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NNeese
Level 3

Payroll Liability Accounts When you have Many Classes

Hello,

 

I have read many articles but still trying to find the best solution to our dilemna.

Facts:

1) We have less than 10 employees

2) Several Assigned to Different Classes in Employee Settings

3) Liabilities Increase and Expenses show up correctly when recording and creating paychecks

4) For reporting purposes (and the fact that we have to use Fund Accounting as a Governmental Unit), we have to have all reporting under the Class the B/S and P/L reports it belongs to

 

Dilemma:

1) Liabilities do not Decrease by Class when Paying the Paychecks but instead directly to Unclassified (as there are several Classes in one lump sum to the Vendor)

 

What is the easiest way to ensure that the liability accounts are cleaned up without having to make manual Journal Entries each time a paycheck run is performed (which is generally monthly)?

 

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ReyJohn_D
Moderator

Payroll Liability Accounts When you have Many Classes

I can share a couple of info and steps to ensure you can manage your paychecks and liability accounts seamlessly in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), @NNeese.

 

First, once you create a paycheck, there's only one option to assign a class, and it will affect both the employee and employer's payroll taxes. If the transaction doesn't have a class, it will show as Unclassified

 

Second, if you've set Do not affect accounts when entering liability adjustments, this will cause it not to change or decrease your payroll liability accounts by class.

 

To verify and fix this, here's how:

 

  1. Go to the Employees menu at the top.
  2. Select Payroll Taxes and Liabilities and then Adjust Payroll Liabilities.
  3. Choose the Previous Adjustment button until you find the adjustment affecting the report.
  4. Select the Accounts Affected button.
  5. Choose Affect liability and expense accounts and then click OK.
  6. Select the OK button to prompt an error to save the transaction. Save it and choose an Expense, Asset, or Liability Account for employee liabilities once prompted.
  7. Click OK when you're ready.
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For more info, please check out this article: Payroll Liability shows incorrect amounts.

 

Lastly, you can run the Payroll Summary report to ensure your payroll liabilities/accounts are updated. To do this, go to the Reports menu, and then select the said report from the Employees and Payroll section.

 

You can count on me if you have more questions about managing your payroll in QBDT. I'd love to hear more from you in the comment section. Take care.

BigRedConsulting
Community Champion

Payroll Liability Accounts When you have Many Classes

To do this for existing liability checks, edit the liability payment checks and split up the payment lines as needed, adding the appropriate class to each line.  I'll look like this:Capture.JPG

 

As you make new payments, you can add this detail before initially recording them.

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