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Accounting News
Problems, outages, and quirks that QuickBooks users are reporting — tracked and explained by the desk.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Georgia's quarterly withholding return for semi-weekly payayers, but employers must verify withholding IDs, deposit schedules, and adjustment boxes before e-filing.
Payroll
QuickBooks desktop payroll users working with IRS Form 7200 need to manually verify several credit calculations the software pre-populates from specific payroll tracking items.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks walks employers through a Form 940 interview covering Schedule A, FUTA credit reduction states, and Business Name Control for e-filing verification.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks locks Form W-3 fields and pulls every figure from W-2 data and interview selections, so corrections must be made upstream — not on the transmittal itself.
Fixed Asset Manager
How to bring depreciation and asset records from another program into QuickBooks Fixed Asset Manager using a properly structured CSV file and import template.
Payroll Forms
QuickBooks users filing Maine's seasonal UC-1 unemployment form need version 2017 R14 or newer, plus per-employee seasonal wage tagging in Payroll Center.
Payroll
QuickBooks users filing Maine's seasonal UC-1 must update to specific releases and tag employees as seasonal before wages populate correctly on the form.
Payroll
QuickBooks users filing Maine's seasonal unemployment form must flag employees as seasonal and use the right payroll tax table release for wages to flow properly.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most fields for the New Jersey quarterly employer report, but registration format and manual entries trip up filers. Here is what to check.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Florida's quarterly reemployment tax form, but out-of-state wage credits and electronic filing thresholds require manual attention.
Payroll & Taxes
QuickBooks users filing New York's MCTMT return discover the form is unavailable for periods before Q3 2023 due to missing Zone 1 and Zone 2 data.
Payroll
QuickBooks users filing Form 940 encounter confusion around FUTA credit reduction states and Business Name Control requirements during the program's interview process.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks walks employers through Form 940 with an interview screen covering Schedule A, FUTA credit reduction states, and e-file Business Name Control requirements.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks users preparing Form 944 and Form 945-A encounter an interview sheet and Business Name Control prompts that can stall e-filing if entered incorrectly.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks walks employers through an interview process for Form 944 and Form 945-A, gathering filing details that determine deposit schedules and e-file validation.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most fields on Oregon's Form OQ quarterly tax report, but unemployment, withholding, and transit tax calculations follow specific rules worth understanding.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most Form OQ fields automatically, but tax rates, transit districts, and paid leave contributions draw from specific payroll data — here is how the math works.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks users correcting W-2 forms need to understand how the W-2c worksheet pulls wage data and what entries are required for each box being fixed.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks uses a guided interview to collect employer and tax-liability details for Form 944 and Form 945-A — here is what the process covers and where users get tripped up.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks prefills most of Montana's annual withholding reconciliation but leaves several fields manual and applies state-specific formatting that catches employers off guard.
Payroll & Taxes
QuickBooks prefills some fields on Nevada's TXR-020.05 Modified Business Tax Return, but employers must manually enter several key amounts and understand the calculations.
State Payroll Forms
QuickBooks prefills some fields on Nevada's Modified Business Tax Return, but employers must manually enter TID, health care deductions, veteran wages, and offsets.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most fields on New Jersey's quarterly Employer's Report for Weekly Payers, but certain registration and line-item details require manual review before e-filing.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills Oregon Quarterly Tax Report fields using company payroll data, but employers must verify rates, filing frequency, and transit district calculations.