposit
- Run Payroll Today: Prefund Payroll with a Bank Wire or Instant Payments
- How to Instantly Verify Your Bank Account
- Patriot Direct Deposit Bank Holidays
- Update Your Business Information for the Annual Compliance Review
- Beneficial Owner Information
- Failed/Late Employee or Contractor Direct Deposit
- What Is Patriot’s ACH ID?
- Failed Identity Verification
- How Do I Update a Company Bank Account?
- Direct Deposit Fees
- How Do I Cancel a Direct Deposit Application
- Why Was My Direct Deposit Application Denied, and How Can I Resolve It?
- Does Patriot Software support same-day direct deposit? What alternatives do I have for urgent payroll needs?
- Managing Company Work Locations
- Can I continue payroll setup and processing while verification processes are pending?
- Learn how to Set Up Your Payroll Tax Service in the Full Service Setup Wizard
- What Information Is Needed to Set Up Payroll?
- Payroll Setup Checklist in the Wizard
- Entering Payroll History in the Wizard
- Add Employees in the Payroll Setup Wizard
- How to Set Up Workers' Compensation Codes in the Payroll Wizard
- Set Up Company Deductions and Contributions in the Payroll Wizard
- Setting up Hours and Money Types in the Payroll Wizard
- Company Settings in the Payroll Wizard
- Company Tax Settings Information Checklist
- What Can Be Customized in Payroll?
- Is My Business Exempt from FUTA and SUTA?
- What Are NAICS Codes?
- How Do I Update My Payroll Tax Account Numbers?
- How to Set Up Pay Schedules
- What If I Don’t Have All My Tax Account Numbers?
- Managing Departments in Payroll
- Getting Started with Patriot Software Payroll
- How to Add the Payroll Tax Filing Service
- How to Accurately Enter Payroll History When Starting Mid-Year
- What is The Work Number® from Equifax?
- Set Up Direct Deposit and Paper Check Printing in the Payroll Wizard
- Need Help?
- Patriot’s Account Creation Guide | Video Tutorial
- Company Payroll Tax Settings
- Can I Use my SSN to Run Payroll for Household Employees?
- New Employer Information By State
- Alabama Employer Registration
- Arkansas Employer Registration
- Alaska Employer Registration
- Arizona Employer Registration
- California Employer Registration
- Colorado Employer Registration
- Connecticut Employer Registration
- Delaware Employer Registration
- Florida Employer Registration
- Georgia Employer Registration
- Hawaii Employer Registration
- Idaho Employer Registration
- Illinois Employer Registration
- Indiana Employer Registration
- Iowa Employer Registration
- Kansas Employer Registration
- Kentucky Employer Registration
- Louisiana Employer Registration
- Maine Employer Registration
- Maryland Employer Registration
- Massachusetts Employer Registration
- Michigan Employer Registration
- Minnesota Employer Registration
- Mississippi Employer Registration
- Missouri Employer Registration
- Montana Employer Registration
- New Hampshire Employer Registration
- Nebraska Employer Registration
- Nevada Employer Registration
- New Jersey Employer Registration
- New Mexico Employer Registration
- New York Employer Registration
- North Carolina Employer Registration
- North Dakota Employer Registration
- Ohio Employer Registration
- Oklahoma Employer Registration
- Oregon Employer Registration
- Pennsylvania Employer Registration
- Rhode Island Employer Registration
- South Carolina Employer Registration
- South Dakota Employer Registration
- Tennessee Employer Registration
- Texas Employer Registration
- Utah Employer Registration
- Vermont Employer Registration
- Virginia Employer Registration
- Washington Employer Registration
- Washington D.C. Employer Registration
- West Virginia Employer Registration
- Wisconsin Employer Registration
- Wyoming Employer Registration
- Federal and State Department Contact Information
- California Employee Tax Withholding Help
- How Do I Inactivate or Delete an Employee?
- How to Edit Employee Personal or Work Information
- How to Add or Change an Employee Profile Picture
- How to Add or Edit Employee Tax Information
- How to Make an Employee Exempt from a Tax
- How to Assign and Edit Work Locations to Employees
- How to Identify When an Employee Made Federal Tax Updates in Their Employee Portal
- How Do I Reactivate an Employee?
- How Do I Add or Change an Employee’s Pay Rate?
- Video: Multiple Pay Rates for Hourly Employees Overview
- California Wage Plan Codes
- How to Enter Georgia Employee Tax Info
- How to Update an Employee Status
- How to Update Employee Pay Information
- How to View and Update Employee Status History
- How to Add a New Employee
- How to Enter Massachusetts Employee Tax Info
- How to Enter Indiana Employee Tax Information
- Employee Self-Onboarding
- Employee Pay Types
- How Do I Change an Employee from Hourly to Salary?
