Payroll Mate® Software Tutorials

This tutorial shows how to set up Washington Labor and Industry Tax inside Payroll Mate® software.

The Washington Labor and Industries (L&I) tax is a payroll tax generally paid by both the company and employee. The tax is based on hours worked with different rates for different occupations. Users will need to set up two items per employee to calculate the L&I tax: one tax for the company contribution and one tax for the employee deduction. 

Summary of Steps

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Employer paid Contribution

• Click → Company from shortcuts
• Click → Tax Categories
• Click → Add
• Enter new Tax Details for Employer paid contribution, enter W2 Options as needed
• Click → OK

Employee paid Contribution

• Click → Add
• Enter new Tax Details for Employee paid contribution, enter W2 Options as needed
• Click → OK

To update employees to apply the new taxes

• Click → Employees from shortcuts
• Select the employee to edit
• Click → Edit
• The Modify Employee Wizard will open, Click → Next until you reach the Taxes page
• Checkmark the new taxes that need to be applied to this employee
• Click → Next until you reach the last page
• Click → Finish