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Payroll Tax Payments-- Troubleshooting

I am not seeing the correct payroll tax amounts when I use Pay Bills to make a federal or state tax payment!
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I am not seeing any payroll tax amounts when I use Pay Bills to make a federal or state tax payment!

Here's a trouble shooting checklist of possible causes:

  1. In the Pay Bills window, change the Cutoff Date. Moving the cutoff into the future by a week solves the problem if the pay day is in the future and taxes are not considered due yet. Moving it back to the end of the previous month will remove taxes that are not yet due.
  2. Check the Other Cost records-- use the Find command to locate payments to this tax agency.
  3. Check Payroll Records for the period in question. Was the tax deducted? Change the breakdown to Deductions or Employer Taxes to see. If not, it's a problem in the deduction setup. Click this link for payroll deduction troubleshooting.
  4. Check the Tax Items. Is there an account in the Pay To Account field? If not add one, and taxes will work in the future. If the wrong account, change it.
  5. Check the Tax Package used for the employee hours. Is the tax included? If not, include it.

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