Accounting News
Problems, outages, and quirks that QuickBooks users are reporting — tracked and explained by the desk.
1099s & Year-End Forms
QuickBooks cannot populate 1099 data on Colorado's DR 1093B transmittal form, leaving users to manually enter counts, withholding totals, and penalty calculations.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Arizona's quarterly unemployment tax form, but employers must manually verify interest, penalties, and payment thresholds before filing.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of West Virginia's quarterly withholding return, but e-filing thresholds and specific line items still trip up employers. Here is what to watch.
Payroll
Hawaii replaced Form HW-3 with Form HW-30 for annual withholding transmittal. Here is how QuickBooks handles the form and what users must verify.
Payroll
QuickBooks uses an interview sheet to determine which agricultural payroll forms you need. Here is how each question drives form generation.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefill for Oregon's annual withholding report covers W-2 wages but omits 1099 withholding, requiring manual adjustments before filing.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills Massachusetts quarterly unemployment insurance contribution data, but employers must file electronically and review deferral and credit fields carefully.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Maine's UC-1 Schedule 2 employee wage data, but several fields require manual review before filing your quarterly unemployment report.
Payroll
QuickBooks users filing Form 943 for agricultural employees can use Form 943-V to remit a balance due — but only under specific deposit conditions.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Michigan's quarterly Employer's Quarterly Wage/Tax Report, but employers must still file electronically through the state's MiWAM portal.
Payroll
QuickBooks automatically populates withholding tax deposit Form WT-6 fields, but payment schedules and manual review requirements catch some users off guard.
Payroll
QuickBooks auto-populates most of New York's Form NYS-1, but withholding ID format errors and specific manual entries can still cause filing problems.
Payroll Forms
QuickBooks auto-populates Arkansas transmittal Form ARW-3 for W-2 filing, but several fields require manual review before the February 28 deadline.
Payroll
When the E-file & E-pay button is disabled in QuickBooks payroll, the cause is usually form setup, payment method configuration, or unresolved data errors on the form itself.
Payroll Forms
QuickBooks prefills most of New Mexico's quarterly WC-1 workers' compensation fee form, but employers must verify employee counts, penalty, and interest fields.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Michigan's quarterly unemployment tax form, but users often need help understanding where the numbers come from and what to enter manually.
Payroll
How to complete Maine's New Hire Report in QuickBooks, including which fields auto-populate, which require manual entry, and common data gaps.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks prefills most Form 941 Page 3 fields from interview worksheets, but paid preparer details and designee PINs require manual entry. Here is what users need to know.
Payroll
QuickBooks automates most of Ohio's IT 3 wage transmittal but leaves 1099-R and IT-2 amounts to the user. Here is how to complete the form correctly.
Payroll
New Jersey replaced Form NJ-500 with mandatory electronic filing after December 2008. QuickBooks users now remit monthly withholding through e-payment instead.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of the Mississippi Employer's Quarterly Wage Report, but employers still need to verify employee counts and calculate penalties manually.
Payroll
Massachusetts employers unable to locate or file Form M-941 in QuickBooks can find guidance on due dates, manual entry, and error code -6089.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks auto-populates most Form 941 fields, but paid preparer details and third-party designee entries require manual input before filing.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most Texas Workforce Commission C-3 fields automatically, but several lines require manual entry before electronic filing.