Per Employee Fee Pricing Plan

They announced this policy a few months ago. You should consider using a third-party payroll application to integrate with QB. Then you may consider to renew your QB Desktop Enteprrise thru a reseller and get lower renewal fee.

Hi there, bookkeeper1943.

QuickBooks charges a per employee fee as part of their payroll service to cover the cost of features. Although you've already purchased the tax table, the fee goes beyond that. Let me provide an explanation of why this fee exists.

When you subscribe to a payroll plan, an additional charge per active employee will apply based on your chosen subscription. These charges won’t appear during payroll runs but will be added directly to your subscription total.

This fee is standard for payroll services and helps ensure accuracy, regulatory compliance, and support for managing payroll efficiently.

You can refer to this link to find the subscription plan that best fits your needs for running payroll for your employees: QuickBooks Enterprise Pricing.

Also, you login to CAMPS to check your subscription charges.

 You can return here whenever you need assistance.

I am super PO'd about this.  Boo Hiss to Intuit!  I'm already paying a fortune as an annual payroll fee, so this is pure nonsense that we are additionally charged per payroll!

That is so not true. I do not know if your statement about it being added to your payroll subscription is meant for those who do not do direct deposit, or just in general. We have a very small workforce. Three of the four employees have their checks direct deposited. After I send the direct deposit in, the following day we are auto billed, on the card our subscription is paid with, for the payroll fee. I feel you need to clarify or correct your response.

Good afternoon, . 

I appreciate you hoping on this thread and expressing your concern. 

I recommend contacting our Customer Support Team so they can review your account to see what these charges are for. Here's how: 

1. Go to the Help menu. 
2. Press QuickBooks Desktop Help and then Contact Us. 
3. Enter your concerns and hit Let's talk. 
4. Scroll down and choose to Get a callback. 

Feel free to reach back out if you have any further questions and let us know how the call goes. We want to ensure that you get this taken care of as soon as possible. Have a great day! 

They’ve been doing this for well over a decade for new customers - for most of their Desktop Subscriptions.

I expect you subscribed before that / somehow had a version that didn’t charge per employee and were grandfathered in, but now they started charging even for those older subscriptions.

I was looking as well for better options since QBs desktop not only charges per employee but also increases the price every 3-6 months. It started with $3, and now we are paying $8/employee on top of the subscriptions.

Even the QBs online tried to scam us. They gave us a discount for 2 years on subscriptions, and when the bill came, they added $10/employee. Without even using their app for direct deposits. After 20 years being with QBs. Maybe we should check other software as well.

it's a cash grab tbh. they know u need payroll so they add extra fees on top of the tax table. if it's getting too expensive, check out Jobz.pk freelancers might find someone to handle payroll cheaper. QB pricing is wild these days