Additional Medicare Tax for Wages over $200K

Revised:  12/2020


Medicare only Employees
The Additional Medicare Tax Setup will allow you to continue to compute Medicare after reaching $200,000 in wages.  This process affects the Employee Portion ONLY and not the Employer Match.  Medicare only.  You only need to change the Deduction code currently using for the Medicare deduction.

 

1.  Select Human Resources

2.  Select Human Resources Control Center

3.  Select Deduction & Benefit Master

 

 

4.  Select deduction code : MC (Medicare, Employee Deduction)

5.  Set the percentage amount in the Percent field of the deduction code to zero.

6.  Deduction/Benefit Graduated Step Values:  Complete the following fields:

Cutoff Period needs to be coded with a “C” (for Calendar Year)

Set the Step1 Earnings To: 200000.00

Set the Step1 Percent: 1.45

Set the Step2 Earnings To: 9999999.99

Set the Step2 Percent: 2.35

Set the Step3 Earnings to: 0.00

Set the Step3 Percent: 0.00

7.  Select Save

 

Medicare over 200K for FICA Employees

This additional tax is on the employee portion only and not the employer match.


1.  Select Human Resources

2.  Select Human Resources Control Center

3.  Select Deduction & Benefit Master

 

 

 

4.  Select “Add” to add a new code

Create a new Deduction code: MEDNEW

Complete required fields for timing code, liability account number, vendor, etc.

5.  Set the percentage amount in the Percent field of the deduction code to zero.

6.  Deduction/Benefit Graduated Step Values:  Complete the following fields:

Set the Gross code Indicator to G3

Cutoff Period needs to be coded with a “C” (for Calendar Year)

Set the Step1 Earnings To: 200000.00

Set the Step1 Percent: 0

Set the Step2 Earnings To: 9999999.99

Set the Step2 Percent: 0.9

Set the Step3 Earnings to: 0.00

Set the Step3 Percent: 0

7.  Select Save