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TMoore
Level 3

Payroll blocked Either the Repayment account, or its parent account, is an inappropriate account type. Please check the account types in your company's Chart of Accounts.

I try to run payroll and get this error message:
Either the Repayment account, or its parent account, is an inappropriate account type. Please check the account types in your company's Chart of Accounts.
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AbegailS_
QuickBooks Team

Payroll blocked Either the Repayment account, or its parent account, is an inappropriate account type. Please check the account types in your company's Chart of Accounts.

Hi there, @TMoore.

 

It's possible that the account associated in your Repayment pay type isn't the appropriate account type. We can go to the Payroll Settings and identify the Repayment Account. Here's how:

 

  1. Go to the Gear icon.
  2. Select Payroll Settings under Your Company.
  3. Under the Accounting section, select Preferences.
  4. In the list of mapped accounts, locate the Repayment account, and double-check the associated account. If this needs to take action, make sure to assign the correct account.

If this needs to take action, make sure to assign the correct account. You can follow these steps below to locate the Repayment Account in the Chart of Accounts (COA).

 

  1. Go to Accounting on the left panel.
  2. In the Chart of Accounts tab, locate the account you identified from Payroll Settings in the list of accounts and click Edit under the Actions column.
  3. Change the account type to the correct one.

 

If everything is set up properly, you can log in to your account through a private browser. This helps us identify if this is a browser issue. If this works, we can go back to your regular browser and clear its cache. In case private browsing fails, you can also try switching to a different supported browser

 

You can get additional details from the articles below:

 

I'll be here if you still have questions or concerns with chart of accounts. Don't hesitate to reply. Take care and have a great day ahead.

TMoore
Level 3

Payroll blocked Either the Repayment account, or its parent account, is an inappropriate account type. Please check the account types in your company's Chart of Accounts.

Thank you. The account type I assigned is "other current assets". Is that an appropriate type?

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