What is the State tax Info: AL Employer Account number that is required on Payroll Set up page on Quickbooks online set up?

It's the Employer account number AL issued to you when you signed up to get a number.

Account number is required in setting up so that you can file taxes,@wsweat.

We have three types of State tax information in QuickBooks Online. 

1. State account numbers- your company needs to register in states. Once registered, employers are assigned an account or identification number.
2. State unemployment rate- these numbers are for unemployed persons.
3. Supplemental state taxes- this is an additional sales tax for employee and employer.

I agree with @brconsultingid2 that you'll need to sign up to your state website to get the number. If you don't have a number, you can visit Alabama Payroll Tax Compliance for registration information or contact information to find out your account number from the state. 

Once you already have the account number, you can update that by going to the Gear icon and select Payroll settings. Let me show you how:

1. From the Gear icon, then choose Payroll Settings.
2. Under Taxes, select State Taxes.
3. Enter your state account number.
4. Select OK.

I've included an article for more details on how to edit account number and deactivate electronic services: Changing a state account number.

I've also added these great resources for your reference for the upcoming year-end. This link tells you about the important dates for submitting tax forms and tax payment and different tasks that you'll need to complete. 

• Year-end checklist for QuickBooks Online Payroll. 
• Year-end guide and checklist   

Fill me in if you need anything else. I'll be more than happy to help you.

I believe the problem is the AL Company Account Number is an Alph/Numeric format and Intuit is a 10 digit Numeric format. They are not compatible. I called Customer Service and Cheryl did enter my AL Account Number on a different line that I could not access...and entered with the "R" as the first character.