Penalties for late payroll tax payment

I've got the steps to record the late tax payroll payment in QuickBooks Desktop payroll, AS80.

I'll guide you through the steps. 

1. Go to Employees at the top menu bar.
2. Select Payroll Center.
3. Go to the Pay Liabilities column.
4. Select liability by putting a checkmark on the box beside it.
5. Click View/Pay.
6. Go to the Expenses column, under the Liability Payment - Checking page.
7. Click Add new to add the penalty account under the Account column and the Amount..
8. Click Save and Close.

Additionally, I've included this article to help you utilize QuickBooks Desktop to review and access relevant data about your company and employees: Run Payroll Reports.

You can post a comment below if you need more help with recording penalties or any other issues. I'll be here to lend a hand always.

Thank you for your help.

However,  I cannot follow the directions given . When I click on Employee in the top menu bar, I do not have the same lay out. I have no Payroll center, I have of course a Pay Taxes and Liabilities line  (not a column) but when I click on Pay liabilities, there is no box beside it , no view/pay and no expenses column. Apparently in my version, I would need to create a payroll item called "penalties" before I can pay .

I am Using Quickbooks Desktop Premier Professional Services Edition  2021. It may explain why the display is so different.

Let me help you enter your late payroll tax payment, AS80-.

In QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), when dealing with penalties paid to tax agencies, you can record them by creating an expense item and adding this to a check. Please follow the steps below:

Create an expense item

1. Go to the Vendors tab and choose Enter Bills.
2. Complete the necessary fields. Then, select Expenses. 
3. Choose an account from the Account column. Input the amount of the penalty. Label it tax penalty in the Memo column.
4. Hit Save & Close.

Write a Check

1. Go to the Banking tab and choose Write checks.
2. Select the account where the money will be taken from in the Bank Account field.
3. Complete the other fields such as the date, amount, address, etc.
4. Add the expense item you created for the tax penalty in the Expenses tab.
5. Hit Save & Close.

Moreover, I'll add this article to help you run, print, and customize payroll reports in QBDT Payroll: Run payroll reports.

Comment below if you have follow-up questions about managing your late payroll tax payment. I'll be around to assist. 

Thank you so much. It seems the easiest solution.

I created a Penalties and Fines account in the Chart of accounts.  Is there a way to attribute a Tax-line mapping to this new account  to show that this expense is not tax deductible?

Thank you for your help.