Use withholding taxes (WHT) with employee transactions

Microsoft 365 roadmap 573308 · Finance · in preview · roadmap status “In development”, phase General Availability

What Microsoft says

This feature extends withholding tax capabilities to include employee transactions. The feature supports scenarios where employee-related payments or reimbursements are subject to withholding tax requirements and ensures that you accurately process the transactions in the financial system. Key capabilities include: Apply withholding tax rules to employee transactions. Automatically calculate withholding tax amounts based on configured tax setups. Maintain consistent tax treatment across vendor and employee transaction processing. When someone creates an employee transaction, the system finds the applicable withholding tax configuration and applies the relevant withholding tax treatment. This capabililty enables organizations to meet local tax requirements for employee-related payments while keeping financial records accurate and compliant.

Dates

• General availability: January CY2027 (2026 release wave 2)
• Public preview: October CY2026
• On the roadmap since 2026-09-30, last changed 2026-09-30

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Videos

• What’s new in Finance: Overview (2026 release wave 2): Withholding tax for employees at 6:15

Microsoft Learn

• Set up withholding tax
• Set up and post employee withholding tax
• View withholding tax entries

Source: Microsoft 365 roadmap. Status words follow the roadmap.