How do I delete a scheduled Tax Liability in Quickbooks Desktop 2020

I think if you enter liability adjustments for the tax for each payment period the tax will disappear from the payroll center.

Thank you. By adjusting the liabilities for the taxes are you saying to open up the premade check and adjust the total to zero for each period listed?

Yes, you're right that adjusting liabilities, gp28.

It will also correct YTD wages, deductions, or additions for an employee who will not be receiving more paychecks.

Run a Payroll Summary report for the quarter you need to adjust. Note the amount on the Payroll Item or items that need adjusting.

In case you need the steps, here's how:

1. Go to the Employees menu.
2. Select Payroll Taxes and Liabilities, then Adjust Payroll Liabilities.
3. Choose Employee Adjustment if the item you're adjusting is a company-paid. It updates the YTD info reported on the employee W-2 form.
4. Choose Company Adjustment if you want the balance to be removed from the Payroll Liability Balances Report.
5. Choose the employee.
6. Complete the Taxes and Liabilities fields.
7. Select Accounts Affected and then OK.
8. Repeat for other employees if you need to, and select OK.

I've included some articles if you need additional information bout the steps above: Adjust payroll liabilities in QuickBooks Desktop. 

Don't forget to backup your company file before making an adjustment. This is to ensure you can restore the data anytime you want to undo the changes.

Stay in touch with me if you have other payroll concerns. Just leave a comment below and I'll get to provide additional information about making adjustments.

Thank you. That process worked for some of the liabilities but didn't for others. Not sure why. I ran through it carefully several times. What I ended up doing was double clicking the 'name of the liability' on the pay liabilities page which brings up the picture of the check to be printed but I didn't print it...I just clicked "save and close" which I believe records it as paid. Then I went to the vendor's center and voided the items that needed deleted under the appropriate vendor. All payments in the vendor registry are now recorded at the amount have paid over the past year. The problem I now face is that the liabilities are still being calculated for future payments, but they're still not calculating correctly. This is for state unemployment. Do you have any suggestions as how to adjust the amount of unemployment insurance being deducted, so that it calculates the correct amount I will owe quarterly? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. 

Let's make sure that you have the latest tax table to calculate the SUI correctly, @gp28.

First, let's use the latest QuickBooks Desktop release and tax table. Don't forget to backup your company file before performing the update. If you're getting an error, you'll need to verify the following to find the cause.

1. Verify state taxes set up for the employee in the Employee Profile
2. Verify the SUI rate in QuickBooks Desktop
3. Determine whether the employee reached the SUI wage base limit
4. Verify the setup for payroll items used on the employee's paycheck

Then follow the detailed steps indicated in this article: Troubleshoot incorrect state unemployment (SUI) or withholding (SIT) on paychecks.

Please keep us posted if you have additional questions or concerns about your SUI calculation. We're always ready to help you out. Take care and have a nice day.

I have a similar situation for SUI on one employee.  Mine are for wages in 2022 and, of course, those books are closed.  Can I do something like this and record in 2023 and get this to go away?  I think I've turned off the calculation now so it isn't continually adding to the problem.

Thanks for joining this thread, crlykelly. I appreciate your detailed information.

Adjustments can help correct incorrect state unemployment insurance (SUI) for employees.

To perform SUI adjustments for closed books, you'll need to get in touch with our Customer Care team. They'll be able to pull up your account in a secure environment and help guide you through the process.

They can be reached while using QuickBooks.

Here's how:
 

1. In your top menu bar, go to Help, then QuickBooks Desktop Help.
   
   
    
2. Click Contact Us.
   
   
    
3. Enter a brief description of the issue in our Ask a question (or tell us what's wrong) field, then hit Continue.
   
   
    
4. Select We’ll contact you for a callback or Message Us to start an instant messaging session.

Be sure to review their support hours so you'll know when agents are available.

I'll be here to help if there's any additional questions. Have a lovely day!

Thank you for the quick response.  When I say 'closed books' I mean these liabilities were calculated last year...if that makes a difference.  They are not owed.  They were not paid.  They do not affect the employee at all.

I tried reaching out to support today but had to quit because it was taking too long and the direction I was receiving did not make sense.  They directed me to: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/payroll-setup/enter-historical-tax-pa... But I don't have payments that were made outside of QB.  I don't have liability numbers that are correct.  And she wanted me NOT to affect accounts.  Which also did not make sense.  I will try again tomorrow.