payroll taxes not deducted suddenly

Hi, @lhaffner.

Thank you for sharing your experience while working with QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. I'm here to help fix and check this further for you to allow taxes to calculate correctly.

To single out the cause of this behavior, first, you'll need to update or download the latest payroll tax table within QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

1. Go to Employees at the top menu bar.
2. Select Get Payroll Updates.
3. Put a check in the Download Entire Update checkbox.
4. Select Update. A window appears when the download is complete.

For additional reference about downloading the latest payroll tax table, you may check this article: Download the latest payroll tax table.

If the same thing happens after downloading the latest tax table version, you may need to revert the paychecks created.

1. Right click the employee's name highlighted in yellow under Enter Payroll Information page.
2. Select Revert Paycheck.

That should allow taxes to calculate correctly. Let me know how it goes and if you have any other payroll concerns by adding a comment below. I'll be right here to help you!

Your solution to revert paycheck did not work.  Any other recommendations?

im having same problem. I always update (even though sometimes it claims i havent so i do it again) but suddenly this week no taxes are coming out. I have the exact same employees so nothing has changed. here i am at 6:30 pm trying to get payroll done for the morning and quickbooks is messing up. im in line for a phone call... but wow ... whats going on 

Hello there, jackpot.

I know how important to be able to run payroll seamlessly. Let me help and ensure that taxes are deducted from your employees’ paychecks.

Since the tax table is already up to date, we’ll have to refresh the payroll information for taxes to calculate on the paychecks.

1. In your company file, tap the Employees at the top to select the Employee Center.
2. Choose the Payroll tab and hit Select Resume Scheduled Payroll or Start Unscheduled Payroll.
3. On the Enter Payroll Information page, right-click on the employee’s name you’re working on.
4. Click the Revert Paycheck option.

Perform the same process for the remaining employees you wish to undo the paychecks. Once done, you can start running payroll.

If you continue to get the same result, here’s an article that contains solutions on how to get the taxes to compute: QuickBooks Desktop calculates wages and/or payroll taxes incorrectly.

Also, this link outlines the steps on how to fix when payroll items on a paycheck are calculating incorrectly.

Keep in touch if you have any clarifications or other concerns. I’ll get back to help and make sure you’re taken care of. Have a good one.