Payroll tax payment with late fee

Hello there, BCM65.

I'm here to share information about recording a penalty fee for late payroll tax payments in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

When dealing with penalties paid to tax agencies, you can record them as an expense in QBO. Recording the penalty fee and the payroll tax due together will result in an overpayment. 

To record an expense, here's how:

1. In your QBO account, click on +New.
2. Select Expense.
3. Enter the necessary information.
4. Once ready, click on Save and close.

For detailed information, kindly visit: Recording prior tax payments.

Moreover, I'll also share this article that can serve as your reference if you want to learn how to view payroll tax payments and forms in QuickBooks: Access payroll tax forms and tax payments.

Feel free to leave a reply if you require further assistance with recording tax penalties in QuickBooks. The Community team always has your back. Have a good one.

So, why is there no way to adjust a payroll tax returns in QBO like you can in the desktop version.  This answer will create two entries, where the taxing entities require that tax and penalty be paid at the same time, one entry. Now the bank feed matching does not work.  Is this something that can be fixed?

Hello there, @DianeV. I appreciate you taking the time to raise your concern here in the Community.

QuickBooks Online (QBO) and QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) are different platforms, which is why most of the features offered differ on both products. I recognize how convenient it is to have the option to adjust payroll tax returns manually. However, it is unavailable in QBO.

Also, QBO has a different way of adjusting payroll tax returns, in which you need to contact our QuickBooks Online Payroll Support Experts as they're the ones who'll do it for you.

Moreover, if you have recorded the transactions as an Expense or a Check, you can directly use the Find match option to match your bank entry with the total amount of the payroll tax payment and its penalty. Here's how:
 

1. In your QBO account, go to the Banking tab.
2. Locate and click the transaction made.
3. Select Find match.
   
   
    
4. Select the transaction you want to match. 
5. Enable the Difference option to balance out and match the total amount of the bank transaction.
   
   

Additionally, I'll also share this article that can serve as your reference if you want to learn how you can wrap up this year's payroll and prepare for the next with QuickBooks Online Payroll: Year-end checklist for QuickBooks Online Payroll.

Feel free to leave a reply if you have additional QuickBooks-related queries. The Community team always has your back. Have a good one.