Cancel Your QuickBooks Payroll Subscription

1. Go to Settings ⚙ and select Account and Settings.
2. Select Billing & Subscription.* In the Payroll section, select Cancel.
3. Fill out the online cancelation form to complete your cancelation.

Once you submit the cancelation form, Intuit will not be able to edit or change it.

*Note: If you don't see the Billing & Subscription tab, you're not signed in as the Master Administrator or Company Administrator on the account. Or you purchased your QuickBooks Online from your Accountant. In these cases you need to sign in with an admin account or contact your accountant to cancel your payroll subscription.

If you have a full service payroll subscription
If we pay and file your payroll taxes for you, be sure to leave your bank account open until we debit and pay those tax liabilities. These liabilities (including annual liabilities) will be paid at the time we process your cancelation form. You'll receive an email confirmation within 3 business days once we have reviewed your cancelation request, and another when we have completed your cancelation.

If you need to cancel your QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted Service, complete the QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted cancelation form. You'll receive an email confirmation within 3 business days once we've reviewed your cancelation request. We'll send another when we've completed your cancelation.

If you have Assisted Payroll Plus (APP), the bundle package of the QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted and QuickBooks Software Subscription, contact us to complete your cancelation.

You have two ways to cancel your subscription.

Through your company file
The best way to cancel your payroll service is directly in your QuickBooks Desktop company file.

1. From the Employees dropdown menu, select My Payroll Service then Account/Billing Info.
2. Sign in using your Intuit Account login and the Account Portal page will open.
3. Select Cancel Service.
4. Follow the on-screen steps to cancel your payroll service.

Through your Intuit account
If you don’t have access to your QuickBooks Desktop Payroll company file, you can cancel your payroll service online.

1. Sign in to your Intuit Account.
2. Under Products & Services, select Details next to the status of the payroll subscription that you want to cancel.
3. Select Cancel Service and follow the on-screen steps to cancel your payroll service.

If you still have questions on canceling, review our QuickBooks Desktop cancelation policies.

Still not able to cancel your payroll service.
If you're having trouble finding your file or signing in to your account, make a request to cancel your payroll service. Follow the on-screen steps, and you’ll receive an email confirming your payroll service has been canceled in about 3 business days.

If you have Enhanced Payroll Plus (EPP), the bundle package of the QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Enhanced and the QuickBooks Software Subscription, contact us to complete your cancelation.

If you still have questions on canceling, review our QuickBooks Desktop cancelation policies.

You'll have access to your payroll data until one year after the date your subscription was canceled. Be sure to export and save copies of your reports.

You will continue to access copies of your payroll tax returns online through the Canceled Client Payroll Tax Center until 12 months from the date of cancelation of the subscription. You will not receive paper copies of these returns.

You will no longer access your payroll tax returns through QuickBooks Desktop. Instead, please follow the instructions below to access your return information:

1. Go to https://payrolltaxcenter.intuit.com/ptc-termed/
2. Enter your company's EIN and Payroll PIN.
3. Once logged in, you will see a link to online forms filed for your company. These are PDF files you can print, save, or email.

If you do not find the form in the Payroll Tax Center, or if you no longer have your Payroll PIN and EIN information, you must request paper copies of your returns by completing this form: Tax Copy Request Form.

You'll still have access to your payroll data after canceling but you wont be able to recreate any tax forms. Be sure to save a copy of all the tax forms you created or e-filed.