Timeline

When will this be released?

Release Date: 07/24/2025 from 05:30 – 06:30 pm PDT, PST.

Is there downtime for this release?

No.

Tax Updates

The latest round of tax updates from the Symmetry tax engine were released. They contain both updates from the R6 and R7 release.

SUTA Surcharge - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Virgin Islands

SUTA surcharge will be applied with this release. It will impact agencies in the following states. They will see an increase in their SUTA costs from the first pay check after this release. 

Alabama OT expiring

Alabama overtime wage exemption expiring June 30, 2025

The temporary Alabama state tax exemption for overtime wages will expire on June 30,

2025. This exemption, effective since January 1, 2024, excluded overtime wages from state income tax and subject wage calculations and was introduced in 2023. No changes are required on your end. The system will automatically resume including overtime wages as taxable income for Alabama state tax purposes starting July 1, 2025.

USA:  New Taxes

Ohio:

• Milford JEDD VIII:  Effective April 1, 2025, Union Township and the City of Milford have established a new JEDD with a rate of 1%. People employed within the JEDD area are subject to the tax. The JEDD contains the Children's Hospital Campus. Reference: RITA.
• North Hampton city:  Effective July 1, 2025, the Village of North Hampton has enacted a 1% income tax, with no credit allowed for taxes paid to other municipalities (credit and credit limit are 0%). This tax is administered by the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA).
• Granville Township: Effective October 29, 2024, a new JEDD has been established in Granville Township with a rate of 1.5%. It is administered by the Village of Granville.
• Millville City: Effective June 1, 2025, Union Township has established a JEDD tax with the Village of Batavia on the following two retail marijuana dispensaries: "The Forest Cincinnati" and "Beyond Hello Cincinnati Dispensary." The rate is 1%. The tax is administered by RITA.

USA:  Updated Taxes

Georgia

• Georgia State Tax updated: Effective July 1, 2025, the flat tax rate for the Georgia State Tax has decreased from 5.39% to 5.19%.

Iowa:

•  Effective July 1, 2025, a previous state’s SUTA wages will not count towards the Iowa State Unemployment Tax wage base.  We have modified the definition of “taxable wages” to exclude wages paid to employees working in another state.

Kentucky Somerset OLF: 

• Effective July 1, 2025, the Somerset OLF has increased from 0.6% to 0.9%. This was confirmed directly with the Somerset City Clerk.

New Mexico Employee Workers’ Compensation:

• Effective July 1, 2025, the employee Workers’ Compensation fee increased from $2.00 to $2.25. Additionally, we have updated the name of this tax for consistency:
  • Old Description: “New Mexico Workers’ Compensation”
  • New Description: “New Mexico Workers’ Compensation”
• In addition we updated Employer Worker’s Compensation.  Effective July 1, 2025, the employer Workers’ Compensation fee increased from $2.30 to $2.55.  Additionally, we’ve updated the name of this tax for consistency:

• Old Description: “New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Assessment Fee - Employer”
• New Description: “New Mexico Workers’s Compensation - Employer”

Ohio

• Arcanum City Tax is now administered by RITA: Effective July 1, 2025, the Arcanum City Tax is now administered by RITA. The engine tracks whether an Ohio local tax is administered by RITA and uses this information in certain credit calculations. The tax rate itself remains 1%.
• Bellaire City Tax is now administered by RITA:  Effective July 1, 2025, the Bellaire City Tax is now administered by RITA. The engine tracks whether an Ohio local tax is administered by RITA and uses this information in certain credit calculations. The tax rate itself remains 1%.
• Green Springs City Tax updated:  Effective July 1, 2025, the Green Springs City Tax credit limit increased from 0.5% to 1% and is now administered by RITA. The tax rate remains 1%.
• New Boston City Tax updated: Effective August 1, 2025, the New Boston City Tax is now administered by RITA. The tax rate remains 2.5%.
• Oak Hill City Tax updated: Effective July 1, 2025, the Oak Hill City Tax rate increased from 0.5% to 1%. The credit and credit limit remain 0%.
• Springfield Beckley Airport JEDD Tax updated: Effective July 1, 2025, the Springfield Beckley Airport JEDD Tax is now administered by RITA. Additionally, the tax name ( taxDescription ) was updated from Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport JEDD Tax to Springfield Beckley Airport JEDD Tax.
• Springfield City Tax updated:  Effective July 1, 2025, the Springfield City Tax credit limit increased from 1.2% to 2.4% and it is now administered by RITA. The tax rate remains 2.4%.
• Vermilion City Tax updated: Effective January 1, 2025, the Vermilion City Tax credit limit increased from 0.5% to 1%. The tax rate remains 1.5% and credit remains 100%.
• Germantown City Tax updated: Effective January 1, 2026, the Germantown City Tax will be administered by RITA. The credit rate (credit limit) increased from 0.9% to 1.5%. The tax rate remains 1.5% and the credit factor (tax credit) remains 60%.
• New Lebanon City Tax updated: Effective October 1, 2025, the New Lebanon City Tax will be administered by RITA. The tax rate remains 1% with no credit.

