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We recently hired a youth minister who will not be ordained for 2 months. I need to take Social Security and Medicare taxes out for him until that time. When I add those into his payroll items, nothing populates in the amounts. I have double checked his profile against another employee who is not a minister and they line up, but I can't figure out why his amounts are remaining empty.

We are on Version 14.4

I would assume that the salary/income item that is assigned to the employee has the "Clergy Salary" tax option set, making it not taxable by SS & Med. Take a look at that item on the Maintain Item Descriptions screen in Accounting > Payroll > Setup.

If you don't already have "unordained" and "ordained" pay items set up with the different tax options, that will likely be the easiest fix. The money they earn before being ordained should be taxable. The money after would not be. Having two separate items that are processed accordingly before and after will allow the amounts to be reported correctly at year end, as well as on the 941, if the change over happens mid-quarter.

That was the issue! Thanks!