Updating WA state L&I

Hi there, annoyedatqwikbks.

This isn't an experienced I want you to feel when updating L&I rates in WA state. However, I still appreciate you for coming back here to the QuickBooks Community so I can help you with any concerns you may have with QuickBooks. I'll share steps to ensure you're able to update L&I rates in WA state in QuickBooks Online.

I suggest going to the Payroll menu and choose the Employees section. From there, you'll have the option to change the L&I rates in WA state or the Composite Rate that it shows the total rate of the Employer plus the Employee. Please follow the steps below.

1. Go to the Payroll menu and select the Employees section.
2. Choose the employee's name.
3. Select the Edit icon next to Pay.
4. Scroll down to the workers' comp section. Then, select +Enter workers' comp info.
5. Choose Yes, I have the tax rate.
6. Enter the rate in the Composite Rate which the total rate of employer + employee.
7. Fill in the other necessary field.
8. Hit Done.

For additional information you can click this article: Set up Washington workers' compensation in Online Payroll. This also provides details about filing Form WA F212-055-000 and Paying Your Tax Liability.

Please refer to this article to view different details on tax forms, withholdings, e-file, pay information, general state, and agency information, and employer registration to ensure compliance with state payroll tax regulations: Washington Payroll Tax Compliance.

I encourage keeping in touch with us if you have other payroll concerns. This way, we'll be able to provide the assistance you need.

I have several employees in each of several companies. You're saying I have to manually change each employee individually? That's a terrible solution.

Also, I just tried what you suggested and all I can do is assign a different worker's comp code. I can't change the rate of the code the employee already has. The steps you have given me are for the initial assigning of a rate. I need to UPDATE a rate.

And once the rate is assigned I can no longer see what the numbers are, so I can't double check that I got the right numbers.

And L&I gives rates out to 4 decimal places and QBO only does 2. This difference adds up over time. Why not do 4 decimals like the rates are given by the state?

And people wonder why I dislike QBO so much. Nothing about it is good.