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ezAccounting Payroll FAQs: How to Set up FUTA and SUTA

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Step 1: Start ezAccounting and click top menu "Payroll/Employee", then the sub menu "Tax Setup"


You can double click the desktop ezAccounting icon to start ezAccounting.

federal and state unemployment tax setup

Step 2: Federal Unemployment Tax

FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax) is Employer-side tax only and will not be printed on paycheck stubs. The default tax rate for 2025 is 6%. However, many companies can take up to 5.4% credit. IF you do not know your FUTA rate, please contact your local IRS office.

The FUTA rate is in percent. ie: if you tax rate is 0.006 or 0.6%, you should enter 0.6 there.

Step 3: State Unemployment Tax



SUTA (State Unemployment Tax) is Employer-side tax only and will not be printed on paycheck stubs.

The SUTA rate is in percent. ie: if you tax rate is 0.032 or 0.6%, you should enter 3.2 there.

Step 4: Save your changes



Note: Reports

If you need to view FUTA and SUTA report, you can click the top menu "Reports" and click the sub menu "Employee Report", then choose "Employee Summary List".

federal and state unemployment report



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