Step by step: Reconcile withholding tax
1. Configure withholding tax
Go to Reconciliation under Settings & Admin in the menu on the left.
Select the Payroll Settings tab and then the Withheld Tax tab.
Here you can:
Enable or disable bank guarantee.
Select payday.
💡 Payday is suggested automatically based on the date most often used on the account marked as Withholding tax – Transferred.
2. Check payment tax setup
Go to the Payment Tax tab.
Specify which accounts should be used for:
Withholding tax – Allocated (for Xledger, e.g. account 2601 should be mapped here. For other accounting systems, no account should be mapped)
Withholding tax – Transferred (must be linked to a bank account for payment, e.g. account 1950)
Withholding tax – Paid
Use the pencil icon on the relevant row to change the linked account.
3. Check payroll settings mapping
Go to the Mapping tab.
Use the pencil icon to specify which account should be linked to Withholding tax – Allocated, e.g. account 2600.
4. Go to Withholding tax
Go to Payroll under Reconciliation in the menu on the left and select the Withholding tax tab.
Here you will see one row per month with columns for:
Amount from Altinn (A07)
Amount from general ledger (GL)
Deviations
Payday
Days between payment and payday
Mapped transactions
Comments
💡 The annual overview shows all months – here the period selector is only used to approve periods.
5. Map transactions
Click Map transaction on the relevant month.
The system automatically suggests bank transactions based on date and amount.
Find the correct transaction and click Map transaction.
Repeat for all months to be reconciled.
💡 You can only link one payroll run per period. Use the comment field to explain any deviations.