How-To

How to Set Up a 401(k) Employer Match Item in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll

Open Quickbooks desktop and click on the Lists menu and select Payroll Item List. Note: If payroll is not turned on in your Quickbooks file, then you will not see the Payroll Item List selection. You will need to create a new payroll item for the employer match portion of an employee’s 401(k) company-sponsored plan,

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How to Set Up 401(k) Employee Deduction Item in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll

Open Quickbooks desktop and click on the Lists menu and select Payroll Item List. Note: If payroll is not turned on in your Quickbooks file, then you will not see the Payroll Item List selection. You will need to create a new payroll item for the employee deduction portion of an employee’s 401(k) company-sponsored plan,

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How to Issue a Customer Check Refund from a Previous Overpayment in QuickBooks Online

1. Go to the vendor check-writing feature in QuickBooks Online. 2. Choose the customer name as the Payee name. 3. Choose “Accounts Receivable” as the Category. 4. Type in the overpayment amount to be refunded. 5. Click on “Save and Close”. 6. Next, go to the customer profile to actually apply this check payment refund

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How to Merge Customer or Vendor Profiles in QuickBooks

Sometimes, over a period of months or years, you may have inadvertently created similar looking vendor names or customer names in your QuickBooks company file. You may then decide, for various reasons, that you really need to begin merging some of these named profiles together. Before you being this activity, here are some important things

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How to Post Batch Deposits in QuickBooks

Posting two or more merchant settlement or customer check payments in a single batch deposit in QuickBooks requires the usage of the special Undeposited Funds current asset account/function in QuickBooks. To Begin: 1. Apply any and all full gross receipts/payments to open customer invoices like you normally would: a. However, here you are going to

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How To Apply Customer Payments in Quickbooks Desktop

This article deals only with the customer payment application process in Quickbooks DESKTOP and NOT the corresponding bank deposit process, which is covered in another article from AccuraBooks. To apply customer payments in Quickbooks Desktop: 1. Click on the Customers drop-down menu and choose Receive Payments 2. Click on the Received From drop-down menu and

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How to Post a Payment to a Vendor Bill in QuickBooks Online

There are different ways to begin the process of posting your payment on a vendor bill in QuickBooks Online. This article discusses two different ways to accomplish this task. Note: I am going to assume you have already entered your bill into QuickBooks previously and now you are ready to post your payment to this

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How To Prorate an Employee’s Salary

If you must prorate (proportional distribution) an employee’s salary based on the number or days they worked in a pay period, here are the two methods I like to utilize: 1. Average Daily Pay: find the “average” daily pay for the employee and then simply multiply this daily rate by the actual number of days

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How to Set Up an Employer Contributions Health Insurance Payroll Item in Quickbooks Desktop

Open Quickbooks desktop and click on the Lists menu and select Payroll Item List. Note: If payroll is not turned on in your Quickbooks file, then you will not see the Payroll Item List selection. You will need to create a new payroll item for the employer contribution portion of an employee’s health insurance plan,

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