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We have a small business with 2 employees and I do handle most accounting tasks/matters with an audit about every quarter or sometimes half a year. Our health care benefits are 50/50, so 50% is paid by the business and 50% deducted from our pay checks. Our health care renews every year and, of course, the rate goes up by about $100 or so in all. However, I have to enter the new rates for each employee myself in the Employee -> Payroll Info -> Health Insurance Emp (taxable) and Health Insurance (under Additions, Deductions and Company Contributions) and did not do this for the prior month. Two further issues complicated this: our pay checks are paid after the work was done (for prior months) and health insurance one month in advance. Our health insurance company renewed a month earlier than usual and my Outlook reminders were not set up correctly. This is just explaining what happened, as I consider this a very bad error. In essence, the business paid more health insurance than it should and the employees were both not deducted the full amount for the month. How do I best fix this issue? I am completing my accounting certificate, but I don't know how to do this in the best way possible. Thank you.
Hello there, 2022-accountingquestions.
Thank you for being detailed about your payroll concern. This will guide us on how to correct the paycheck for your employees.
Let’s create a payroll adjustment for the health insurance to fix the error. Please know that you’ll have to manually input the changes on your health insurance item including the new rate. Once it’s updated, you’ll no longer have to perform the same process again.
Since the amount for the payroll item is incorrect, check your employees to see if you can add the remaining amount to the next payroll. If they’ll agree to your suggestion, set up the deduction item.
Here’s how:
After setting up everything, you can use the newly added item to your workers' paychecks. This reference contains additional information about adding company pay items such as deduction or PTO: Get started with QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. You’ll also see the links on how to accomplish other payroll processes in QBDT.
To get around some of your payroll tasks, our self-help articles will guide you on how to perform each one using your payroll service. The topics include running payroll, handling tax notices, managing workers' information, and processing tax forms and payments.
Reach out to me again if you need assistance or concerns in correcting your paychecks. I’ll jump right back in to help and get this taken care of for you. Have a good day.
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