Entering New York State Paid Family Leave Benefits

Hi there, @jimrandall.

Thanks for reaching us out here in the Community. I'd be happy to walk you through with entering New York State Paid Family Leave benefits in QuickBooks Desktop.

There are two ways to set up this item within QuickBooks Desktop. First, if you create an employee who will be working in NY for the first time, once the state of NY is chosen as the work state, a screen will pop and the item will be added automatically.

Second, when you add the New York Paid Family Leave Insurance payroll deduction for existing employees,  and once the new tax table is downloaded the item will automatically populate to the Other taxes tab in the employee setup screen.

For more details about this process, please check out this article: New York Paid Family Leave Insurance payroll deduction.

However, if you need additional assistance with this process, feel free to reach out to our Payroll Care Team.

To reach them:

1. In your browser, navigate to https://help.quickbooks.intuit.com/en_US/contact.
2. Choose QuickBooks Desktop.
3. Click the issue or topic.
4. Click the Green Phone button to see the support number.

This information should guide you with entering New York State Paid Family Leave Benefits in QuickBooks. 

Please let me know if you have further questions about this concern. I'll make sure to get back to you as soon as I can. Have a good one.

My question is how to enter 3rd party Paid Family Leave payments that were made to my employees during 2018 as the insurance company says it is my responsibility to report this income on their W-2's.

Jim

Thank you for getting back to us here in the Community, @jimrandall.

I'm here to help share information on how to record/enter the third-party paid family leave in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

To be able to track third-party paid family leave on paychecks and report them on the correct tax forms, you may need to enter a non-taxable third-party sick pay on a payroll check in QBDT.

Here's how:

1. Create a new expense account.
2. Create a new addition payroll item.
3. Create a new deduction payroll item.
4. Create paychecks.

For the detailed steps and instructions, you may check this article: Enter non-taxable third-party sick pay.

Let me know if you have any other payroll concerns by adding a comment below. I'm always here to help!