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Gizmo84
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Negative balance in payroll liabilities.

My client had payroll 2019 year for himself. Hired an employee early in 2020. He has a liability payment early January and then remains in the negative the whole year. Is this normal? Is this because of that January payment? 

 

Has he paid too much into Federal withholding? Also I was not the bookkeeper who set up or processed his payrolls for 2019, but it looks to be correctly set up. 

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JoesemM
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Negative balance in payroll liabilities.

Thanks for joining the Community space, @Gizmo84.

 

You'll have to make sure that the payment should have a payable applied to it. However, if there's no payable, you can make an adjustment and choose an account we're to allocate the payment to.

 

Here's how to adjust payroll liabilities:

 

  1. Click Employees.
  2. Go to Payroll Taxes and Liabilities, and select Adjust Payroll Liabilities.
  3. Add the necessary dates, then select Employee Adjustment.
  4. Select the employee, then complete the taxes and liabilities field.
  5. Select the Accounts Affected, then click OK.
  6. Repeat for the other employees, then click OK.

 

For more information about the process, check this article: Adjust payroll liabilities in QuickBooks Desktop

 

 You can also run a payroll summary report to see info by each employee and their totals. For additional information about customizing, you can browse this article: Customize reports in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

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