Configuring the Payroll Taxes driver

The Payroll Taxes driver file contains drivers to calculate federal and state payroll taxes.

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To configure the payroll taxes driver: 

1. From the Command Center home page, click Payroll Planning.

2. Open the budget, scenario, or forecast for which to edit the driver.

3. Click the Drivers & Assumptions tab.
4. Click the Payroll Taxesdriver.

5. Review the information in the Federal payroll taxes section.

   NOTE: The driver table is distributed with federal payroll tax parameters and the maximum taxable earnings base for every state’s unemployment tax calculations, this information may have changed and should be updated as needed.

6. In the PayrollTaxes sheet, enter the following information in the SUTA Rates section for the base year and other plan years.

   Table Column	Description
   SUTA Rates	State-specific rates used to calculate unemployment expense. Enter your projections for all
   State Code	Select a state code.
   Company	Select a company number from the Company table.

7. [Optional] Delete all unneeded state records.
8. When all columns of the table are populated, click Save in the Main menu to create the driver table.