Enter Credit for Employment Security Department

I understand your frustration with the error you encountered while managing your employment security taxes in the QuickBooks Online Payroll account, @Elway. 

You need to apply for a prior payment as a credit in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. Furthermore, when applying for a prior payment as a credit, please ensure that the bank account is not impacted during the process.

Follow these steps:

1. Open QuickBooks Desktop and go to the Employees menu.
2. Select Payroll Center from the drop-down menu.
3. Click on the Pay Liabilities tab.
4. Choose the liability you want to apply the prior payment and click View/Pay.
5. In the Payment History section, find the prior payment you want to apply as a credit.
6. Click on the prior payment to open it.
7. In the Payment Summary window, select Set Credits to apply for the payment as a credit.
8. Choose the liability or liabilities to which you want to apply the credit.
9. Click OK to save the changes.

For additional info on how to fix its liabilities depending on the scenario, check out this article: 

• Pay your non-tax liabilities in QuickBooks Desktop.
• Fix overdue or red scheduled liabilities in QuickBooks Desktop.

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