--- title: "How do I update an Employee's Withholding to Blocked (sometimes employees call it \"exempt\") in Kronos (UKG) WFR?" description: Use these settings to block Federal and State withholding for an employee. 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Navigate to Select Menu![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/undefined-Sep-04-2020-06-48-17-52-PM.png) \> My Team ![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/undefined-Sep-04-2020-06-48-17-19-PM.png)\> Employee Information and click the![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/undefined-Sep-04-2020-06-48-17-79-PM.png) button to select the desired employee. 2. On the Payroll tab, scroll down to the Tax Information widget. 3. Select the Federal option in the Tax Information widget and click on magnifying glass.  ![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2020-11-07-25-05-PM.png?width=208&name=image-png-Oct-16-2020-11-07-25-05-PM.png) 4. In the FIT (federal income tax) withholding section, select “EE Withhold” drop down, change the option from “Yes” to “Block W/H” ***\*\*IMPORTANT: Do NOT select the Exempt option! This marks the employee’s wages as tax exempt and does not report them correctly, which can create amended returns and additional fees if selected incorrectly\*\**** ![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/undefined-Sep-04-2020-06-48-17-67-PM.png) 5. Click![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/undefined-Sep-04-2020-06-48-18-04-PM.png) in order to save the FIT tax setting. 6. Next, click on the State tab. ![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/undefined-Sep-04-2020-06-48-17-86-PM.png) 7. Click the magnifying glass to the left of the tax state in order to access the detail for the state withholding. ![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2020-10-53-08-16-PM.png) 8. In the SIT (state income tax) withholding section in the upper right, select “Block W/H” in the EE Withhold drop down.\*\*IMPORTANT: Do NOT select the Exempt option! This marks the employee’s wages as tax exempt and does not report them correctly, which can create amended returns and additional fees if selected incorrectly\*\* ![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/image-png-Oct-16-2020-10-53-53-27-PM.png) 9. Click![](https://university.rabcopayroll.com/hubfs/undefined-Sep-04-2020-06-48-17-44-PM.png) in order to save the SIT tax setting. 10. 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