2018 U.S. Payroll Tax Table UpdatesPeopleSoft Payroll for North America
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2018U.S. PAYROLL TAX TABLE UPDATESRelease 9.2- Patch27098238
This patch delivers updates to U.S. payroll tax tables with changes that were announced too late for delivery in PeopleSoft Tax Update 17-E. The table entries for the majority of these changes are effective-dated 01/01/2018. All of the table updates delivered in this patch will also be included in PeopleSoft Update Image 25 for Tax Update 18-A.
This document provides a listing of the table changes delivered with this patch.
IMPORTANT: Before applying the script delivered in this patch, you must have applied Patch 26994188: CONSOLIDATED U.S. TAX TABLE CHANGES – TAX UPDATE 17-E.
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U.S. Changes
Federal / State Tax Table
State / Effective Date of Table Entry/ Table Update Description
$U / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered with Tax Update 17-E is
updated to include the November 27, 2017, Social Security Administration announcement that the 2018 taxable wage base will be $128,400, instead of the originally announced $128,700.
AK / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered with Tax Update 17-E is
updated to include the decrease in the state unemployment insurance taxable wage base from $39,800 to $39,500 for 2018; the state unemployment insurance employee tax deduction rate remains unchanged at 0.50% of taxable wages.
CA / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered with Tax Update 17-E is
updated to include the following additional changes:
- California withholding tax changes effective January 1, 2018, as published by the
California Employment Development Department. - For 2018, the taxable wage base for California State Disability Insurance is increased from $110,902 to $114,967. The California State Disability Insurance employee tax rate is increased from 0.009000 to 0.010000.
DC / 01/01/2018 / A new table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 includes withholding tax changes effective
January 1, 2018, as published by the District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue. The annual withholding allowance amount is increased from $1,775 to $4,150.
HI / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered with Tax Update 17-E is
updated to include the following changes for 2018:
- The state unemployment insurance taxable wage base is increased from $44,000 to $45,900.
- For tax year 2018, the maximum taxable gross for Hawaii state temporary
disability insurance and voluntary plan temporary disability insurance programs is
$55,568 ($1,068.62 weekly), per the Disability Compensation Division of the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
The employee tax rate remains unchanged at 0.5%.
ID / 01/01/2018 / The state unemployment taxable wage base is increased from $37,800 to $38,200 for 2018.
IL / 01/01/2018 / A new table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 includes withholding tax changes effective
January 1, 2018, as published by the Illinois Department of Revenue. The annual withholding allowance amount is decreased from $2,175 to $2,000.
K0
Kenton County KY / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered in Tax Update 17-E is
updated with the following corrections to the Rates page to reflect the November 27, 2017, Social Security Administration announcement that the 2018 taxable wage base will be $128,400, instead of the originally announced $128,700.
Low Gross / Low Tax
Before the correction / $128,700.00 / $291.18
After the correction / $128,400.00 / $290.86
MN / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered in Tax Update 17-E is updated to include Minnesota withholding tax changes effective beginning with wages paid on or after
January 1, 2018.
ND / 01/01/2018 / A new table entry dated 01/01/2018 includes the increase in the North Dakota state
unemployment insurance taxable wage base from $35,100 to $35,500 for tax year 2018.
NY / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered in Tax Update 17-E is updated to include New York state withholding tax changes effective January 1, 2018, as published by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in Publication NYS-50-T-NYS (1/18).
RI / 01/01/2018 / The table entry effective-dated 01/01/2018 which was delivered in Tax Update 17-E is
updated to include the following additional changes:
- Rhode Island withholding tax changes effective January 1, 2018, as published by the
Rhode Island Division of Taxation.
- For 2018, the taxable wage base for Rhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance is increased from $68,100 to $69,300. The Rhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance tax rate is decreased from 0.012000 to 0.011000.
- The standard state unemployment taxable wage base is increased from $22,400
to $23,000 for 2018. The special higher state unemployment taxable wage base for employers that have an experience rating of 9.49% is increased from $23,900 to $24,500.
Note: Only the standard unemployment taxable wage base value of $23,000 is delivered in the State Tax Table entry for Rhode Island. Employers subject to the higher Rhode Island unemployment taxable wage base in tax year 2018 should add new rows to Company State Tax Table entries for Rhode Island effective-dated 01/01/2018with the $24,500 value.
