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Join nowDo I create a payment for our premiums through Payroll or Write Checks, please?
If Payroll, what would be the steps to set it up?
Thank-you!
--Laurie
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Thanks for getting back, @lauriem.
Just to ensure I'm on the same page, do you pay your WA Paid Medical Leave by quarter? Is it showing on the Pay Taxes & Other Liabilities screen?
Since you've paid the liability outside QuickBooks, you can record this by creating a prior payment. Here's how:
Also, the Washington State has extended paid leave due date to August 31st. You can refer to this article for more information: Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (New Tax 2019).
Let me know how it goes. I'll be around to help you further with paying your tax liability in QuickBooks.
Hello lauriem,
QuickBooks Desktop supports electronic payment for Washington Paid Family Leave. You'll have to set it up first in the Payroll Center. Let me guide you through the steps.
Once you're done, go to Employees, Payroll Center, and then Pay Liabilities to pay your premium. Then, click View/Pay.
You can read this article for more information: Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (New Tax 2019).
Feel free to check these articles for future reference:
Fill me in if you need help with anything else. I'd be sure to jump in anytime.
Thanks, SheilaGrace
One issue I have is when I began to withhold premiums in January I entered 63% for each employee (we don't pay the employer portion, FYI), but when I reported to ESD they calculated at 63.33% so I have a discrepancy between what was withheld and what is owed.
Any suggestions on how to handle this in the Payroll Center? There is an account I can credit the 73 cent difference to.
Hello @lauriem,
I can provide the steps to help you correct your liability payments for WA State Paid Family Leave Premiums.
To do this, let us first correct the employee rate in the Payroll Setup, then make a liability adjustment to add the 73 cent difference. To change the rate, perform the steps below:
Once done, make the adjustment for the difference. Pull up a Payroll Detail Review report to
On the report, review which employee has the discrepancy. You can get the correct calculation by multiplying the total wage base of each payroll items to its corresponding tax rate. To increase the liability in the Payroll Center, create a positive adjustment for the payroll item. Perform the steps below for each affected employee:
Here's an article with the complete steps on how to create an adjustment: Adjust payroll liabilities.
Please update this thread on how it goes. I'll be on a lookout for your response as I want to make sure you're all set.
I've paid our premiums for the WA state Paid Family & Medical Leave for the first two quarters with an EFT from checking
Now how do I enter the transaction into QuickBooks?
Welcome back, @lauriem,
I'd be more than happy to help you record tax payments made outside Quickbooks.
Let's create a liability check to clear out your liability balance in the Payroll Center. Please follow the steps below:
I'm just a post away if you need me, lauriem. Update this thread if you have additional questions or need further help with processing tax payments. Have a good one!
Hello there, @lauriem!
Let's review the schedule of your liability payments for your taxes so that your liability check will show on the list of transactions once you recorded it.
If in case you need some tips and related articles for future use, you can always visit our QuickBooks Desktop Help Articles page for reference.
If there's anything else that I can help you with, please let me know in the comment section down below. I'll be always around ready to help.
Hello there, @lauriem.
Thanks for reaching back out to us. Let me provide additional insights about WA paid leave premiums in QuickBooks.
Yes, the WA paid leave premiums will show up once the due of pay liability every after a quarter.
For more reference, you can read these articles:
Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or need anything. Have a nice day!
This liability is not appearing in the list on the Pay Taxes, etc Tab
I corrected some discrepancies in the employee fields and everything should be as it should in the Employee Information
In Payroll Setup, under Schedule Payments, the Description for it is Check/Quarterly. I know the agency determines the frequency so that can't be edited but there's apparently nowhere to change it from a check to an e-payment, which I would prefer for the upcoming payments
Is that done somewhere else?
I paid this on the website and now need to account for it in Quickbooks, of course!
Sorry to be so lame
Hi lauriem,
A few things that we need to consider why your liability taxes isn't listed. Let me share them with you to get this resolved.
If you already paid your previous quarter's liability and haven't created a paycheck yet, these liabilities will not be listed in the pay liabilities window.
Once done, just click on the due payroll tax and then click View/Pay.
In order to e-pay your taxes, you'll have to sign up for e-pay first. Please read these handy articles for more information:
You can visit our page for future reference about: Payroll and workers.
Get back to me if you have other questions.
Hi, ShiellaGrace, hoping to clarify
Quickbooks doesn't know that I paid the liability yet, as I paid via ACH on the agency website
So of course it needs to be entered somehow
You mentioned a paycheck date. Is that referring to the employees' checks that have the Paid Leave withholding from?
I do have a scheduled payment for the WA Paid Medical Leave, it's designated Check/Quarterly
I think I'm missing something, though I don't know what, appreciate your patience and thanks for trying!
Thanks for getting back, @lauriem.
Just to ensure I'm on the same page, do you pay your WA Paid Medical Leave by quarter? Is it showing on the Pay Taxes & Other Liabilities screen?
