RELEASED: 2019-R2b Payroll update

Work will begin Friday, Jan 11 on the next payroll update. 

You can see the initial list of updates from the 2019-R1a updates planned for release in addition to the final set of year end changes that will be included in the R2 update. As of 1/14/2019, the update looks to be binary only and should be a quicker release. 

Update: 1/24

There have been some complexities found in the update, and a customer reported bug was fixed in the R2a update. We'll be moving to the R2a update instead of R2. The 2012 R3 update will be available at the earliest at the end of next week 1/31, with the other versions a few days behind. This is our estimate and we'll give one more update as we get closer. 

Update: 2/1: 2012 R3 is in the final stages and will likely be available through LCS sometime between 2/2 and 2/5, with the other releases to follow once official testing is completed. 

Update: 2/5: - The new 2019-R2b payroll tax updates are now available for AX 2012 R3. The updates can be downloaded from the following links They are also available via LCS now.

CustomerSource

2012 - https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/northamerica/AX/downloads/tax-regulatory-updates/MicrosoftDynamicsAX2012USPayrollTaxUpdates

PartnerSource

2012 - https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/northamerica/deployment/downloads/tax-regulatory-updates/MicrosoftDynamicsAX2012USPayrollTaxUpdates

The Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations updates are complete as of 2/14. You can find those on LCS issue search by searching for 2019-R2b. 

Dynamics-365-FO-2019_2D00_R2b-Payroll-Update-Release-Notes.pdf

2019-R1a

US Tax Table/Rate Changes

• The Alaska State Unemployment tax, 02-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000, Wage Base has been updated to $39,900, effective 1/1/1019
• The California State Income Tax, 06-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables have been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Hawaii State Unemployment Tax, 15-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000, Wage Base has been updated to $46,800, effective 1/1/2019
• The Idaho State Unemployment Tax, 16-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000, Wage Base has been updated to $40,000, effective 1/1/2019
• The Illinois State Income Tax, 27-000-0000-SIT-000, Basic Allowance for Dependents has been updated to $2.275, effective 1/1/2019
• The Kentucky State Income Tax, 27-000-0000-SIT-000, Formula has been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Michigan State Income Tax, 27-000-0000-SIT-000, Personal Exemption has been updated to $4,400, effective 1/1/2019
• The Minnesota State Income Tax, 27-000-0000-SIT-000, Formula has been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The New Jersey Employer SDI, 34-000-0000-ER_SDI-000, Wage Base has been updated to $34,400, effective 1/1/2019
• The North Dakota State Income Tax, 38-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables have been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The North Dakota State Unemployment tax, 38-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000, Wage Base has been updated to $36,400, effective 1/1/1019
• The Oregon State Income Tax, 41-000-0000-SIT-000, Formula has been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Rhode Island SDI Tax, 44-000-0000-SDI-000, Wage Base has been updated to $71,000, effective 1/1/2019
• The South Carolina State Income Tax, 45-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables have been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Vermont State Income Tax, 50-000-0000-SIT-000, Formula has been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Carroll County, Indiana Tax, 18-015-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 2.2733%, effective 10/1/2018
• The Cass County, Indiana Tax, 18-017-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 2.6%, effective 10/1/2018
• The Dearborn County, Indiana Tax, 18-029-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 2.6%, effective 10/1/2018
• The Grant County, Indiana Tax, 18-053-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 2.55%, effective 10/1/2018
• The Hancock County, Indiana Tax, 18-059-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 1.74%, effective 10/1/2018
• The Huntington County, Indiana Tax, 18-069-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 1.95%, effective 10/1/2018
• The Jennings County, Indiana Tax, 18-079-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 1.95%, effective 10/1/2018
• The White County, Indiana Tax, 18-181-0000-CNTY-000, Rate has been updated to 2.32%, effective 10/1/2018
• The Bethel, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1064426-CITY-000, has been repealed, effective 12/2/2018
• The Bloomville, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1064457-CITY-000, has been added to the Engine with a Rate of 1%, with no Tax Credit or Credit Limit, effective 1/1/2019
• The Jackson, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1061427-CITY-000, has been repealed, effective 11/24/2018
• The Middlefield, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1061515-CITY-000, Rate has been updated to 1.25%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Mount Orab, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1065073-CITY-000, Rate has been updated to 1.35%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Washingtonville, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1047606-CITY-000, has been repealed, effective 11/26/2018
• The Wayne Lakes, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1058107-CITY-000, has been added to the Engine with a Rate of 1%, with no Tax Credit or Credit Limit, effective 1/1/2019
• The Wellington, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1047670-CITY-000, Rate has been updated to 1.75%, effective 1/1/2019 
• The Butler County Annex JEDD Tax, 39-000-0000-JEDD-118, has been added to the Engine with a rate of 2%, effective 12/12/2018
• The Celina LSD, Ohio School District Tax, 39-000-0000-SCHL-5401, has been added to the Engine with a rate of 1%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Granville EVSD, Ohio School District Tax, 39-000-0000-SCHL-4501, Rate has been updated to .75%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Green LSD, Ohio School District Tax, 39-000-0000-SCHL-8503, has been added to the Engine with a rate of .5%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Hazleton, City of - EIT - Hazleton Area S D (403302), Pennsylvania, 42-079-1215392EIT-403302, Resident Rate has been updated to 2.57% and the Nonresident Rate has been updated to 1.85%, effective 7/1/2018
• The Pennsylvania EIT changes, Effective 1/1/2019, have been added to the Engine.

