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wendy99
Level 1

Payroll

So, I just did the biggest no no in Quickbooks Desktop and made a change to a paycheck that was already processed including the payroll liabilities.  Some of the liabilities were in the wrong account and instead of making a journal entry I did it by making the changes in the actual paycheck.  Now I have created a huge mess right at month end and year end.  Any suggestions on the best plan of action to correct all of this?

 

Before anyone comments, yes I know better!!

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MaryLandT
Moderator

Payroll

I'm glad you've posted this question, wendy99.

 

When payroll liabilities are posted to the incorrect account, all you need to do is make a liability adjustment. There's a step where you need to select Affect liability and expense accounts that corrects the posting account of the transaction.

 

Before we begin, I suggest putting back original information of the paycheck you've modified. Then, proceed to creating a payroll liability adjustment.

 

  1. Go to Employees, then Payroll Taxes and Liabilities.
  2. Choose Adjust Payroll Liabilities.
  3. From the Date and Effective Date fields, select the last paycheck date of the affected month or quarter.
  4. In the Adjustment is for section, choose Employee Adjustment to correct your employee’s YTD info. Then, find the employee's name. Do this even if the item being adjusted is a company-paid item.
  5. Under the Item Name column, select the payroll item you want to adjust.
  6. Enter the Amount of the adjustment.
    • If the item is under-withheld, enter a positive amount to increase.
    • If the item is over-withheld, enter a negative amount to decrease.
  7. Enter the amount under the Income Subject to Tax column if you need to make a wage base adjustment.
  8. Under Memo, enter a note about the adjustment for reference.
  9. Click Accounts Affected, then OK.
  10. Choose Affect liability and expense accounts if you want the transaction to reflect in the liability and expense accounts.
  11. Click OK to close the Affect Accounts window.

 

Select Next Adjustment if you have additional employees to enter an adjustment for. Otherwise, select OK to save the changes.

 

The next thing to do is check if the liabilities are updated. 

 

  1. Run the payroll summary report again to check if everything is correct.
  2. Run the payroll liability balances report to check if the amounts to be paid are correct.

 

I hope this makes your day. If you have other concerns with running payroll reports, feel free to tag me with by commenting below. I'm here to help you always.

wendy99
Level 1

Payroll

Doing what you suggested will it fix this (See attached).

 

It was only for the partner of the firm.  All others are working properly.  This was also working but there were some early paychecks that were going to the wrong account.  Those are the ones I was attempting to correct.

 
 

 

 

MaryLandT
Moderator

Payroll

I'm glad to hear from you again, wendy99.

 

Yes, making a liability adjustment will remove overdue taxes. Otherwise, here are several reasons this may occur: Fix overdue or red scheduled liabilities in QuickBooks Desktop. It'll help you fix them.

 

Should you need anything else, just send a reply below, and I'll get back to you.

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