2020 End of Year Information

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Last updated: 11 18, 2021

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Issue/Symptom/Question

Where can I find all information related to PENTA and 2020 End of Year?

Where can I find the End of Year Guides?

Where can I review the past End of Year Bulletins?

Applies To

Penta for Windows

Bulletins

End of Year Guides

State Tax Withholding Guide

Used for setting up withholding codes in states that require special setup. Updated as of 1/1/20 and there have been no updates for 2021.

2020 State Tax Withholding Guide Jan 2020

December Tax Kit Details

The 2020 December End of Year Tax Kit includes Federal and State changes announced prior to December 9th. This includes changes/updates to the following:

  • Federal withholding tables
  • Federal FICA wage base
  • 1099-NEC (paper and electronic)
  • 1099-MISC (paper and electronic)
  • FFCRA box 14 reporting
  • Ohio RITA W2 Reporting
  • Ohio local W2 Reporting (Bowling Green, Columbus, Maumee and Toledo only)


State withholding updates

    • Arkansas

    • California

    • Idaho

    • Iowa

    • Maine

    • Missouri

    • New Jersey

    • New York

    • South Carolina

State UC Wage Base updates

    • Delaware

    • Hawaii

    • Idaho

    • Illinois

    • Iowa

    • Missouri

    • Montana

    • New Jersey

    • New Mexico

    • New York

    • Oregon

    • Utah

    • Vermont

    • Wyoming

Patch Details

If your environment requires a patch to be installed then please go to your downloads page and download and install the patch for COMP000670. This is the patch related to this End of Year and includes screen changes for the 1099 process to support 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC.

Reminder:

  1. Install the patch file on your production client machines
  2. If you are using centralized production.ini files:
    1. If you are unsure if you use a central .ini file please review this Knowledge Base article.
    2. Find the patch.ini file that was installed with the tax kit update. This will be in the ‘Installation Directory’ usually located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Penta Technologies, Inc\Penta for Windows
    3. The patch.ini builds upon previously installed patches and will need to be copied to the centralized location.
    4. Copy the patch.ini file to the Central Location for the production environment after the patch is installed. Both the ‘Installation Directory’ and the Central location should have the same patch.ini file. 

January Tax Kit Details

The 2021 January Tax Kit includes State changes announced prior to January 15th. This includes changes/updates to the following:

State withholding updates

    • Colorado

    • Illinois
    • Kentucky
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Mississippi
    • New Mexico
    • North Dakota
    • Oregon
    • Rhode Island
    • Vermont

State UC Wage Base updates

    • Alaska

    • Arkansas

    • Delaware (revised)

    • Kentucky

    • Nevada

    • North Carolina

    • North Dakota

    • Rhode Island

    • Virgin Islands

    • Washington

Delivery of the January Tax Kit does not require scheduling as it includes table only changes that do not require downtime or users to be out of PENTA.Â