SOC code reporting becomes mandatory for employers starting in the fourth quarter 2022.

Hello, sdgarris1.

You're on the right track. You can enter or add the occupational codes under the Employment details.

QuickBooks continues to comply with government mandates regardless of your payroll subscription. The following state listed below requires occupational codes:

• Alaska
• Indiana
• Louisiana
• Washington
• West Virginia

To enter the occupational code for your employees, please ensure that the work location falls within the states that require it. You can edit or add a work location if it isn't in the state that requires occupational code, and a box will appear for you to enter the information. Go to the Employment details to add or edit a work location.

If you want to see information about your company and employees, check out this article: Run payroll reports in QuickBooks Online Payroll.

I'll be here if you need anything else. Have a great day.

TACOMA, WA 98407 is the work location but not seeing the tab to enter the SOC code.

I've had the same problem as the original poster. I followed the directions, my employees' work locations are in WA, and the occupation code field doesn't show up in the Employee Details. Please help.

Hi, pammacrae and sdgarris1. I admire you for taking the steps provided by my colleague above, and I know you're putting so much effort and time into getting a resolution to your query.

Upon replicating here on my end, I've also encountered the same issue when trying to see the occupational codes when setting up the work location in WA state from the Employment details.

In the meantime, we can wait for the system to update the latest information about the states that require SOC codes for employees.

If need be, you can also reach out to our QuickBooks Online Payroll team. This way, they can pull up your account in a safe environment and investigate your issue further to find a possible fix. Please ensure to check our available hours when contacting our support so that we can address your concern on time. 

If you have any other QBO Payroll-related concerns. I'll get back here as soon as possible to help you again. Thanks for dropping by, and stay safe always. 

I am having the same issue in Washington state, I have Quickbooks Desktop Pro Plus 2022 with enhanced payroll. There is no option anywhere to enter the SOC codes. We need a fix for this please. This has been an option in Washington since 2019 and is now mandatory for 4th quarter of 2022, so there has been plenty of time to get this set up.

Just checked my client's Employment Details and there is still no box to add SOC codes. Not sure what to do at this point. Everyone in QB Online is good, but not desktop.

QB Instructions not quite accurate. While searching for codes be sure to write down Category Description as QB's lists alphabetical, not numerical, in drop down options.

While in Employee EDIT press NEXT 4 times to Tax Details.

    Under TAX DETAILS choose Additional State Employment Details.

This is where you will enter OCCUPATIONAL CODE.

I was able to enter the SOC codes at the beginning of 4th quarter, but now how do I pull a payroll report that shows those codes?  For 4th Quarter reporting I need this information broken out by SOC code and I don't see any reports that even show the SOC codes entered for each employee.  Please help.

Good evening, @Jennifer2023. 

Thanks for chiming in on this thread. Let's work together to run a report with the request you'd like. 

Are you using the QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop version? This will help us determine the best solution for your business. 

In the meantime, check out these guides below: 

• Run reports in QBO
• Customize reports in QBO 
• Understand reports in QBDT

Hit the Reply button when you're ready! I'll be waiting for your response! 

I'm using QuickBooks Enterprise.  I reviewed the guides you suggested and still don't see how to pull a quarterly report with the SOC code information I've entered.

Good day, Jennifer2023.

I know how important it is for the SOC codes to appear in the report. However, this option is currently unavailable in QuickBooks Desktop.

As a temporary workaround, you could export the report to Excel and add the SOC codes from there. See the sample screenshot below:

While this isn't available, I'd recommend submitting your feedback to help improve the program by going to the Send Feedback Online feature in QuickBooks Desktop.

In addition, I recommend customizing the report to get the specific information you need. We can also memorize to save the current customization settings. It serves as our record and allows us to quickly access it in the future.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. I'm always willing to assist. Have a wonderful day!

Thank you for the response.  I was hoping the SOC codes would be in a field we'd be able to add to a report by customizing an existing payroll report.  I know how to download reports into excel, but was really hoping I wouldn't have to hand enter the information since it has already been entered into Quickbooks.  I guess I don't really understand why I even entered them in Quickbooks since it's not accessible through the employee profile or in a report - what's the point, sounds like I wasted my time.  I truly hope Quickbooks updates the program to make that a viewable and reportable field.

Thanks,

Jennifer