This is a 3-Step Tutorial for those using Abra Payroll who have not made the edits necessary to update Taxable Wages for an employee for EMP9 tax code and decreased the EMP1 Employer Liabilities by the same amount.
If you have already configured the EMP9 taxable wages and Employer Liabilities from Quarter 2, 2010, please disregard this article.
Step 1: Edit Payroll History (by employee)
Prior to doing any edits, make sure the Record and Deposit Liabilities process has been done.
From the menu bar, select Actions > Payroll > Edit Payroll History.
Select the Qualified Hire Act Employee and complete the tax history step.
Enter an Adjustment Effective date in the open quarter to be adjusted. Click Ok. Detail EMP9.
Increase EMP9 QTD Taxable Wages by the Hire Act eligible wages for this employee.
Increase EMP9 QTD Gross Wages by the Hire Act eligible wages for this employee.
Repeat above edit for payroll history for each eligible Hire Act Employee that needs to be adjusted.
Step 2: Edit Employer Tax Liability (for each check date)
Decrease EMP1 Employer Liability Amount (do not edit the Taxable wages or the Employee withheld amount).
Increase EMP9 Tax Wages by the amount of the EMP1 eligible Hire Act Tax Wages. If EMP9 does not exist for the check date, manually add this tax code to the edit employer tax liability screen.
Note: If you are a semi-weekly depositor, you will need to do this by check date so the Form 941 Schedule B is correct.
When prompted with the following message:
Click No to show the overpayment on the 941 line 15. If Yes is clicked, no overpayment will show for Line 15.
Step 3: Re-run Trial Quarter Close
After adjustments have been made, run Trial Quarter Close. Re-run the Pre-Close Employee Taxes Report (Quarter-End Reports) for FSOC and EMP9, and balance this to the Payroll Deposit Requirements Report for the quarter (Standard Payroll Reports).
