EmpowHR: Section 8 - ESS

Entering/Changing/Canceling Federal Tax Data

To Enter/Change/Cancel Federal Tax Data:

1. Select the Employee Self Service menu group.
2. Select the Tasks menu.
3. Select the Payroll Documents component.
4. Select Modify Federal Tax. The Federal Tax tab is displayed.

   

5. Complete the fields as follows:

   Field	Description/Instruction
   Empl ID	Populated when the employee signs on to ESS Employee Self-Service.
   SSN	Populated when the employee signs on to ESS Employee Self-Service.
   Federal Tax Data	Description/Instruction
   *Effective Date	Required field. Populated with the beginning date of the current pay period. This field can be changed by clicking the search icon.
   Pay Period	Populated with the coordinating pay period.
   Date Entered	Populated with the date that the information was entered.
   User ID	Populated when the employee signs on to ESS Employee Self-Service.
   Transaction Status	Defaults to In Progress and reflects the status of the transaction. The transaction status will change when the transaction is saved, is in suspense, or resent to NFC National Finance Center.
   Exemption Data	Instruction
   Tax Marital Status	Select the tax marital status from the drop-down list.
   Total Number of Allowances Claimed	Enter the number of exemptions.
   Additional Withholding Amount	Enter the additional amount (dollar amount) to be withheld in addition to the Total Number of Allowances Claimed.

6. Click Save.
7. Click OK.