Setting up Washington Labor and Industries (WALI)

This article explains how to set up the Washington Labor & Industries (WALI) tax in Namely Payroll.

OVERVIEW

You can use Namely to report on the Washington Labor and Industries tax, and the system will help you with the employee calculation if you set it up in Namely Payroll.

Namely collects and remits funds to pay your taxes if we have your information in the system, however, we do not file, collect and remit the Washington Labor and Industries tax. We can report on this tax but is your responsibility to collect and remit funds to the agency. Refer to Taxes Namely Does Not Collect and Remit for more information!

WASHINGTON L&I TAX SET UP

To set up the tax in Namely Payroll: 

  1. Go to Company > Tax. 

  2. Add the Washington Labor and Industries tax and relevant information. Refer to the instructions in Updated Company Tax Page for further details.

  3. In Company > Workers Comp, add the applicable codes and rates provided by the state of Washington.


To assign the corresponding code to the applicable employee in Namely Payroll:

  1. Go to Employee > search and select the applicable employee. 

  2. In the General tab, select the Washington Workers Comp code from the dropdown menu under the Status section.

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If you need assistance with updating the Workers Comp code for employees in mass, submit a case in the Help Community.

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Please note this cannot be estimated using the Worker's Compensation Estimate report as this report will only look at Worker Compensation based on wages at a specific rate.