Oregon

• Eugene Community Safety Payroll Tax updated: Effective July 1, 2025, the employee CSPT annual wage brackets have been streamlined and the middle tier of this tax, which previously applied a rate of 0.0030, has been eliminated. The lower and higher tier rates remain unchanged:
  • Employees earning more than $31,304.00 will be subject to the Eugene Community Safety Payroll Tax at a rate of 0.0044 (0.44%)
  • Employees earning $31,304.00 or less are exempt from this tax

Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia City Tax updated: Effective July 1, 2025, the Philadelphia City Tax has been updated:
  • The resident rate has decreased from 3.75% to 3.74%
  • The nonresident rate has decreased from 3.44% to 3.43%

Utah

• Utah State Tax updated
  • Effective June 1, 2025, the Utah State Tax has been updated:
    • The tax rate decreased from 4.55% to 4.5%
    • The value of a base allowance (Utah Schedule 7, line 3) has increased:
    • Single: $450 (from $440)
    • Married: $900 (from $880)
    • The amount subtracted from wages (Utah Schedule 7, line 4) has increased:
    • Single: $9,107 (from $8,826)
    • Married: $18,213 ($17,652)

Virginia

• Virginia State Tax updated:  Effective July 1, 2025, the Virginia State Tax standard deduction amount has increased from $8,500 to $8,750.

Washington

• Washington State Unemployment Tax updated:  Effective January 1, 2026, the Washington State Unemployment Tax wage base will increase from $72,800 to $78,200.
• Washington EAF updated: Effective January 1, 2026, the Washington Employment Administration Fund (EAF) wage base will increase from $72,800 to $78,200.

Wyoming

• Wyoming State Unemployment Tax updated:  Effective January 1, 2026, the Wyoming State Unemployment Tax wage base increased from $32,400 to $33,800.  Note: The WY ER_SUTA wage base increase is effective only from January 1, 2026.

USA:  Retroactively Updated Taxes

Idaho

• Idaho State Tax updated
  • Effective April 28, 2025, the Idaho State Tax has been updated:
    • The annual tax brackets for Single and Married Persons have been updated.
    • The value of an annual withholding allowance increased from $3,600 to $3,868.
    • The supplemental flat rate decreased from 5.695% to 5.3%.

Hawaii

• Hawaii SUTA maximum rate updated
  • Effective January 1, 2025, the maximum Hawaii SUTA rate (beyond which the Hawaii Employment And Training Tax will be exempted) has decreased from 5.8% (0.058) to 5.6% (0.056).

Kentucky

• Perryville OLF updated for 2023
  • Effective 1 January 2023, the Perryville OLF increased from 1% to 1.5%.

New Jersey

• Benefit applicability reverted for New Jersey labor taxes
  • After further discussion with the New Jersey Department of Labor, we have corrected how employer benefit contributions are handled for the following New Jersey labor labor taxes:
    • New Jersey Employer SDI (34-000-0000-ER_SDI-001)
    • New Jersey State Unemployment Tax (34-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000)
    • NJ Work Force Development / Supplemental Work Force (34-000-0000- ER_SUTA_SC-048)
    • New Jersey Family Leave Insurance (34-000-0000-FLI-000)
    • New Jersey SDI (34-000-0000-SDI-000)
    • New Jersey SUI (34-000-0000-SUI-000
  • For these taxes, the engine will now treat employer contributions to benefits 401(k), Roth 401(k), SIMPLE IRA (3% Matching), SIMPLE IRA (2% Nonelective), and Section 125 as nontaxable, which means they will have no subject wages.

