Make payroll tax payments to settle taxes due in your Online Payroll account. This is to avoid penalties due to late payments.
Pay taxes using our electronic services
To pay taxes electronically, you must enroll to our electronic services first. To enroll and activate electronic services, see Enroll to e-file and pay taxes electronically for more details.
Ensure that your bank account has sufficient funds to cover the tax payment before you create and approve it. This is to prevent your payroll account from being on hold due to insufficient funds. Also, Intuit does not manage an impound account on your behalf for electronic payments.
To pay taxes electronically:
Intuit QuickBooks Online Payroll Enhanced
- Select Taxes > Payroll Tax > Pay Taxes.
- Select Create payment.
- Select E-pay.
- Select Done to confirm payment.
To verify if the payment has been made successfully:
- Select Taxes > Payroll Tax.
- Select View tax payments you have made.
- Change the date range as needed.
Intuit Online Payroll Enhanced
- Select the To Do tab.
- Taxes due appear under It's time to pay taxes. Select the tax payment you want to pay.
- Create Payment and then Approve.
- A payment confirmation appears after approving a tax payment.
To verify if the payment has been made successfully:
- Select Taxes & Forms.
- Select View tax payments you have made.
- Change the date range as needed.
Pay taxes directly to the federal and state agencies
Pay your taxes directly to the federal and state agencies if:
- You are not signed up for our electronic services
- You are using Intuit Online Payroll Basic
- Intuit does not support electronic services for your state
State tax payments
Most of the state agencies offer electronic payments through their website. You can contact your state agencies on how to sign up with their electronic services.
If you choose to mail your payment to the state agency, you can send the payment along with the payment coupon. We can provide you a payment coupon after recording the tax payment in your Online Payroll account. In the event that we do not support the payment coupon, contact your state agency to get one. Note that some state agencies do not accept manual payment. Enroll in our electronic services or contact your state agency to check for options in paying taxes.
When you pay taxes outside Intuit, you also need to record the payment in your Online Payroll account to remove the tax due and tag it as paid. Recording a tax payment generates a payment coupon which you need in sending the payment in the mail. To record a tax payment made outside Intuit, see Recording prior tax payments for more details.
Not Supported
State tax due notification for Intuit Online Payroll for Basic users
State tax due notifications are for Payroll Enhanced users only. If you have the Intuit Online Payroll Basic subscription, you can run a
Tax Liability Report to know your state tax liabilities and pay it manually.To run a tax liability report:
- Select Reports.
- In the Employer Reports section, select Tax Liability.
- Change the date Range as needed, and then select Update Report.
