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Join nowI accidentally withheld an employee's health insurance deduction for their dependent (employee paid) as a pretax deduction when it should have been an after tax deduction. I did this for three paychecks. I know this will affect taxes. How do I correct for this? Thanks in advance!
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Thank you for posting in the Community, @SMCWP.
I'm here to help correct the deducted pretax from your employee's health insurance.
You'll need to make a liability adjustment to the paychecks you've already created for this employee and make sure to change the tax tracking type for the health insurance so that you won't have any issues moving forward.
Let me route you to this article for the detailed steps in adjusting payroll liabilities: Adjust payroll liabilities.
Here's how to edit the tax tracking type for the health insurance deduction:
Should you need further assistance in the adjusting liability, you can always reach out to our chat support for help. They'll be able to access your account in a secure environment and guide you with the process using their screen share tool.
That should do it. Keep me posted if you have additional questions about payroll corrections. I'm always here to help.
Thank you for posting in the Community, @SMCWP.
I'm here to help correct the deducted pretax from your employee's health insurance.
You'll need to make a liability adjustment to the paychecks you've already created for this employee and make sure to change the tax tracking type for the health insurance so that you won't have any issues moving forward.
Let me route you to this article for the detailed steps in adjusting payroll liabilities: Adjust payroll liabilities.
Here's how to edit the tax tracking type for the health insurance deduction:
Should you need further assistance in the adjusting liability, you can always reach out to our chat support for help. They'll be able to access your account in a secure environment and guide you with the process using their screen share tool.
That should do it. Keep me posted if you have additional questions about payroll corrections. I'm always here to help.
Thank you! You resolved my issue.
You're most welcome, @SMCWP.
It's a pleasure to shed some light on correcting your pretax deduction. :)
I'm including this article just in case you need some payroll references in the future: Payroll Features and Services for QuickBooks Desktop.
I'm also here to help if you have additional questions about your payroll. Best regards.
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