Ohio

• Lakewood City Tax updated: Effective January 1, 1900, the Oak Hill City Tax credit increased to 100% and the credit limit decreased to 0.5%. The tax rate remains 1.5%.
• Benefit taxability for local taxes corrected: We have corrected the following taxes to treat employee contributions to a Section 125, HSA, FSA, or Dependent Care FSA as pre-tax. Employee and employer contributions to any other benefit type will be post-tax and will not impact subject wages.

• Bolivar City Tax updated
  • Effective January 1, 2021, we've retroactively corrected the Bolivar City Tax credit rate (credit limit) from 1% to 0.5%. In effect, this means that the credit amount has remained 0.5% since 2016. The tax rate itself remains unchanged.
• Crestline City Tax updated
  • Effective January 1, 2025, there is no longer a credit factor (tax credit) nor a credit rate (credit limit) for the Crestline City Tax; both values have both been set to 0%. The tax rate remains 2% for 2025.
• Dresden City Tax updated
  • Effective February 1, 2025, the Dresden City Tax is now administered by RITA. This can affect credit computations under certain circumstances. Additionally, the credit limit increased from 0.5% to 1%. The rate remains 1%.
• Valley View JEDD updated
  • Effective January 1, 2025, the Valley View JEDD decreased from 1.5% to 1.25%.
  • Additionally, we have corrected the initial effective date of the Valley View JEDD from August 1, 2022, to October 25, 2021.

Pennsylvania

• The following Earned Income Taxes (EITs) have been updated effective January 1, 2025, per the latest updates to the Pennsylvania Real-Time Register on April 14, 2025.
  • Bally Borough, Boyertown Area School District (42-011-1214908-EIT-060753)
    • Effective January 1, 2025:
      • The municipal nonresident EIT rate increased from 0% to 1%
      • The municipal resident EIT rate remains 0.5%
      • The school district resident EIT rate remains 0.5%
      • The total resident EIT rate remains 1%
      • The municipal low income exemption (LIE) amount remains $0
      • The school district low income exemption (LIE) amount remains $0
  • Heidelberg Township, Conrad Weiser Area School District
    • Effective January 1, 2025:
      • The municipal nonresident EIT rate increased from 0% to 1%
      • The municipal resident EIT rate remains 0.5%
      • The school district resident EIT rate remains 0.5%
      • The total resident EIT rate remains 1%
      • The municipal low income exemption (LIE) amount remains $0
      • The school district low income exemption (LIE) amount remains $0
  • South Canaan Township, Western Wayne School District
    • Effective April 1, 2025:
      • The municipal nonresident EIT rate increased from 0% to 0.5%
      • The municipal resident EIT rate increased from 0% to 0.5%
      • The school district resident EIT rate remains 0%
      • The total resident EIT rate increased from 0% to 0.5%
      • The municipal low income exemption (LIE) amount remains $0
      • The school district low income exemption (LIE) amount remains $0

West Virginia

• Benefit taxability for local taxes corrected: local West Virginia taxes, we corrected the following taxes to treat employee and employer benefit contributions as post-tax, which will therefore not impact subject wages.

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island State Unemployment Tax wage base threshold updated:  Effective January 1, 2025, the maximum Rhode Island SUTA rate (beyond which the wage base changes from $29,800 to $31,300) increased from 9.49% to 9.7%.

USA:  Other Information Updates

Colorado

• When retrieving the supplemental flat rate for the Colorado State Tax, the engine was incorrectly returning the previous rate of 4.55% for 2023 and later. The engine will now show the correct supplemental rate of 4.4% for Colorado when querying the engine with a date from 2023 and later. Please note that this does not impact any calculation results, only the displayed supplemental rate shown when querying the engine!

