Tax Marital Status Defaulting to R-Non resident alien

New employees tax marital status is defined as R-non resident alien in Employee Deductions, not reflecting their actual marital status.

• Munis

• Personnel Actions

• Employee Master

• Employee Deductions

• Employee Job/Salary

• The tax marital status was defined as Unreported in Employee Master.

• When adding the base pay record in Employee Job/Salary, the Marital Status pulls into Federal and State withholding as R-Non Resident Alien.

• User did not update these fields with corrected marital status information. 

Prior to adding Job/Salary records for new employees, make sure the Tax Marital Status is defined correctly in Employee Master Program.

1. Go to Employee Master (Payroll>Employee Maintenance>Employee Master)

2. Search for the employee. Click the Demographics tab. Note the Actual Marital Status field. 

To correct Marital Status in Employee Deductions:

1. Go to Employee Deductions (Payroll>Employee Maintenance>Employee Deductions)

2. Search for the employee and deduction code. Click Update. 

3. Define correct Marital Status.