TN / 01/01/2018 / A new table entry dated 01/01/2018 includes the decrease in the state unemployment insurance taxable wage base from $8,000 to $7,000 for tax year 2018.
UT / 01/01/2018 / A new table entry dated 01/01/2018 includes the increase in the state unemployment insurance taxable wage base from $33,100 to $34,300 for tax year 2018.
Z1
New York City / 01/01/2018 / A new table entry dated 01/01/2018 is added to deliver New York City withholding tax
changes which are effective for wages paid on or after January 1, 2018 as published by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in Publication NYS-50-T-NYC (1/18).
Z2
Yonkers / 01/01/2018 / A new table entry dated 01/01/2018 is added to deliver withholding tax changes for residents
of the City of Yonkers which are effective for wages paid on or after January 1, 2018, as published by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance in Publication NYS-50-T-Y (1/18). (Nonresident withholding tax rates remain unchanged.)
Local Tax Table
Notes:Ohio school district tax changes will be delivered in Tax Update 18-A.
Corrections to Kentucky maximum tax amounts reflect the November 27, 2017, SocialSecurity Administration announcement that the 2018 taxable wage base will be $128,400, instead of the originallyannounced $128,700.
KY / 00802 / Alexandria
/ Maximum tax = $1,930.50 / Maximum tax = $1,926.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
101 / Henderson County
/ New entry / 0.010000 / Resident
0.010000 / Nonresident / 01/01/2016
117 / Kenton County
/ Maximum tax = $ 291.18 / Maximum tax = $ 290.86 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
16372 / Cold Spring
/ Maximum tax = $1,287.00 / Maximum tax = $1,284.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
17848 / Covington
/ Maximum tax = $3,153.15 / Maximum tax = $3,145.80 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
18442 / Crestview Hills
/ Maximum tax = $1,287.00 / Maximum tax = $1,284.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
213 / Simpson County
/ Maximum tax = $ 965.25 / Maximum tax = $ 963.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
27982 / Florence
/ Maximum tax = $2,574.00 / Maximum tax = $2,568.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
28612 / Fort Wright
/ Maximum tax = $1,480.05 / Maximum tax = $1,476.60 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
28918 / Franklin
/ Maximum tax = $1,287.00 / Maximum tax = $1,284.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
KY / 55884 / Newport
/ Maximum tax = $3,217.50 / Maximum tax = $3,210.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
80616 / Warsaw
/ Maximum tax = $1,287.00 / Maximum tax = $1,284.00 / 01/01/2018
(correction)
OH / 84742 / Whitehall
/ Taxing Entity Code = blank
W2 Reporting Agency = blank / Taxing Entity Code = WHT
W2 Reporting Agency = WHT
/ Correcting entry
OR / 039 / Lane County
/ 0.007200 / Resident
0.007200 / Nonresident
/ 0.007300 / Resident
0.007300 / Nonresident
/ 01/01/2018
P0746 / Tri-County Transport
/ 0.007437 / Resident
0.007437 / Nonresident
/ 0.007537 / Resident
0.007537 / Nonresident
/ 01/01/2018
Local Tax Table – Pennsylvania Local Services Tax
This patch includes updates to Pennsylvania Local Services Tax entries in the Local Tax Table
based on the December 15, 2017 update of the “Official Register” on the website maintained by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All updates to Pennsylvania Local Services Tax entries in the Local Tax Table delivered in this tax update are effective-dated 01/01/2018.
These Pennsylvania Local Services Tax rate changes downloaded from the Official Register on Pennsylvania website are documented separately in these files delivered with this tax update:
PA18ALST.docWord document
PA18ALST.xlsExcel spreadsheet
Note: Pennsylvania local tax rate changes are delivered in Payroll for North America tax updates under the following schedule:
- Earned Income Tax
Rate changes and newly-imposedtaxes are delivered in each tax update, downloaded from the “Real-time Register” on the Pennsylvania website. The next delivery of Earned Income Tax rate changes from the “Real-time Register” will be in Tax Update 18-A.
- Local Services Tax
Rate changes are not delivered in each tax update, but are instead delivered in a special posting annually each December (and in the following January tax update), once rate changes for January 1 of the upcoming year have been published in the “Official Register” on the Pennsylvania website. The changes delivered in this special posting will also be delivered in Tax Update 18-A.
End of document.
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