Iowa

• Updated Filing Status
  • O
    • Old value: “Other”
    • New value: “Other (Including Single)”
  • M
    • Old value:  “Married”
    • New value: “Married filing jointly or Qualifying Surviving Spouse”

Kentucky

• The Versailles - OLF (tax ID 21-000-506028-OLF-000) will now return $2,000,000 (which is the first bracket in the bracket tier) as the wage base in the payroll calculation results. As a reminder, this tax uses the following brackets for wage base and rate:
  • For the first $2,000,000 reported, the rate is 1.5%
  • For the next $3,000,000 reported, the rate is 1.0%
  • For all over $5,000,000 ($2,000,000 initial bracket at 1.5% + the next bracket for the next $3,000,000 at 1%), the rate will be 0.5%

Minnesota

• The System currently supports Minnesota PFML for wage reporting. To properly report subject wages, the System expects both the employer and employee tax IDs to be set up within the payroll calculation. In the event only the employee tax ID is set, the STE will still return the employee and employer tax ID in the results.  
• Previously, in the event only the employee tax ID was set (and the employer tax ID was excluded), wage values were returned for both the employee and employer tax ID. We have corrected this behavior so that if only the employee tax ID is set (and the employer tax ID is excluded), the system will return $0.00 for gross wages and subject wages for the employer tax ID while returning the proper wage value for the employee tax ID.
• For reference, the Minnesota PFML tax IDs are:
  • Employee tax ID: 27-000-0000-FLI-000
  • Employer tax ID: 27-000-0000-ER_FLI-000

Montana

• While the Montana State Tax calculation did not change for 2025, the title of Line 4 of the Form MW-4 changed from "Reduced withholding" to "Specified withholding." We have updated the description and the help text of the REDUCED_WH_AMT miscellaneous parameter accordingly: Note: This will not impact clients setup.
  • Old Description: "Reduced withholding"
  • New Description: "Specified Withholding Amount"
  • Old Help Text: "The reduced withholding amount from line 4 of form MW-4"
  • New Help Text: "Line 4 of the withholding form; Specified withholding from retirement distributions or unemployment compensation for Montana."

Nebraska

• Updated Filing Status
  • Old value:  “Married”
  • New value: “Married Filing Jointly or Qualifying Widow(er)”

Ohio

• Geneva Area CSD description corrected
  • Old description: “Geneva LSD (0404) Tax”
  • New description: “Geneva Area CSD (0404) Tax”

Wyoming

• Wyoming Workers Compensation displayed wage base corrected
  • Previously, when querying the system  information on the Wyoming Workers’ Compensation, the “quarterly statewide average wage for corporate officers” amount was incorrectly returned as the wage base amount. The wage base will now correctly be returned as $0, as this tax does not have a wage base. This fix does not impact the calculation of the tax.

USA:  Miscellaneous Tax Description

Wyoming

• We've updated the names of the following taxes in order to align with the names currently used in official documentation:
  • 11-000-0000-ER_FLI-000
    • Old Description: "DC Paid Family Leave - Employer"
    • New Description: "District of Columbia Paid Family Leave"
  • 21-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-059
    • Old Description: "Kentucky Service Capacity Upgrade Fund Surcharge Tax"
    • New Description: "Kentucky Service Capacity Upgrade Fund"
  • 23-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-041
    • Old Description: "Maine CSSF"
    • New Description: "Maine Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund"
  • 23-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-061
    • Old Description: "Maine UPAF"
    • New Description: "Maine Unemployment Program Administrative Fund"
  • 34-000-0000-ER_POP-001
    • Old Description: "NJ Waterfront Payroll Tax - Employer (only select NJ Harbor Employers)"
    • New Description: "New Jersey Waterfront Payroll Tax"
  • 34-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-048
    • Old Description: "NJ Work Force Development/Supplemental Work Force"
    • New Description: "New Jersey Workforce Development/Supplemental Workforce Funds"
  • 39-000-0000-JEDD-128
    • Old Description: "Jackson Canton TSG JEDD Tax"
    • New Description: "Jackson-Canton TSG JEDD Tax"
  • 39-000-1057982-CITY-000
    • Old Description: "St. Henry City Tax"
    • New Description: "Saint Henry City Tax"
  • 39-000-1064378-CITY-000
    • Old Description: "Baltimore City Tax"
    • New Description: "Baltimore OH City Tax"
  • 39-000-1079598-CITY-000
    • Old Description: "The Village of Indian Hill City Tax"
    • New Description: "Village of Indian Hill City Tax"
  • 42-007-1214861-EIT-040503
    • Old Description: "Aliquippa, Borough of - EIT - Aliquippa S D (040503)"
    • New Description: "Aliquippa, City of - EIT - Aliquippa S D (040503)"
  • 42-007-1214861-LST-040503
    • Old Description: "Aliquippa, Borough of - LST - Aliquippa S D (040503)"
    • New Description: "Aliquippa, City of - LST - Aliquippa S D (040503)"
  • 50-000-0000-ER_EHT-000
    • Old Description: "Vermont Catamount Healthcare Assessment Tax - Employer"
    • New Description: "Vermont Health Care Fund Contribution Assessment"
  • 53-000-0000-FLI-000
    • Old Description: "Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave"
    • New Description: "Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave - Employee"
  • 53-000-1512650-ER_POP-010
    • Old Description: "Seattle Payroll Expense tax"
    • New Description: "Seattle Payroll Expense Tax"
  • 69-000-0000-WST-000
    • Old Description: "Northern Mariana Islands WST"
    • New Description: "Northern Mariana Islands Wage and Salary Tax"

