Accounting News
Problems, outages, and quirks that QuickBooks users are reporting — tracked and explained by the desk.
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 & 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 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
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 & 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 Maine's seasonal unemployment form must flag employees as seasonal and use the right payroll tax table release for wages to flow properly.
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 & 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.
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
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 prefills most of the Arkansas DWS-ARK-209B unemployment form, but employers must review certain lines and identification fields before filing.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Arkansas Form DWS-ARK-209B, but employers must verify wage-base thresholds and complete several manual fields before filing.
Payroll
QuickBooks users preparing annual tax forms face choices about paper type, alignment, and copy selection when printing W-2, W-3, and federal payroll tax forms.
Shipping & Order Fulfillment
QuickBooks users handling international shipments through Shipping Manager encounter FTR and FTSR fields tied to U.S. export rules — here is what those codes do.
Payroll
QuickBooks users filing New York's Form MTA-305 should know the software cannot file returns for periods before Q3 2023 due to missing zone data.
Fixed Asset Manager
ACRS depreciation methods in QuickBooks Fixed Asset Manager cover tangible property placed in service from 1981 through 1987 across several recovery classes.
Payroll
Common mistakes on Form 941-X Part 3 include reporting per-employee amounts instead of totals and mishandling COBRA credit balances due.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Form 941 Page 2, but certain credit and deposit lines require manual review or entry to reconcile correctly.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks users filing Form 940 encounter an interview worksheet, Schedule A credit reduction rules, and Business Name Control verification requirements that can affect e-filing.
Payroll
Florida employers filing Form RT-6 in QuickBooks may need manual entries for out-of-state wage credits, tax rates, and specialized reporting forms.
Payroll & Forms
QuickBooks users correcting previously filed W-2 forms can use the W-2c worksheet, but the workflow requires specific steps to ensure accurate previously reported and corrected amounts.
Payroll
QuickBooks users preparing state W-2 worksheets can verify employer and employee data by cross-referencing the Payroll Summary report for accuracy.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills most of Form 941, but employee counts, zero fields, and uncategorized wages still confuse payroll users each quarter.
Payroll
QuickBooks prefills W-2 worksheets with company and employee data, but users should verify amounts against Payroll Summary reports before filing.