Question

IRA Contributions SIMPLE IRA

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February 11, 2021
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My client uses an outside payroll service NOT QB payroll. In April 2020 the company set up an SIMPLE IRA through the payroll service.

He elected to have his contribution paid directly out of the business checking and NOT through W2 payroll.

I have never dealt with this before so I am a little stumped. The employee contribution and the match came out as 1 debit to the business checking.

Need to know how to properly account for this transaction on QB desktop.

QuickBooks Desktop

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Rasa-LilaM

Thanks for reaching out to the Community, thetaxlady.

QuickBooks is a diary of your business that keeps track of what’s happening to the transactions. The process to track the contribution in your company file depends on how the payroll service recorded it on their end.

To ensure the information in the company file is correct, I suggest contacting your payroll processor for further information. Check with them how they account for the contribution, so we can guide you on how to input it in QuickBooks.

You can bookmark the following article for future reference. It contains resources that will help you efficiently perform any processes in QuickBooks. It includes topics for payroll, banking activities, inventory, customer and supplier transactions, etc: Self-help guide.

Feel free to visit the Community again if you have additional questions or concerns. I’ll be right here to answer them for you. Wishing your business continued success.

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thetaxladyAuthor

I have contacted the payroll provider and they took the employee contribution and the company match directly out of the business bank account and deposited the funds into the IRA account that was set up for him bypassing the pretax deduction from salary and employer liability typically found on the payroll detail report.

They fixed it for 2021. Thank the maker.