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1 Your **State Unemployment Rate** is set by the state and is normally updated each year.
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3 To update your State Unemployment Rate in the payroll program go to the **Payroll Items** screen.
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6 ** From the listing of your employees on the left side select **"Employee List Settings"** in red at the top.
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9 ** Double-click on your **State Unemployment** listed under the **Employer Paid** in green to the right.
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12 [[image:https://www.aatrix.com/files/3314/2352/3493/Updating_Unemployment_Rate_01.png||alt="Learn how to update your State Unemployment Rate for the year even after paychecks have already been processed." height="448" width="680"]]
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16 ** Enter the rate for the company in **percentage** form.
17 \\//**Note: **the rate needs to be entered as a percentage. If the State gives you the rate as a decimal, 0.0235 for example, then move the decimal point 2 places to the right, using the example you would enter 2.35//
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19 [[image:https://www.aatrix.com/files/6514/2352/3494/Updating_Unemployment_Rate_02.png||alt="Learn how to update your State Unemployment Rate for the year even after paychecks have already been processed." height="249" width="631"]]
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22 ** Click** "OK"** and **"OK"** again to update the rate on future paychecks processed in the program.
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29 **Question: **I processed payroll in the new year before receiving my new Unemployment rate. How do I make sure the rate is applied to those checks?
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31 **Answer: **To have the unemployment rate applied to checks that have already been processed in your payroll program, follow the instructions below.
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34 **To update the rate on checks already entered into the program (updating retroactively):**
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37 ** In **Payroll Items**, go to the **"Edit"** menu across the top of your monitor screen and select **"Update Rates"**.
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39 [[image:https://www.aatrix.com/files/9114/2352/3495/Updating_Unemployment_Rate_03.png||alt="Learn how to update your State Unemployment Rate for the year even after paychecks have already been processed." height="416" width="679"]]
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43 ** From the **"Change the Rate Of"** dropdown menu, select your** State Unemployment**.
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46 ** Enter the rate for the company, again as a percentage, in the** "To" **box.
47 \\[[image:https://www.aatrix.com/files/7714/2352/3496/Updating_Unemployment_Rate_04.png||alt="Learn how to update your State Unemployment Rate for the year even after paychecks have already been processed." height="263" width="565"]]
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50 ** In the** "For Records Dated On Or After" **select the effective date for the new rate.
51 \\Make sure this is the **First (1st) day of the year**.
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54 ** Click** "Update"** and the program will go through the employee **Pay History Records** and **recalculate the State Unemployment amount** using the rate entered.