Other

• We've updated the names of the following taxes in order to align with the names currently used in official documentation:
  • 18-067-0000-CNTY-000
    • Old Description: "Howard County Tax"
    • New Description: "Howard County IN Tax"
  • 18-077-0000-CNTY-000
    • Old Description: "Jefferson County Tax"
    • New Description: "Jefferson County IN Tax"
  • 18-107-0000-CNTY-000
    • Old Description: "Montgomery County Tax"
    • New Description: "Montgomery County IN Tax"
  • 24-043-0000-CNTY-000
    • Old Description: "Washington County Tax"
    • New Description: "Washington County MD Tax"
  • 36-000-0000-ER_POP-001
    • Old Description: "NY Waterfront Payroll Tax - Employer (only select NY Harbor Employers)"
    • New Description: "New York Waterfront Payroll Tax"
  • 39-000-0000-SCHL-0501
    • Old Description: "Alexander LSD (0501) Tax"
    • New Description: "Alexander LSD (0501)"
  • 39-000-0000-SCHL-1404
    • Old Description: "Wilmington CSD (1404) Tax"
    • New Description: "Wilmington CSD (1404)"
  • 39-000-1061427-CITY-000
    • Old Description: "Jackson City Tax"
    • New Description: "Jackson OH City Tax"
  • 42-073-1216669-LST-378003
    • Old Description: "Wilmington, Township of - LST - Wilmington Area S D
    • (378003)"
    • New Description: "Wilmington, Township of - LST - Wilmington Area S D
    • (378003) (073)"
  • 60-000-0000-SIT-000
    • Old Description: "American Samoa Territory Tax"
    • New Description: "American Samoa Wage Tax"
  • 42-003-1217318-LST-657103
    • Old Description: "Trafford, Borough of - LST - Penn-Trafford S D (657103)"
    • New Description: "Trafford, Borough of - LST - Penn-Trafford S D (657103) (003)"
  • 42-129-1217318-LST-657103
    • Old Description: "Trafford, Borough of - LST - Penn-Trafford S D (657103)"
    • New Description: "Trafford, Borough of - LST - Penn-Trafford S D (657103) (129)"

Ohio

• We've updated the names of the following taxes in order to align with the names currently used in official documentation: 
  • 39-000-0000-JEDD-070
    • Old Description: "Milford II JEDD Tax"
    • New Description: "Milford JEDD II Tax"
  • 39-000-0000-JEDD-071
    • Old Description: "Milford III JEDD Tax"
    • New Description: "Milford JEDD III Tax"
  • 39-000-0000-JEDD-072
    • Old Description: "Milford IV JEDD Tax"
    • New Description: "Milford JEDD IV Tax"
  • 39-000-0000-JEDD-110
    • Old Description: "Union Township-City of Milford JEDD V Tax"
    • New Description: "Milford JEDD V Tax"
  • 39-000-0000-JEDD-122
    • Old Description: "Milford VI JEDD Tax"
    • New Description: "Milford JEDD VI Tax"

Please note that these are informational changes only—no tax rates, calculations, or logic have been modified.

Bugs Resolved

Functional

508(C) Compliance