I am being asked to update all employees with a birth date. Why does QB need that information?

Hello there, @MLL13. Thank you for reaching out to us with your question about QuickBooks Desktop requiring the birth date information for all employees. Allow me to explain why QuickBooks Desktop asks for this information and how it can be beneficial for your business.

In QuickBooks Desktop, the option to include an employee's birth date is a requirement. This field in QuickBooks is primarily used for internal record-keeping purposes, such as employee identification, age verification, and managing employee benefits. 

I understand that it would be helpful to have a method to eliminate this field from your employees' profiles when adding them to QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT). I want to assure you that I will pass on this message to our team. Suggestions like this assist us in determining the features that our customers desire the most, which we can then consider for future improvements.

Alternatively, you can send your own feedback so our Product Development Team will know that is something you'd personally want. Here's how:

1. Go to the Help menu on the upper right side.
2. Select Send Feedback Online and choose Product Suggestion.
3. Type your comments in the box.
4. Click Send Feedback.

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