- Arizona Employee Tax Withholding Help
- Arkansas Employee Tax Withholding Help
- Owner/Officer Reporting in Massachusetts and Michigan
- Nebraska Nonresident Employee Tax Percentage
- Non-Resident Certificates for Employees In Other States
- How to Add Tipped Occupation Codes to Employees
- Missouri Employee Tax Withholding Help
- Verifying An Employee Bank Account Number
- Adding Employee Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Codes
- How to Add an Additional Pay Rate to an Employee
- How to Add or Edit Company Level Deductions
- Company-Level Contribution Setup: Field-Level Help
- Deduction and Contribution Limits
- How to Set Up Child Support Deductions in Payroll
- Company-Level Contributions in Payroll
- Company-Level Deduction Setup: Field-Level Help
- Company Contributions – Based On Deductions
- Non-safe Harbor Vestwell Plans: How to Enter Your Company Match Formula
- How Do Deductions Work with a Nontaxable Payroll?
- Using Company Contribution Formulas
- What Deduction Type Should I Use? | Deduction Types
- Why Can’t I Edit a Company-Level Deduction?
- How Do I Set Up a Wage Garnishment?
- Roth Catch-Up Contributions for High Earners
- How to Add or Edit Employee-Level Contributions
- Employee-Level Deductions
- Employee Census for Vestwell 401(k) Plan Onboarding
- How Do I Set Up a Health Reimbursement for an Employee
- How Do I Set Up a Commuter Benefit Deduction?
- Trump Accounts
- W-2 Box and Label Pre-filled Guidance
- Payroll Process Step 1: Enter Hours and Money
- How to Convert Minutes to Decimals
- Payroll Process Step 2 – Approve Payroll
- Payroll Process Step 3 – Print Paychecks or Pay Stubs
- Running Payroll Using Different Pay Schedules
- Using Direct Deposit in a Payroll
- How to Pay Tips or Gratuities in Payroll
- How to Pay Salaried Employees in Payroll
- Payroll: Skipping Deductions, Contributions, or Direct Deposits
- How to Tax Supplemental Pay
- How to Indicate FLSA Overtime for W-2 Reporting in Payroll
- Paying Additional Hours in Payroll
- How to Change an Hourly Pay Rate During Payroll
- Payroll Deadlines for Semi-Weekly Tax Depositors
- Paying Contractors Through Payroll
- Running Payroll On Your Mobile Device
- How Do I Change a Pay Date?
- How to Change a Salaried Employee's Pay During Payroll
- Questions about the Payroll Tax Filing Service
- What Should I Do When I Receive a Tax Notice?
- Common Tax Filing Setup Delays FAQs
- Authorizing Tax Payment for Full-Service Payroll Setup
- Signing IRS Form 8655 and Other Tax Filing Authorization Forms
- How to Grant Texas Workforce Commission Third Party Authorization (TPA) Access
- How to Change your Filing Type to IRS Form 944
- Previewing Your Scheduled Payroll Tax Debit/Credit
- Resolving a Tax Filing Issue
- How to Delay or Adjust Your Tax Collection
- Illinois Monthly Wage Report
- How to Enter Your Tax Deposit Frequencies
- California (Personal Income Tax) Withholding Deposit Frequencies
- How to Grant Oklahoma SUTA Third Party Authorization (TPA)
- How to Grant Colorado SUTA Third Party Authorization (TPA)
- How Do I Find My Company Tax Deposit Frequencies?
- How to Find Your Company Payroll Tax Filings
- How Do I Make Changes at the End of the Quarter Before Tax Filings?
- When Does Patriot Withdraw Taxes for Tax Deposits?
- How to Grant TPA (Third Party Authorization) for Kentucky SUTA
- New Hire Report
- Payroll Details Report
- Current Pay Rates Report
- Payroll Register Report
- Workers’ Compensation Wages Report
- How to Find Year-To-Date Payroll Totals
- Assigned Deductions Report
- Company Tax Collections Report
- Payroll Tax Liabilities Report
- Employee Census Report
- Viewing Your Company Tax Deposits
- Preview Current Payroll Report
- Deduction History Report
- Contribution History Report
- Assigned Contributions Report
- Check Payment Detail Report
- Departments in Payroll Report
- Contractor Payment History Report
- Employee W-2 Summary Report
- Paycheck History Report
- Covid Payroll Tax Credit Report
- Contractor Portal Registration Access
- Adding Attachments to Contractors
- Record A Past Contractor Payment
- Adding, Editing and Exporting Contractors in Payroll
- Notifying Contractors about Electronic 1099 Forms
- Importing 1099 Contractors in Payroll
- How to Delete or Inactivate a Contractor
- Using the Contractor Portal Option
- How to Add Contractor Direct Deposit Info
- Communicating the Contractor Portal to Your Contractors
- How to Download and Print Forms 1099 and 1096
- 1096 Summary Report
- How Patriot Calculates and Monitors FUTA Tax
- Why Didn’t Income Taxes Come Out of Employee Payroll?
