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Does Square Payroll automatically deduct FICA taxes?

JonS82 — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:55:21 GMT

The title of this thread has been edited from the original: FICA Taxes

Does Square Payroll automatically deduct FICA taxes or is it something I need to do manually?

Re: FICA Taxes

VanKalkerFarms — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:42:34 GMT

Square payroll takes care of all the payroll related deductions. I don't use it so let me tag in someone that does so they can answer your questions better. @ACAcatering

Re: FICA Taxes

ACAcatering — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:45:57 GMT

@VanKalkerFarms is correct. There are no taxes that you need to deal with. Below is a screenshot of a recent payroll history.

Re: Does Square Payroll automatically deduct FICA taxes?

Helen — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:15:06 GMT

Thank you @VanKalkerFarms @ACAcatering!

@JonS82 I also checked in with our Payroll team who added that Payroll will debit for FICA based on the information on the Employee's W-4. Hope this helps!

Re: FICA Taxes

yliu1979 — Tue, 07 May 2019 19:33:37 GMT

I have employees who are exempt from FICA taxes. Is there a way to handle that? @ACAcatering

Re: FICA Taxes

Helen — Thu, 09 May 2019 16:18:15 GMT

👋 Helen here @yliu1979. Right now Square Payroll isn't able to support FICA exempt employees. I'll share your feedback with the Payroll team - hopefully we'll be able to support these employees in future.

Re: FICA Taxes

sodaburst — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:35:18 GMT

Has this issue been resolved? I have 2 dependent children that work for me and thus they are exempt from having to pay any FICA. I want to enroll them in payroll on Square but I can't if it's not possible to claim this legal exemption. Thanks for any info you can provide.

Re: FICA Taxes

Micheler — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 02:27:13 GMT

have you found a resolution to this? I also have a dependent child that I need to figure out how to pay being exempt from both FICA and FUTA. I have other employees on square and would like to add him, but cannot figure out how to get around those taxes. How else can I pay him "legally"?

Re: FICA Taxes

JJ_ — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:24:47 GMT

Hey @Micheler.

At this time Square Payroll is not able to exempt employees from FICA and FUTA. We are working hard and hoping to make this a possibility soon, but until then this is considered a Feature Request. Thank you for resurfacing this.

Also wanted to Welcome you to the Seller Community ✨

Re: FICA Taxes

Mwilde1 — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 01:12:34 GMT

JJ, I too would like to pay my children without FICA and FUTA. Any idea when this feature might be available?

Re: FICA Taxes

frances_a — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 01:43:23 GMT

Hello @Mwilde1!

Welcome to the Seller Community, we're always happy to see new faces.

Stepping in for JJ here.

When it comes to this feature request, we don't have a timeline for it yet.

We will be updating this thread when we have more information to share.

Thank you!

Re: FICA Taxes

JFT — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:17:15 GMT

Any updates on this? I am in the same situation.

Re: FICA Taxes

JJ_ — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:11:24 GMT

Hello @JFT

Yes, Square will withhold FICA, both the employee and the employer portions. You can learn more about this in our Square Payroll Tax Filings and Payments guide.

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gevans0 — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 03:10:24 GMT

Has this issue been resolved yet? I need to be able to pay my children without FICA and FUTA.

Re: FICA Taxes

JJ_ — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 19:53:32 GMT

Hey @gevans0

At this time, Square Payroll cannot exempt employees from specific taxes. This is considered a feature request. We’d love it if you'd submit this request on our Ideate page for Square Payroll. Our team monitors these boards, and we triage them to measure needs. You can search the boards to see if this has been requested before and add your use case if so!

Re: FICA Taxes

AMBTS — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:49:27 GMT

This request is going g on 4 years old. Is anyone at Square able to hel with this issue?

I have a new tax exempt employee, and their taxes were taken out, even though they marked "exempt" on their W-4.

What does marking exempt mean for Square payroll, as the option does not seem to be exempting anything.