2019-R1b

US Tax Table/Rate Changes

• The Hawaii State SDI Tax, 15-000-0000-SDI-000, Weekly Taxable Amount has been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Massachusetts State Tax, 25-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables have been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Oklahoma State Tax, 40-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables have been updated, effective 1/1/2019
• The Lane Transit Tax, 41-000-0000-ER_TRANS-002, Rate has been updated to 0.74%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Trimet Excise Tax, 41-000-0000-ER_TRANS-003, Rate has been updated to 0.7637%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Germantown City, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1064716-CITY-000, Rate has been updated to 1.50%, effective 1/1/2019

2019-R1c

Bug Corrections 

• Corrected the California State Income Tax, 06-000-0000-SIT-000, brackets for 2019, as they had been incorrectly applied in the 2019-R1a release.  These have been updated to the tables for 2019 as published by the State of California.
• Corrected an issue with the Oregon State Income Tax, 41-000-0000-SIT-000, where an incorrect amount was being used for the phase out for the application of Federal Income Tax in the reduction of the Oregon Wages to arrive at the BASE in the formulas.  This has been corrected and the appropriate limit/phase out amounts for Federal Income Tax for the various Tiers and Formulas are being applied

2019-R2

US Tax Table/Rate Changes

• The Rhode Island State Unemployment Tax, 44-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000, Wage Base has been updated to $23,600, effective 1/1/1019
• The Rhode Island Job Development Surcharge Tax, 44-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-030, Wage Base has been updated to $23,600, effective 1/1/1019
• The Rhode Island Job Development Surcharge Tax, 44-000-0000-ER_SUTA_SC-030, Rate has been updated to .29%, effective 1/1/1019
• The Conesville, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1048625-CITY-000, Rate has been updated to .5%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Mount Gilead, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1065069-CITY-000, Tax Credit and Credit Limit have been updated to zero, effective 12/26/2018
• The Patterson, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1057914-CITY-000, Rate has been updated to .5%, effective 1/1/2019
• The Woodlawn, Ohio City Tax, 39-000-1048082-CITY-000, Rate has been updated to 2.3%, effective 1/1/2019

2019-R2a

US Tax Table/Rate Changes

• The Colorado State Income Tax, 08-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables and Allowances have been updated, effective 1/1/1019
• The Rhode Island State Income Tax, 08-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables have been updated, effective 1/1/1019.
• The Virgin Islands State Unemployment Tax, 78-000-0000-ER_SUTA-000, Wage Base has been updated to $26,500, effective 1/1/1019
• The Goodwater, Alabama City Tax, 01-000-159683-CITY-000, Maximum Annual Withholding Limit has been updated to $150, effective 1/1/2019
• The Brimfield Tallmadge JEDD Tax, 39-000-0000-JEDD-006, Rate has been updated to 1.5%, effective 1/1/2019. 
• The Macedonia Northfield Center Twp JEDD Tax, 39-000-0000-JEDD-024, Rate has been updated to 2.5%, effective 1/1/2019. 

US Tax Table/Rate Corrections

• Disabled the Green LSD (7707), Ohio Tax, 39-000-0000-SCHL-7707, in the Engine.  This School District is in Summit County and had been erroneously enabled along with the newly announced Green LSD (8503) in Wayne County was added to the Engine.  The Green LSD (8503) Tax, 39-000-0000-SCHL-8503 is the active tax.
• Updated the New Jersey State Income Tax, 34-000-0000-SIT-000, withholding rate for income exceeding $5,000,000 annually has been decreased from 15.6% to 11.8%, effective 1/1/2019.

