Get latest payroll news and updates in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll

Find information on the latest payroll update (22516) as well as earlier release updates.

QuickBooks Desktop Payroll provides payroll updates to QuickBooks Desktop Payroll subscribers. These updates include the most current and accurate rates and calculations for supported state and federal tax tables, payroll tax forms, and e-file and pay options. Check out, Get the latest payroll tax table update to learn how to download and install payroll updates.

The latest Payroll Update is 22516, released on September 18, 2025.

In the sections below, we provide information and links to recent and previous updates.

• What's in the latest update
• Tax Table Update
• Forms Update
• E-File and Pay updates
• Prior update info

What’s included in Payroll Update 22516 (September 18, 2025)

Tax Table Update

Maryland

Action Required: Some Maryland local income tax rates have changed which are effective July 1, 2025.  For more info, check this out.

Forms updates

Alabama: Form A-1, Employer's Quarterly Return of Income Tax Withheld, has been updated.

Kentucky: Form UI-3, Employer's Quarterly Unemployment Wage & Tax Report, has been updated.

New Mexico: Form RPD-41054, Workers' Compensation Fee Form, has been updated.

E-file and e-pay update

There are no E-file & Pay updates in this Payroll Update.

Find recent payroll updates

For a complete overview of the most recent payroll update, select your product year from the list below:

• QuickBooks Desktop 2024
• QuickBooks Desktop 2023
• QuickBooks Desktop 2022

Or access this info from your QuickBooks Desktop company file:

1. Select Employees, then select Get Payroll Updates.
2. Select Payroll Update Info.

Past Payroll Updates