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Flat Federal Withholding amount

  • November 26, 2025
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I’m trying to find a method to configure Acumatica Payroll to withhold a flat dollar amount for Federal Withholding for a specific employee.

Consider the scenario: the employee is an owner of the company, and has other streams of income. The owner’s/employee’s tax accountant has told her that she needs to withhold $38,000 in federal tax this year to avoid a penalty. So, on the bi-weekly check, she needs $1462 of federal tax withheld. 

How can this be configured in Acumatica?

Best answer by Kristen Hanson

Hi ​@bmeagher, On the Employee Payroll Settings, Tax Settings tab, set the Total Allowances to something maxed out, like 99.  Then on the Additional federal withholding amount, enter the flat tax amount.

Please try this on a test check!

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  • Kristen Hanson
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  • November 26, 2025

Hi ​@bmeagher, On the Employee Payroll Settings, Tax Settings tab, set the Total Allowances to something maxed out, like 99.  Then on the Additional federal withholding amount, enter the flat tax amount.

Please try this on a test check!

Chris Hackett
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  • November 26, 2025

Kristen,

Thanks a bunch for the information! I hadn’t considered that approach, although it makes perfect sense. I’ll prep a test check to confirm the results.

Have a great Thanksgiving! --Brian

Chris Hackett
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