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Federal and state income tax in QuickBooks are withheld in accordance with IRS Publication (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide. If you see a paycheck with no income tax withheld, it's possible that this employee did not meet the taxable wage base.
Our system automatically detects any entries with gross wages that are too low to be taxed. You will need to review the paycheck and see the employees gross pay and tax status.
The employees filing status, pay schedule, apart from their gross pay determines the taxable wages. Not meeting the taxable wage base will likely result to $0.00 withheld taxes on paychecks.
To learn more about this, kindly check out this article: 0.00 or no income tax withheld from paycheck
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My employee just began and received a 750 check and no federal witholdings came out and she did not select exempt and everything is entered correctly. should I just wait another payroll cycle'?
Glad to have you in the Community, @Mitchgold6244.
The income tax calculations in QuickBooks Online (QBO) are derived from your employee's payroll information.
To start with, you may need to review and update your employee's information as these are the key details that allow the system to calculate your taxes accurately. These are:
Once done updating them, we can try creating a payroll to check the changes. Learn more about your employee's federal taxes with this article: Federal and State Income Taxes are Withheld under IRS Publication.
Also, you can consult with your employee on when to deduct the Federal Tax. This way, you can apply the taxes on the next payroll or delete recreate the paychecks. You can refer to this link here for more information: Delete or void paychecks.
For future reference, you can bookmark these guides. They provide an overview of why payroll items/taxes are calculating incorrectly.
You’re always welcome to get back to me if you have other queries in mind. I’ll be around ready to assist you. Keep safe.
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