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Join nowIn 2020 made SS garnishment payments for employee
3 of them were never cashed and now the garnishment has been stopped
I deleted those checks but the amount is showing in payroll liability
How can I get this out of payroll liability and refund to employee
Hello there, @Jerriholt.
Thanks for taking your time to post your concern today. I'm here to guide you in correcting your payroll liabilities to affected employees.
Since the garnishment payments haven't cashed, you'll need to correct the information by directly editing the paycheck. Here's how:
Though, you can recreate the deleted paycheck in QuickBooks Desktop. Check out this article for more insights: Create a replacement paycheck.
Then, remove the deduction item amount from the liability balances. Here’s how to adjust payroll liability:
Just in case you'll need to change incorrect payroll items on paycheck in the future, read through this article: Update Incorrect Payroll Item Used On Paychecks.
I'm here anytime you have other payroll concerns. Have a great day.
Hi there, @Jerriholt.
Hope you’re doing great. I wanted to see how everything is going about your concern in correcting your payroll liablitied you had yesterday. Was it resolved?
Do you need any additional help or clarification? If you do, just let me know. I’d be happy to help you at any time.
Looking forward to your reply. Have a pleasant day ahead!
The paycheck had already been deposited. It was the garnishment that hadn't been used and needs to be reimbursed to the employee.
The paycheck was already deposited, so can't be altered. The wage garnishment was not cashed and needs to be reimbursed to the employee. How do you do that?
Hi user119,
Thank you for joining in on the thread. I'll help you with the garnishment of your employee.
The road map is to adjust the garnishment liability to remove it from the Pay Liabilities section in your QuickBooks. Then, to reimburse the garnished amount, we can create an Addition item type, add it to the next paycheck of the employee, and enter the garnished amount.
Before we start, back up your company file since this adjustment involves data from the last year. It's always a good idea to back up your file when you enter transactions such as this.
Adjust the garnishment liability.
Create an addition/reimbursement item.
Add the reimbursement item to the next paycheck.
Here are some articles for your additional reference:
Feel free to share an update after following the steps above. Like what katherinejoyceO said, we want to make sure that your concern is addressed. Take care!
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