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November 5, 2018
Question

Set up owners or partners

  • November 5, 2018
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new to quickbooks and just started a business. How would you set up partnership with no employees. Do they have payroll or do you just use the equity owner pay? 

5 replies

john-pero
Level 12
November 5, 2018

What type entity? Just a partnership, LLC, Subchapter S-corp? Makes a difference.

If you are Subchapter S or LLC electing to be taxed as corporation then working partners MUST be paid a reasonabe wage before any distributions. If just an LLC or not formal setup then the partners cannot be on payroll and any money paid to them is draw against their share of profit, which passes through to their personal returns.

 

For each partner you need a set of 4 equity accounts. One top level acts only as summing and is never posted to. Under this parent account are 3 sub accounts, Partner Equity, Partner Draw, Partner Contribution

 

 

November 5, 2018

It is a general partnership with equal shares and contributions.  No employees 

November 5, 2018

Also is draw the same as distribution?