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spence4czech
January 4, 2024
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FUTA unemployment tax amount($42)did not carry over during data migration to QB online

  • January 4, 2024
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Hello, 

Small business owner here- use QB for a single owner/one employee S corp.

We made the data migration of QB desktop to QBO at the end of the first Qtr of 2023. Everything was fairly seamless until I was wrapping up the this year.

Hopefully there is a simple fix. I discovered the FUTA employer amount of $42 never actually carried over into the chart of accounts(payroll liability, with a sub account of Federal Unemployment (940) . I ran the payroll report for the year and the $42 shows up. When I paid the tax owed, obviously I now have a negative balance of $42 .

Thoughts on a fix

 

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AbegailS_
January 4, 2024

I'll go over how migration works from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online. Let me also route you to the right support team to assist you further in managing payroll data, @spence4czech.

 

When you move to QuickBooks Online (QBO) from QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), some payroll info doesn’t transfer because QBDT has more payroll features. 

 

Given that the $42 shows up in the payroll report for the year, it's possible that it wasn't entered as part of your year-to-date figures during the migration process. To address this issue, I recommend reaching out to QuickBooks support for further assistance. They can help you reconcile the negative balance and ensure that the FUTA employer amount is accurately reflected in your payroll records.

 

Here's how: 

 

  1. Click the Help (?) icon.  
  2. Choose Contact Us. 
  3. Enter a brief description of your situation in the What can we help you with? area, then click Let's talk. 
  4. You'll be presented with a few options for connecting with Intuit. Select Get a call. 

 

To ensure you get on hold to our support team on time, please see this time available for our support team: QuickBooks Online Support. 

 

To know more about what doesn't come over from QBDt to QBO, please check out this article: Learn how features and data move from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online.

 

Moreover, here's a quick guide you can use after moving your data from QBDT to QBO: What to do after you move from QuickBooks Desktop for Windows to QuickBooks Online.
 

Please let me know if you have any other questions in the comment section below. I'm always here to help. Have a great day!

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