Do I need to speak to a payroll specialist to set my minor children up for payroll working for my business? Should they be exempt from SS.

I'd be please to help you set up your minor children for payroll and exempt them for SS in QuickBooks Online, sweetheartsdesse.

You can mark your minor children as tax-exempt from SS in the employee's profile. Let me show you how:

1. Click Payroll in the left panel and choose Employees.
   
2. Select the employee's name.
3. Under Employee Details, click on the pencil icon beside Pay.
4. Click on the pencil icon under the question What are (employee's name) withholdings?
   
5. Scroll down until you reach the Tax Exemptions section and click on the drop-down arrow.
   
6. Tap for Social Security and Medicare.
   

To know more about this process, check out this article: Employee payroll tax exemptions. On the same link, you'll find some pointers about the exemptions status of foreign employees as well as filing W-4 in QuickBooks Online.

If you're unable to mark them as tax-exempt, I'd suggest getting in touch with our QuickBooks Online Support. Agents have the necessary tools to change their set up. Here's how to contact us:

1. Click the Help (?) icon.

2. Choose Contact Us.

3. Enter a  brief description of your situation in the What can we help you with? area, then click Let's talk.

4. You'll be presented with a few options for connecting with Intuit. Select Get a call.

I'll be sharing with you this article: Payroll 101. It contains more information about the different types of compensation as well as on what are the types of federal forms you need to file. Also, this will provide you a sample breakdown of a paycheck.

I'm just a few clicks away if there's anything else you need or if you have any other QuickBooks concerns. I need to make sure I've got you covered and you're able to exempt your children from SS. Have a good one.

Hi, sweetheartsdesse.

Hope you're doing great. I wanted to see how everything is going about setting up the minor children issue you had yesterday. Was it resolved? Do you need any additional help or clarification? If you do, just let me know. I'd be happy to help you at anytime.

Looking forward to your reply. Have a pleasant day ahead!