- How to Update Your State Unemployment (SUTA) Rate
- How to Calculate Federal Income Tax
- Ohio Local Courtesy Tax Withholding
- New York Employer Compensation Expense Program (ECEP)
- Vermont Nonresident Employee Tax | Adjusting the Withholding Percentage
- Taxable Wages – What Are They?
- Oregon Local Taxes
- State Disability Insurance Settings
- Ohio JEDD/JEDZ Tax Settings
- Multi-State Income Tax Withholding
- End-of-Quarter Payroll Tax Reconciliation and Edits
- Vermont Child Care Contribution Tax
- Probationary Status for Missouri Unemployment Tax
- Oregon Workers’ Benefit Fund Assessment
- State Disability Insurance Setup in New Jersey
- Washington Employment Administration Fund Rate
- Massachusetts Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC)
- Federal Income Tax Amounts Aren't as Expected
- What Is My Company Local Tax Setting?
- Pennsylvania Local LST and EIT Payroll Taxes
- How to Enter Colorado SUTA Rates in Payroll
- Colorado OPT (Occupational Privilege Tax)
- How to Set Up Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) in Payroll
- Connecticut Paid Leave
- Colorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI)
- Delaware Paid Family Medical Leave
- Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave
- Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (WA PFML) and Washington Cares Long-Term Care Insurance
- Oregon Paid Family Leave
- Maine Paid Family Medical Leave
- 1099 State Filing Requirements
- Before You Create 1099 Forms
- Does Patriot mail 1099s to my contractors and vendors?
- How to Correct a 1099 Type
- How to Create, File and Post 1099 Forms
- Year-end Payroll Webinar Video (Plus Guide & Checklist)
- Preview employee W-2 forms in Payroll
- How Do I Correct an Employee’s W-2?
- Basic Payroll: Filing Your W-3
- Basic Payroll Customers: Steps to File Your SSA File
- Company W-3 Summary Report
- How to Create, Download and Print 1099 and 1096 Forms
- How to Post W-2s to the Employee Portal
- Obtaining Electronic W-2 Consent from Employees
- Will Patriot Mail Employee W-2s?
- Why Doesn’t My 940 Match the Payroll Tax Liabilities Report?
- Full-Service Payroll Customers: How to Print the W-3 Summary
- Basic Payroll Customers: How to Complete Form 940
- Why Don’t the Numbers on W-2s Match the Payroll Reports?
- Payroll Changes After December 31
- Communicating the Electronic W-2 Feature to Your Employees
- W-2 Print Options in Payroll
- Will Patriot File My Company’s Taxes and W-2s This Year?
- How to Create, Download and Print W-2 Forms
- How Do I Format Items On Paychecks?
- Check Printing Setup for Contractors in Payroll
- How Can I Reprint a Paycheck?
- A Primer on Printing Payroll Checks with Patriot’s Online Payroll
- How to Reprint A Pay Stub in Patriot Software
- How to Add an E-Signature to a Check in Payroll
- How Do I Format the Check Stub on Paychecks?
- Printing Checks After Payroll
- Setting Up Printed Paychecks
- How to Print Paychecks Using Blank Check Stock
- Washington Workers' Compensation (Industrial Insurance)
- Managing Employee-Level Workers’ Compensation Codes
- Add Washington Workers Comp Codes to Employees
- Managing Company-Level Workers’ Compensation Codes
- Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Compensation Insurance
- Adding Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Codes and Rates
- How to Report for Your Workers’ Comp Annual Audit
- Adding Wyoming Employee Workers Comp and Unemployment Insurance Info
- How Do I Find Workers’ Compensation Coverage?
- How to Add or Remove Team Members to Company Group Health Benefits
- Viewing SimplyInsured Integrated Contributions and Deductions
- What is SimplyInsured?
- How to Integrate Your Existing Health Benefit Plans
- Health Benefit Integrations
- Find Group Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Form 1094/1095 Requirements for Employers
- Vestwell 401(k) Plan Deductions and Contributions
- Retirement Plan Integrations
- Running a Payroll with a Vestwell 401(k) Plan
- Vestwell 401(k) Plan Sponsors: How to Prepare for Year-End Discrimination Testing
- Special Payroll and Vestwell 401(k) Deductions
- Voiding a Paycheck With a Vestwell 401(k) Plan
- How to Set up a 401(k) Loan Repayment Deduction when Integrating with Vestwell