Payroll deductions

I have all the steps you'll need to make the child support payment, @Harkins Electrical.

The child support will show up in the Pay Taxes & Other Liabilities section once you've created a scheduled tax payment.

Here's how:

1. Go to the Employees menu at the top to select the Payroll Center.
2. Select the Pay Liabilities tab and click the Change Payment Method.
   
3. Click Benefit & Other Payments and mark the box for Schedule Payments.
   
4. From the list, choose child support.
5. Select Edit, then enter the information.
6. Click Finish.

Then, go back to the Pay Taxes & Other Liabilities section and pay the child support.

The following article provides an overview of how to create a payment schedule as well as for instructions on how to pay child support. To view the steps, see the pay a scheduled liability section: Set up and pay scheduled or custom liabilities.

Tap me again if you have other payroll concerns. I'm always here to help. Have a great day.

Hi @Harkins Electrical ,

Hope you’re doing great. I wanted to see how everything is going about the child support payment. Was it successful? Do you need any additional help or clarification? If you do, just let me know. I’d be happy to help you at any time.

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

Lisa, 

I have a similar situation. We (employer) are paying the parent directly rather than the state. How would this get set up in QuickBooks desktop?

Thanks for checking in with us, trodriguez1201. 

In QuickBooks Desktop, we record the payments for the garnishment thru the Pay Taxes & Other Liabilities section. If the tax amount should be paid directly to the agency, we can write a check and add the parent as other names (not a vendor). Then, choose the appropriate account. Just follow the steps and details in the Create, modify, and print checks article to write a check. 

If you paid directly to the parent, it would be best to consult your accountant on the best option o how to record this one in QuickBooks. To pay scheduled or custom unscheduled liabilities in QuickBooks, check out the Set up and pay scheduled or custom (unscheduled) liabilities article. 

To troubleshoot liabilities issues in QuickBooks, feel free to read these articles:

• Scheduled liabilities payroll show as overdue or in red
• Correct liability payments made in Write Checks instead of Pay Liabilities

Feel free to visit our Payroll page for more insights about managing your payroll transactions on the software. 

I want to make sure everything is taken care of for you, please let me know how it goes or if you have any other issues or concerns. Just leave a comment below and I'll get back to you. You have a good one. 

My quetion is the following: 

I created a Payroll Liability Child Support, when I write checks to pay out, I attach the check to the Payroll Liablities Child Support. On my Balance sheet is shows a negative. We take the money of out of  employees payroll check and code also to Payroll Liabilities Child Support. What am I doing wrong?

It's good to see you here in the Community, @Walk With Us.

Ideally, the Payroll Liabilities Child Support wouldn't show as negative on the Balance Sheet report. Just to clarify, have you tried following the steps provided in this article: Create a payroll liability check? If you haven't yet, I suggest doing so. Then, share with us how it goes. Any additional information would help us deliver the best resolution to this issue.

Please touch base with me here for all of your QuickBooks needs, I'm always happy to help. Thanks for dropping by.

Hello Mark!

I have followed the steps to "Creating a payroll liability check". The Wage Garnishment liability still shows as a negative on the Balance Sheet. I run payroll outside of QB so I am having trouble figuring out how to zero the Wage Garnishment on the balance sheet. Thanks in advance!

Hello, mavribooks.

Thanks for dropping by, and I appreciate your time in doing the suggestions given by Mark. Ensuring that your balances are correct for your Balance Sheet is very important in keeping your books correct. So, I'd like to help you zero-out the Wage Garnishment liability account. 

Since you're running payroll outside of QuickBooks, I would assume you're recording everything manually for your books. So, in this case, we'll want to use a journal entry to zero-out the Wage Garnishment liability from the Balance Sheet. 

Simply click on the + New button, then select Journal entry. 

Ideally, we'll want to use the garnishment account and an offsetting account to zero-out the balance. If you need help on the proper setup, I would recommend consulting an accountant. They'll guide you on how to enter the journal entry and make sure your Balance Sheet is correct. 

For more details about recording payroll manually within QuickBooks, I highly recommend checking out this article: Manually enter payroll paychecks in QuickBooks Online. 

I'm sure you'll have other tasks to work on in QuickBooks aside from recording the payroll taxes. If you also need to work on reconciling your books, I'll share a guide to help you with the process: Reconcile an account in QuickBooks Online. 

You're more than welcome to ask again if you have any other concerns regarding payroll, taxes, and forms. Would you like some assistance in recording other entries as well? Drop the details in your reply, and I'll help you out.