Since you've paid the liability outside QuickBooks, you can record this by creating a prior payment. Here's how:
Also, the Washington State has extended paid leave due date to August 31st. You can refer to this article for more information: Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (New Tax 2019).
Let me know how it goes. I'll be around to help you further with paying your tax liability in QuickBooks.
Thanks for your input, LilyC!
Yes, the Paid Leave is a quarterly payment, but the agency wasn't set up to accept payments by the first quarter deadline so both quarters are to be paid by the new extended August 31 one
No, it has never appeared on the Pay Liabilities, etc screen. The only thing ever showing up there is my 941 tax deposit
BTW, the agency has been very communicative about what's going on, sending emails to keep employers apprised of developments and responding quickly to my questions
I will try your suggestion for that prior payment and see if it works for me
I appreciate you getting back to us, @lauriem.
After creating a prior payment, the recorded liability will appear on the Pay Liabilities page.
Also, in case you want to set up a schedule for payroll liabilities or create payroll payments in the future, you can read these articles for your reference:
Please know that you can always get back to us if you have any other questions. We're always here to help.
I followed LilyC's suggestion to create a prior payment. The current withholding was listed on the screen, and I didn't want to mess with that so I added the amount I'd paid the agency through ACH, and recorded it. But now I realize the current withholding shouldn't have been included in this transaction, so how do I correct that adjustment, please?
Further, when I looked at the Pay Liabilities tab the only one listed was the usual federal w/h, so it looks like the new liability didn't make it.
And nothing showed up in the check register to reduce the balance.
Is it something in the setup that's awry? I'm baffled
Hi @lauriem,
Let me join this conversation and share some steps on how you can correct the adjustment you mentioned.
I'd suggest for you to run your Payroll Liability Balances report. Open this report by following these steps:
If you see your liability check on the report, you'll need to adjust payroll liabilities. You'll find the steps on the link I've provided, including how to adjust multiple liabilities at the same time.
Feel free to post other questions in the comments below. I'll be sure to get back to you.
Might be helpful for others down the road to know that Accounts Affected must be selected when Creating a Prior Payment. After I selected the bank and liability accounts my transaction was successful.
However, the liability is still not properly showing up on the Pay Taxes tab even though I've scheduled it in Payroll Setup as Check/Quarterly
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thank you,
--Laurie
Hi, @lauriem.
To clarify, have you tried running the report suggested by my colleague @Ryan_M above? it could be that there's an overpayment recorded on previous dates.
You can also read this article for further guidance: Payroll Liability and/or Balance Sheet Report Shows Incorrect Amounts for Payroll Liabilities.
If there are no overpayments, I suggest contacting our support team. This way, they can look into your account in a secure environment and further investigate this.
To contact them:
You can also visit our Payroll and workers page to learn some tips on managing your payroll.
Don't hesitate to reach out to us if you have any other concerns or questions.
I have a related, ongoing question. My company as a small employer has no Employer tax liability: only employees have to pay the PFML portion. The liability/premiums are withheld each payroll period. However, WA's ESD calculates the premiums due each quarter on total payroll for the quarter. Due to rounding, each quarter the total premium amount due to the state is a few pennies different from the total amount of premiums withheld during the payroll processing.
What's an easy way to adjust the payroll liability so what shows in QuickBooks is the same as what I pay the state? Since the employees had the correct amounts withheld each payroll, the company is paying the additional few pennies each quarter. Right now, I record what I pay the state so QuickBooks shows the few pennies as an overpayment. THANKS!
Hi Pikake,
You can use a liability adjustment to correct your employees quarter-to-date (QTD) payroll information. Let me guide you how.
Here's an article for more information and detailed steps: Adjust Payroll Liabilities In QuickBooks Desktop.
I have included this article in case you have other questions about payroll: Payroll And Workers.
Leave a reply if you have other questions. I'll be here to help you.
This Paid leave liability is correctly set up in the Payroll Setup yet doesn't appear in the Pay Taxes & Liabilities tab
I'm planning to create a custom payment for this 3rd quarter's premium but am wondering if others are experiencing the same situation and have found a way to rectify it?
FYI, I'm using the 2019 version of Premier Nonprofit and the Enhanced Payroll, if it might make a difference
Let me help you set up and pay a custom liability, @lauriem.
Please check if you've set the Payment deposit frequency to Quarterly from your QuickBooks Payroll Setup so that this will appear from your Pay Taxes & Liabilities tab.
Here's how to check:
After that, you can now see your upcoming, due, and overdue liabilities under the Pay Taxes & Other Liabilities section. To view:
Here's more information from this article: Set up and pay scheduled or custom (unscheduled) liabilities.
Let us know if there’s anything else that we can help by posting a comment below. Have a great rest of the day!
Thanks for getting back to me, MaryJoy
Yes, the quarterly option was selected for this liability in the payroll setup, which is partly why I'm mystified as to its non-appearance in the Payroll Center