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Powerful payroll features keep getting better for ProAdvisors

One of our core goals is to help accounting professionals serve their clients, and we’re continually updating QuickBooks Online Payroll to make it better for you, your clients, and their employees. Over the last year, our teams worked to ensure QuickBooks continues to deliver reliable and powerful tools that help accountants like you provide your services, all while enhancing compliance with the latest Canadian regulatory requirements for payroll and taxation.

In our ongoing effort to ensure the quality of QuickBooks Online Payroll, we take your feedback seriously. We listen, we discuss, and we get right to work making improvements so you can do even more with Payroll. Here’s the latest:

1. Better than an undo button: Paycheque corrections are here

Now you can correct errors, keep accurate records, and exhale a sigh of relief with the ability to edit, delete, and void employee paycheques in a few clicks—right in QuickBooks.

How: Go to Payroll and then Employees, select Paycheque list, and then select the dropdown under the Action column where you’ll select Edit for a specific paycheque. If you have any issues, such as if the paycheque has a pay date from prior to January 1 of this year, contact us and we’ll help you fix it.

2. Who’s paying? Up to you. More flexibility and control with split billing

Decide on a case-by-case basis who pays for each QuickBooks product—your firm, or your client. Let’s say you’d like to keep paying for your client’s QuickBooks Online subscription because it’s a fixed cost, but you’d rather your client pay for any other add-on products you recommend, or those with variable fees like QuickBooks Online Payroll.

How: Just go to the Subscriptions and billing page and select the Client actions dropdown menu to make changes.

3. Better navigation and filing in the simplified payroll tax centre

Anything to make tax filing easier. In the refreshed and streamlined tax centre, you can file and remit payroll taxes electronically with the CRA or Revenu Québec, right in QuickBooks. And, QuickBooks will calculate and fill out T4 and RL-1 forms for you, so they’re ready to print and file when the time comes**. Has your client closed their business? You can use QuickBooks to prepare the tax forms required for Close of Business filings, too.

4. No more one-by-one edits: Bulk edit pay types and deductions

Get more done in less time by editing payroll items for multiple employees at once.

How: When you select Edit payroll items, you’ll have the option to select multiple employees with checkboxes, select Edit, and then update the fields—which will apply to all employees assigned to the item.

5. Auto-match it: Automatically match each paycheque to its transaction

Yet another time saver. Normally when you download bank transactions, new ones must be matched manually. Or, QuickBooks can do this for you. Once payroll is processed, QuickBooks automatically matches each paycheque to its respective transaction in your client’s bank feed**.

How: Just go to Transactions and select Bank transactions. In the Categorized tab, select Settings ⚙️ and turn on automatic matching. No need to chase down paycheque numbers or transactions—it’s all automated.

Get it all done in one place, faster

With our latest refinements, QuickBooks gives you even more ways to efficiently manage your client’s accounting, payroll, and time tracking**—all from one financial management system. Additionally, QuickBooks Payroll sets you up for success every month with:

  • Direct deposit that lands as fast as the next day**
  • Phone and online support at no additional cost Monday through Saturday**
  • Competitive pricing that’s simpler than complicated pay-per-run pricing

Continuously working to make QuickBooks Payroll better

ProAdvisors trust QuickBooks Payroll as their payroll solution because, in part, we are continuously improving it. To keep QuickBooks working for you, we hold product reviews with small businesses and ProAdvisors to ensure QuickBooks has the right features for the Canadian market. And, our dedicated compliance team keeps you in sync with the CRA and Revenu Québec.

We’re proud to support ProAdvisors and your clients, and we’ll continue to make improvements, incorporate local feedback, and launch features that will simplify payroll, ensure accuracy and compliance, and make QuickBooks the best platform for your success as an accounting professional. ◼

Disclaimer

Money movement services are provided by Intuit Canada Payments Inc.

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