Manually Entering Payroll on Quickbooks Online, for Restaurants

Hello there, @kkowal.

You'll have to add the employer-paid tax as a credit to your journal entry. Please see sample image below.

About your cash tips, you can use your tips payable account or create a new one. And you have to add it as a line item in your journal. You can learn about entering manual payroll at this link here: Manually enter payroll paychecks in QuickBooks Online. 

We also have a guide on understanding chart of accounts that I'm sure you'll find helpful. It has details that'll help you organize your transactions so you'll know how much money you have and owe in each account.

That'll do it. Don't hesitate to reply to this thread anytime if you have questions. We're here to assist you every step of the way. Thanks for joining us today and have an awesome weekend ahead.

Thank you for the response! To clarify, when I'm entering the federal and state taxes as a payroll liability on the credit side, I'm including both the employer and the employee taxes?

Hi kkowal. 

Thanks for stopping by, based off of the article provided by my colleague above, when you create the journal entry for your payroll paychecks, it recommends adding the employer payroll taxes. 

1. Select Payroll Expenses: Taxes for the account.
2. Enter the amount as a debit.

I would also recommend reaching out to an accountant, as they will be able to make sure everything is entered correctly on your behalf. If you're interested in our ProAdvisor program, I recommend checking out the following link: ProAdvisor program.

If there's anything else I can help with in the meantime, feel free to post below. Thanks again for stopping by and have a nice Wednesday afternoon.