Payroll: Year End 2020

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Year End 2020

UPDATED 1/18/2021:

Keystone 3.5.1 and higher supports 2020 State and Federal E-Filing of W-2s using our 3rd party provider.

Since there are no changes to either the W-2 or W-3 forms this year, Keystone 3.2.2 and higher will correctly print these forms.

Keystone 3.6.21 and higher includes 2021 tax rate changes to federal and some state taxes. See the Release Notes for more information.

Please update Keystone to the latest version throughout the month of January to make sure you have the latest federal and state tax rates.


Your W-2 Filing Options

Paper W-2

Any Employer with fewer than 250 employees can print both employee copies and government copies from Keystone. Distribute W2s to employees. Mail government copies to appropriate agencies.

Web Services E-File

Use Keystone to prepare and upload data to our online service partner. For a small per-employee fee have all W-2s printed and mailed to employees and E-Filed to government agencies. See: W-2 Filing Web Service.

  • No need to purchase and print mail W-2s
  • Employees receive printed W-2s and emailed W-2s with the ability to re-print
  • This option supports all states.


Notes for 2020 Year End

  • Employers with more than 250 employees will need to report health insurance costs paid by the company to each employee.
    • Keystone has the ability to track these health insurance costs. Keystone payroll users have 2 options:

Also see: Health Insurance

Year End Procedures

Before Running the first Payroll of the new Year

Set Up Retirement Plan Limits

  • Run Adjust Company Definitions & Factors from the payroll Setup/Utilities Menu
  • Select the correct Link for the retirement plan.
  • Stretch the width of the screen or scroll to the right until you see the factor name for annual limit
  • Update the annual limit amount.

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NOTE: Check for changes to retirement plans for 2021

For Employees who qualify for the higher catch up limit:

  • Run Adjust Definition Balances From the Payroll Setup/Utilities menu.
  • Widen the screen or scroll to the right and find the Limit factor.
  • Set the higher limit amount. Leave Blank for all other employees.

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Set Up Suta Rates & Limits

Note: Not all Keystone Payroll systems are configured to calculate Suta & Futa during the payroll process.

  • Run Adjust Company Definitions & Factors from the Payroll Setup/Utilities Menu
  • Select the correct Link for the Suta Calculation
  • Stretch the width of the screen or scroll to the right until you see the factor name for annual limit and rate.
  • Update the limit and rate amounts.

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Processing W2s

NOTE: Accuwage is designed to verify the Federal W2 E-File. Though it may work for some states, in general it should only be used to validate the Federal file. For some states, it may report errors where there are none.

NOTE: Payroll may be run in the new year before the prior year W2s are printed. Payroll runs in the new year will not affect prior year W2s.

Frequently check Keystone Help and this page for any updates

GivenHansco strongly recommends that you manually verify the numbers reported on W2/W3 forms and use the SSA AccuWage program to verify the numbers on W2 E-File Export. By submitting W2/W3 forms and W2 E-File Export data to the IRS, you are legally testifying to the accuracy of the data.

ACA Reporting - 1095-C

Preparing Keystone Data for 1095

Processing ACA Forms (1094/1095)

If required continue on to Payroll: ACA Reporting

Tax Year 2021

  • Keystone 3.6.?? has been updated with new 2021 FEDERAL income tax rates and social security and medicare income thresholds as well as the following state income tax rates: CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, VT, WA, WV, WY.
  • Please check this page throughout the year for further updates!!
  • To assist with state specific tax information, please consult the following link: http://www.payroll-taxes.com/state-tax.htm
    (NOTE: GivenHansco is not responsible for the information provided on this site, we are providing this as a self-help service for our customers.)

W-4 Form

In 2020 the IRS created a new W-4 form which impacts calculation of federal taxes in Keystone Payroll.

Going forward, Keystone automatically adds new employee factors to the Federal Tax definition of every employee.

New Employee Factors in Keystone Payroll

Here is a description of the new factors and how they relate to the new 2020 W-4 form.

NOTE: These factors are only used with the new W-4 Form.

Keystone Factor Id 2020 W-4 Form Comment
W4YEAR Enter 2020 when using the new 2020 W-4 form, blank otherwise
TAXFILEST Step 1(c) Enter:
1 for Single
2 for Married filing Jointly
3 for Married filing Separately
5 for Head of Household
6 for Qualifying Widower
W4TWOJOBS Step 2(c) Enter Y if the box is checked, blank otherwise
W4DEPEND Step 3 Line 3 Enter the amount (this is an annual amount)
W4OTHINC Step 4 Line 4(a) Enter the amount (this is an annual amount)
W4DEDUCT Step 4 Line 4(b) Enter the amount (this is an annual amount)
TAXADDWH Step 4 Line 4(c) Enter the amount (this is a per pay period amount)

Example

Here is an example 2020 W-4 Form for an employee:

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Here is an example from Employee Maintenance showing how to enter the data from the form into Keystone:

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The employee has filled out the new W-4 Form. Enter "2021" in the W4YEAR factor.

The employee's filing status is Single. Enter "1" in the TAXFILEST factor.

The employee has checked the "two jobs" box in step 2(c). Enter "Y" in the W4TWOJOBS factor.

The employee has indicated 1 qualifying child under age 17 which results in a $2000 entry in step 3 line 3. Enter "2000" in the W4DEPEND factor.

The employee has indicated $8000 of Other Income in step 4 line 4(a). Enter "8000" in the W4OTHINC factor.

The employee has indicated $12000 of Deductions in step 4 line 4(b). Enter "12000" in the W4DEDUCT factor.

The employee has indicated $50 of Extra Withholding in step 4 line 4(c). Enter "50" in the TAXADDWH factor.

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