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December 30, 2025
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vacation pay available

  • December 30, 2025
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Since July I have been doing the payroll deductions from the cra website as I could not update my payroll to the july 1 updates.  How do i figure out  if the calculations in qb is right on how much vacation pay has been used YTD and how much is available?

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QuickBooks Team
December 30, 2025

Hi Mary,

 

I understand the importance of maintaining accurate payroll records in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT). Let’s work together to ensure your records are fully up-to-date, so QuickBooks can accurately calculate your employees' year-to-date vacation pay, particularly the usage and available balance.

 

We can achieve this if all your transactions are recorded in QuickBooks starting July 1. Could you share more details about what happens when you attempt to download the payroll update? Have you encountered any error messages preventing the process?

 

If there are no issues, you can update within QuickBooks by downloading the latest payroll update.

 

Once the payroll update is complete, please review the vacation pay setup for your employees to ensure the calculations will be accurate when recording paychecks starting July 1.

 

To check the vacation pay setup for your employees, please follow the steps below:

 

  1. Go to the Employees menu, then click Employee Centre.
  2. Double-click an employee to display their information, then choose Payroll Info.
  3. Select Vacation Pay.
  4. If everything looks correct, click OK, then OK to save the changes.

 

If the setup looks good, let's proceed to record the paychecks from oldest to newest. After that, we can run the Vacation Summary report to track all usage and accruals.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Navigate to the Reports menu, then Employees & Payroll, and select Vacation Summary.
  2. Customize the Dates to display the year-to-date information.

 

If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Together, we’ll make sure your payroll and your employees' vacation pay are accurate and up-to-date. Have a great day!

mary53Author
New Member
January 15, 2026

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QuickBooks Team
January 15, 2026

Hello, @mary53.

 

Thank you for sending us a screenshot of the result. I appreciate the steps you've taken to resolve this matter.

 

It seems like the second screenshot shows a report. Please ensure the date you entered when setting it up (first screenshot) matches the date range on the report.

 

Once you have confirmed the report date range is correct and the total still does not match, you can verify and rebuild data in your company file. This fixes errors and other issues you're experiencing in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

 

First, let's verify your company data:

 

  1. Go to the Window, then select Close All.
  2. Click File and choose Utilities.
  3. Then hit Verify Data.

 

Next, here's how to rebuild your company file data:

 

  1. Navigate to File, then Utilities, and select Rebuild Data.
  2. QuickBooks will prompt you to create a backup before rebuilding your company file.
  3. Click OK.
  4. Select where you want to save your backup, then click OK. Do not replace another backup file.
  5. Enter a new name in the File name and select Save.
  6. When you get the message "Rebuild has completed", hit OK.  

 

Moreover, I also recommend contacting our QBDT support team to check your account and help you in resolving this matter.     

 

If you have further questions, please let us know, and we'll be right here to help you anytime.