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Join nowHello-I have an employee who has had health care with us, but his wife has better coverage so he has stopped getting health insurance through us. I deducted his portion of the premium last month and I now owe him for that. I reimbursed him through payroll for his portion, instead of subtracting I added the premium amount as a positive. The liabilities did not calculate it using that number. What did I do wrong?
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Hi, @psmljj66.
I'm here to provide details about reimbursing an employee for Health Care Premium in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).
Since you already created the paycheck, you can create a reimbursement payroll item. Then, assign it to the employee's record under the earnings column.
To create a reimbursement payroll item, here's how:
To assign the payroll item to an employee, here's how:
Once done, you can proceed with running a second paycheck solely for the reimbursement. By doing this, you can make sure that the liability balances are tracked accurately. Please refer to this article for further guidance: Create and run your payroll.
For more tips and other resources, I recommend visiting our website: Self-help articles.
Please let me know if you have follow-up questions about this or anything else QuickBooks. I'm always here to help. Stay safe and enjoy the rest of the day.
Hi, @psmljj66.
I'm here to provide details about reimbursing an employee for Health Care Premium in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).
Since you already created the paycheck, you can create a reimbursement payroll item. Then, assign it to the employee's record under the earnings column.
To create a reimbursement payroll item, here's how:
To assign the payroll item to an employee, here's how:
Once done, you can proceed with running a second paycheck solely for the reimbursement. By doing this, you can make sure that the liability balances are tracked accurately. Please refer to this article for further guidance: Create and run your payroll.
For more tips and other resources, I recommend visiting our website: Self-help articles.
Please let me know if you have follow-up questions about this or anything else QuickBooks. I'm always here to help. Stay safe and enjoy the rest of the day.
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