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Report third-party sick pay in QuickBooks Workforce
Learn how to report third-party sick pay in QuickBooks Workforce Payroll, QuickBooks Workforce Premium, and QuickBooks Workforce Elite and QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted.
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Third-Party Sick Pay is disability payments from an insurance company your employee gets while out of work, sick, or injured. To process third-party sick pay, you must send your info to us so we can collect any necessary taxes and report on tax forms including your employee’s W-2. To learn more about sick pay see IRS Publication 15a.
Step 1: Verify the following info on the third-party report.
This info is required by the IRS for reporting purposes. If any of the info is missing from the third-party report or Explanation of Benefits (EOB), contact the third party to obtain it.
Employee's name
Employee's Social Security Number
Sick pay paid to the employee
Federal income tax withheld
Employee Social Security tax withheld
Employee Medicare tax withheld
State tax withheld
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) number
Step 2: Contact Intuit to process the sick pay
QuickBooks Workforce Payroll
Contact us to process your third-party sick pay.
QuickBooks Workforce Premium or QuickBooks Workforce Elite
Email the third-party report to Intuit at customer_resolutionteam@intuit.com.
QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted
Email the third-party report to Intuit at RNAmendment_Team@intuit.com.
What happens next?
Once we receive the info, you'll receive an email with what to do next. We may need to collect the company portion of taxes from you (if applicable).
QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted only: to enter the tax debit
Go to Banking then select Write Checks.
In the Pay to the Order line, select QuickBooks Payroll Service.
The Date of the check should be the date the bank account was debited.
On the Memo line, enter Third-Party Sick Pay for Period MM/DD/YYYY (as indicated in the cover letter in the Amendment paperwork you received).
Select the Expense tab.
Depending on your payroll accounting setup:
In the Account section, select Payroll Expense (or the appropriate expense account for the taxes being debited; this might be Payroll Expenses, Federal Tax Expenses, etc.)
In the Amount section, enter the amount for taxes or total debit amount.
In the Memo section, enter Third-Party Sick Pay.
If you enter the amounts individually for Social Security Company, Medicare Company, Federal Unemployment Tax, State Unemployment Insurance, etc., you must repeat steps a, b and c for each item.
Select Recalculate.
Select Save and Close.
Repeat Steps 1 through 8 if more than one debit has occurred. (Specifically, different debits for Federal or State taxes by QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted service.)
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