Payroll forms

Location: 
Administrative Services Building (ASB) Room 112 
185 E. Mill Street (Show on map)

Mailing address: 
[Recipient's name]
The University of Akron
Payroll Office
Akron, Ohio 44325-6210

General information: 330-972-7205
Fax: 330-972-6775

Go to our payroll information page.

EmpCenter forms:

• EmpCenter Schedule Request
• EmpCenter General Timekeeper Role Request
• Non-exempt Daily Time Record for new employees not yet in EmpCenter
• Non-exempt Daily Time Record job aid
• Part-time exempt Daily Time Record for employees not in EmpCenter
• Part-time exempt Daily Time Record job aid
• Supervisor Change Form

Other payroll forms:

• 2021 Form W-4 Employee's Withholding Certificate: 

Complete Form W-4 so that the University can withhold the correct federal income tax from your pay.  Form W-4 was updated by the IRS in 2020 due to the federal tax law changes that took place in 2018.  It is very different from previous versions.  Please use the instructions provided by the IRS or contact your tax advisor if you have questions on how to complete the form.  To assist with your calculations, the IRS provides the Tax Withholding Estimator at www.irs.gov/W4App.  To effectively use the estimator, it is helpful to have a copy of your most recent pay stub and tax return.

• 2021 Form W-4  and Instructions

• Ohio Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate  Form IT-4 and instructions

  Complete Form IT-4 so that the University can withhold the correct Ohio state income tax from your pay.
  

• Direct Deposit Form
• Direct Deposit Cancellation Form
• Summer Saving Plan
• Form SSA-1945 - Employment in a Job Not Covered by Social Security
• 403(b) & 457 Salary Reduction Agreement (HR web site)
• Student New Hire Instructions

Federal and state tax forms

• IRS forms and publications | IRS home page
• Ohio tax forms | Ohio Treasurer's office

Retirement forms:

• SERS Exemption Form
• SERS Membership Record

• SERS Refund Application

  After you have terminated your employment, you may apply for a refund of your SERS accumulated contributions. SERS will not issue a refund before three months after the termination of employment.  The contributions are subject to taxes on payment unless you roll over the contributions to another tax-exempt plan as permitted under federal tax law.  For more information regarding SERS' refund payment process, the tax implications of receiving a refund and the refund application, please visit the SERS website at https://ohsers.org/members/working-members/refunds/.
• OPERS - Request for Optional Exemption as a Student
•  OPERS Form -  Instructions
• OPERS - Election Form for Students

• Rehired Retiree Notification Form

  This form must be completed and sent to Payroll within 10 days  of the first date of employment by an employee receiving a benefit from an Ohio state retirement system or the Cincinnati Retirement System.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant Retirement Options
• Summer Graduate and Student Assistant Employment            Graduate and Student Assistant Summer Exemption from Retirement/Medicare  Criteria for student assistants and graduate assistants to be exempt from paying into one of the state retirement systems and Medicare during summer employment.