Bug Corrections 

• Corrected an Issue where the Employee and Employer Contributions to 457b plans were not being treated as Taxable Wages for Employer FICA, 00-000-0000-ER_FICA-000, and FICA, 00-000-0000-FICA-000.  These contributions will now be treated as Taxable wages, as they has been prior to the 2018-R12 release of the Engine.
• Corrected the Allowance Value for the Missouri State Income Tax, 29-000-0000-SIT-000, from the previous Value of $4,150 to $4,250, effective 1/1/2019.
• Updated the Oregon State Income Tax, 41-000-0000-SIT-000 Phase Out limit for the crediting of Federal Withholding Tax, which has been previously corrected from the amount incorrectly entered into the Engine as 66800 to 66680 in 2019-R1c.  At the time the change was submitted, the amount published in the guide had been the corrected amount of $6,680 but was changed in a later publication to $6,800.  This amount has updated in the Engine to match the listed $6,800
• Corrected an issue in the North Dakota State Income Tax, 38-000-0000-SIT-000, Married Bracket from the additional amount of $710 to 710.60 to accurately reflect the amount published in the North Dakota Withholding Guide's table.

2019-R2b

US Tax Table/Rate Changes

• The Alabama State Income Tax, 01-000-0000-SIT-000, Tax Tables have been updated, effective 1/1/1019
• The Gateway Revenue Sharing JEDD Tax, 39-000-0000-JEDD-018, Rate has been updated to 2.5%, effective 1/1/2017
• The IX Center Revenue Sharing JEDD Tax, 39-000-0000-JEDD-021, Rate has been updated to 2.5%, effective 1/1/2017
• The Reynoldsburg Enterprise Zone JEDD Tax, 39-000-0000-JEDD-037, Rate has been updated to 2.5%, effective 7/1/2017
• The Rossford Toledo JEDZ Tax, 39-000-0000-JEDD-038, has been removed from the Engine as this was confirmed as never having been in effect due to rule changes regarding JEDZ after it was created.

US Tax Table/Rate Corrections

• Removed the Independence, Kentucky Employer OLF, 21-000-494900-ER_OLF-000, from the Engine.  Initial feedback from the City stated this was to be calculated based on Employee wages, was determined to not be a withholding tax upon further research
• Updated the Annual Contribution Limit for the BenefitType Simple IRA to the 2019 amount of $13,000.  The Employer Contribution, based on a percentage of the Compensation limit, remains the same.
• Corrected the 2019 Annual Tax Limit for New Jersey FLI, 34-000-0000-FLI-000, to $27.52.  This had incorrectly been listed as $30.96
• Corrected the 2019 Annual Tax Limit for New Jersey Employer SDI, 34-000-0000-SDI-000, to $172.00.  This had incorrectly been listed as $16850, the limit for 2018.
• Added the State Miscellaneous Parameter REDUCED_WH_AMT for Missouri State Income Tax, 29-000-0000-SIT-000, to account for changes in the Missouri Withholding guide, and the Employee election that can be made on Line 3 of the Missouri Form MO W-4.  This will have the effect of the Engine ignoring the formula and withholding the Missouri State Income Tax as the literal Dollar Amount entered.
• Corrected the Oregon State Income Tax, 41-000-0000-SIT-000, lowest threshold for the Phase Out for crediting Federal Income Tax withholding for Single filing status.  This amount has been incorrectly entered as $3,450, and has been corrected to $3,550.

Bug Corrections 

• Corrected an Issue where the Employee and Employer Contributions to 457b plans were not being treated as Taxable Wages for Employer FICA, 00-000-0000-ER_FICA-000, and FICA, 00-000-0000-FICA-000.  These contributions will not be treated as Taxable wages, as they has been prior to the 2018-R12 release of the Engine
• Corrected the Allowance Value for the Missouri State Income Tax, 29-000-0000-SIT-000, from the previous Value of $4,150 to $4,250, effective 1/1/2019 
• Updated the Oregon State Income Tax, 41-000-0000-SIT-000 Phase Out limit for the crediting of Federal Withholding Tax, which has been previously corrected from the amount incorrectly entered into the Engine as 66800 to 66680 in 2019-R1c.  At the time the change was submitted, the amount published in the guide had been the corrected amount of $6,680, which was changed in a later publication to $6,800.  This amount has updated in the Engine to match the listed $6,800
• Corrected an issue in the North Dakota State Income Tax, 38-000-0000-SIT-000, Married Bracket from the additional amount of $710 to 710.60 to accurately reflect the amount published in the North Dakota Withholding Guide's table
• Corrected an issue where wages set as Tips were reducing the Subject Wages passed as Regular and Supplemental Wages, for the Employer and Employee Washington PFML taxes, 53-000-0000-ER_FLI-000 and 53-000-0000-FLI-000.  The State of Washington has stated that this tax is to be levied on all Unadjusted Gross wages, minus any tips.  This has been corrected so that any wages set as Regular or Supplemental Wages will be used as Subject Wages in the calculation, but Tips will not