Thank you for contacting us, gharris198.
You'll want to enter those prior tax payments since you've already paid the. This will help remove those liabilities for 2019 and 2020.
To do so, I'm glad to provide you the steps on how to accomplish this:
- From the Help menu, choose About QuickBooks.
- Press Ctrl + Alt + Y or Ctrl + Shift + Y to open the Setup YTD Amounts window.
- Click Next until you reach the Enter prior payments section.
- Select Create Payment to enter all prior payroll tax and non-tax payroll liability payments you've already paid.
- Enter the Payment Date and For Period Ending date accordingly.
- In the Taxes and Liabilities field, choose the payroll tax item that you've already paid and want to record in QuickBooks Desktop. Then, enter the amount.
- Select test the Accounts Affected... button. This displays options for how you want the payment to affect your Chart of Accounts (COA).
- Do not affect accounts: Use this option if your QuickBooks accounts have correct balances. Selecting this option will cause the prior payment to not show up in the bank register.
- Affect liability accounts but not the bank account: Use this option if your checking account has the correct balance. Selecting this option will cause the prior payment to not show up in the bank register.
- Affect liability and bank accounts: Use this option if none of the account balances are correct. Selecting this option will cause the prior payment to show up in the bank register.Select test the Accounts Affected... button. This displays options for how you want the payment to affect your Chart of Accounts (COA).
- Choose Next Payment once your first payment is completed.
- Continue this process until you have completed all payments. Click Done to save your work, then select Finish to close the window.
After that, you can start creating new paychecks. Then, pay and file your tax liabilities.
Let me know if there's anything else you need anything else by commenting below. I'm always right here to help.
