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Tammy_Texas
April 10, 2019
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electronically pay wage garnishment

  • April 10, 2019
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Is there a way to set up the vendor who receives wage garnishments for child support to be paid electronically through QuickBooks? I don't see a payment preference when I do the vendor set up. I've tried through the payroll liabilities set up but can't find this state agency. Am I stuck paying them with a check? 

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It's nice to see you here today, @Tammy_Texas,

 

Welcome to our forums. I'd be glad to share some information with you about electronically filing wage garnishments in QuickBooks.

 

At the moment, the E-File and E-Pay feature are supported for the following forms and liabilities in QuickBooks Desktop:

  • Federal Forms 940, 941, and 944
  • Federal 940 and 941/944 Payments
  • Federal Forms W-2 and W-3
  • Selected State Taxes and Forms

Were currently unable to set up electronic filing towards your vendor for your wage garnishments. To complete your work, you can follow John-pero's suggestion in his answer above. He's one of our best contributors here in our forum.

 

You may want to check this article to know more about our E-file/E-pay services: Understanding the E-File and E-Pay services

 

That should get you on the right track. Please don't hesitate to post a comment below should you need anything else, as I'd be happy to continue helping. Have a great and productive week!

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john-pero
john-pero
April 10, 2019

 You may not be "stuck" at all. Depends on your state and if they have or participate in a service such as expertpay which says it covers all 50 states. I log in, pay and move on in less than 30 seconds. It takes a little bit longer recording the payment in QB but there is no way to directly pay this from within QB since it is not a tax.   https://www.expertpay.com/  Set up your account and enter the employee info once (you can change amounts when you get a new order or even override)

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    Tammy_TexasAuthor
    April 10, 2019

    Thanks! I'll check it out. I'm in Texas, btw. 

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    Michelle888
    July 12, 2022

    are there any recent (2022) updates with QBO for automatically paying wage garnishments for child support? 

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      Mary Muehlbach
      October 12, 2022

      The link for John Pero's solution from 2019 is broken - will have to send a paper check to Franchise Tax Board. California requires we go through the motions to set up an EFT to electronically transfer earnings withholding order garnishments. Seems redundant as we already have this to electronically transfer payment with e-file set up via Quickbooks Enterprise. Paying State of CA wage garnishments via Quickbooks payroll using our existing corporate EFT makes more sense. Hoping Intuit can include this in an update for 2023.

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