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State of North Carolina Office of the State Controller

Michael F. Easley, Governor
Robert L. Powell, State Controller

June 5, 2003

MEMORANDUM NO. PR2003-010
   

TO: All Agencies Served by the State Controller's Office Payroll Section
FROM: Roger Farmer
Payroll Administrator
SUBJECT: New X/PTR Reports and New Tax Withholding Information

NEW X/PTR REPORTS

Two new reports have been added to X/PTR:

REPORT NAME
REPORT DESCRIPTION
OSCPX UNAPPLIED DEDUCTION REPORT
This report will appear each time there is an unapplied deduction.  Your agency should check X/PTR for this report before the end of each keying deadline.  If your agency has no unapplied deductions, the following message will be returned – NO LINES FOUND.
OSCPX BALANCE TOTALS/EMP NOT PD
This report is only produced for the MONTHLY payroll.  Your agency should check for this report on X/PTR before the end of the monthly payroll keying date.

NEW TAX WITHHOLDING INFORMATION

New Federal Income Tax Tables went into effect at the beginning of June.  These tables have been updated in our payroll system.  There were changes in BOTH the withholding allowance amounts and in the tax withholding tables.  To obtain a copy of the information for your agency, use the following steps:

1.
Go to the website http://www.irs.gov
2.
Click on FORMS AND PUBLICATIONS
3.
Click on FORMS AND PUBLICATIONS BY DATE
4.
Select “05-30-03 0603 Notc 1036 Early Release Copies of new Income T” from the list
5.
Click on "Review Selected Files"
6.
Click on the file link that appears.  This will open an Adobe PDF file.

MAILING ADDRESS
1410 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1410
Telephone:  (919) 981-5454
Fax Number: (919) 981-5560
State Courier: 56-50-10
Website:  www.osc.state.nc.us
LOCATION
3512 Bush Street
Raleigh, NC

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