How do you turn off Worker's Compensation Tracking?

Hey there, @AJBookkeeping. 

Thanks for reaching out to us here in the Community. 

At this time, there is no way to disable the feature. However, you can choose to track the compensation manually and choosing not to record. You can see the details outlined in Manual workers' compensation in QuickBooks Desktop. 

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Hi Tori,

Thank you so much for your quick response! Will this turn off the liability and expense accruals? This is the key item I'm trying to accomplish.

Kind Regards,

Angie

I appreciate you getting back to us, @AJBookkeeping.

Yes, tracking workers' compensation manually stops the liability and expenses from accruing. You can read through this article to learn how to manually track workers' comp: Manual Workers' Compensation in QuickBooks Desktop.

Just in case you want to run reports for your Workers' Comp, feel free to check out this article for the detailed steps and information: Workers’ Compensation report in QuickBooks Desktop.

Please let me know if you need clarification about this, or there's anything else I can do for you. I'll be standing by for your response. Have a great day and keep safe.

Hi Mark,

Apologies for the delay in my response; I went in and changed the WC to manual per the instructions provided (thank you) and another payroll cycle has been completed. Unfortunately this did not stop the liability and expense from accruing so I had to do another adjustment. Any further assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Angie

Thank you for getting back here, @AJBookkeeping.

I appreciate you performing the steps provided by my colleague, Mark_R. Allow me to share some information about the liability and expense accruals. As long as you are using a Payroll Item in Payroll, it will automatically accrue data to the account associated with the Worker's Comp Payroll Item. 

Fill me in if you have other QuickBooks concern. I'll be around to help. Have a good one. 

Thanks again for your quick response! Is there any way to stop the accruals (remove the item from payroll)? My client only pays worker's comp annually so this tool is not helpful for her at this time, and is actually costing time and money for me to do the adjustments after the fact.

Go to the payroll item setup. In the Liability Account, put the Expense. Do the same for the Expense Account. You will have the same expense account in both, Liability and Expense. That will take care of it.