For those who say their green checks are taxed at a higher rate...

[sortaisle]

Page 47 of the NMA states and I quote:
All green checks will be taxed at the employee’s regular withholding
tax rate.

Now...if you've been taxed at a different rate, provide proof and take it to your supervisors. If they refuse act accordingly.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

thank you! Management likes to use that as a scare tactic to avoid employees demanding Green checks in my building.

 

[hondo]

http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/green-check.354643/#post-1265140

...... Several years ago there was a payroll system enhancement that eliminated the taxing issues.
In the past, green checks were issued outside of the payroll system. The next week, the wages associated with that check would need to be added to the QTD and YTD wage and tax totals in the payroll system. It would get added to your current week's wages which sometimes increased the gross wages enough to trigger a slightly higher tax rate. Payroll was supposed to manually control the taxes which meant calculating the taxes on the green check and calculating the taxes on the current check then overriding the payroll system to match those totals.
Now, green checks are issued through the payroll system as a stand alone check and are not added together with the current week's payroll. In fact, if it's only a partial week payment, such as a missing day or a rate adjustment, the taxes will be lighter than if it was included on your regular paycheck because of the lower gross wage amount.

 

[sortaisle]

...green checks were always separate from regular payroll. Adjustments added to your check the following week will raise your taxable income rate...I'll file that one under No Sherlock. But green checks have always been separate checks. If they were taxed at a different rate, then someone owes you some money.