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Jul 6, 2022 8:59 PM UTC
Question

My employee has a Po Box but online does not allow me to use a po box as an address line.

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Jul 6, 2022 9:35 PM UTC

I have not seen that Intuit/QBs has fixed this major BUG yet.  So DO go to Help and send in a Problem comment to them.  (This one ranks right up there with some of the other "they did what???" things they've done.)

 

I really don't know if it will work, but you might enter the Post Office's address in as the Physical Address, then in the next line add "Box xxxx"   If that doesn't work, try it without the "Box" in there, just the number.

 

Again... Speculation on my part, but I'd think the PO would figure out what you're doing.  But then again, it is the PO (regretfully not meant as a joke).

 

Feb 6, 2024 10:35 PM UTC

I've tried entering the address as POB 731.  We'll see if that works.  It's lunacy we can't use PO Boxes because we live in a rural area and many of our employees don't have mail boxes...

Candice C
Jul 6, 2022 10:01 PM UTC

Good evening, @lynnimplementrep. 

 

I appreciate you coming here with your concern about not being able to add a PO Box to your employee's information. 

 

After researching further on this problem, I've discovered that our Support Team can add the PO Box address for you when contacting them. Here's how: 

 

  1. Go to the Help icon in the top right-hand corner. 
  2. Hit the Contact Us button. 
  3. Enter your issue or question and tap Let's talk. 
  4. Scroll down and select to Get a callback. 

 

It's that easy!

 

Please, reach back out after getting in touch with them to keep us updated. It's my priority that you get your employee's PO Box added in QuickBooks Online. Bye for now! 

Jan 6, 2023 1:53 AM UTC

It would just be easier if the bug was fixed.

Jan 17, 2023 7:19 PM UTC

I type in POBox #### then QBO says "Did you mean PO Box ####".  I say yes and it goes right in.

Mar 20, 2023 11:59 PM UTC

This worked for me, too. Thank you! I don't even want to think about how much time I wasted trying to get this to work.

Jan 18, 2023 5:26 PM UTC

Kelly at QB payroll was able to update the employee's address to a PO Box on her end. I could not do it using QB online, but she was able. The first agent was not aware she could do this. But, Kelly did. Thanks so much to Kelly!!

Jan 18, 2023 5:59 PM UTC

That’s good to hear, @stevlind.

 

It’s our pleasure to know that our representative was able to update your employee’s address. We want to ensure our users are on top of their business.

 

In case you have other queries about managing employees, post a reply in this thread. I’ll be around ready to listen and assist you. Have a great day ahead!

Jan 18, 2023 7:33 PM UTC

To be clear, though, this is a PROBLEM with QB software. We need both a home address and mail to address for our employees.

Feb 2, 2023 3:46 AM UTC

Navigate to Edit the employee's "Personal Info" section.

First enter the City, State and Zip

Then for Street Address type in "POBox ####" (no space between "PO" and "Box"). Click on "Save."

QBO suggests an alternative address "PO Box ####" in that City, State and Zip. Click on "Save" to accept.

Good to go!

Feb 9, 2023 7:02 PM UTC

Thank you for this; worked like a charm.  Finally a quick and easy solution. 

Feb 26, 2023 2:58 AM UTC

Hi ALL!  I found a hack for this issue.  When entering the PO Box address, I put in POB(space)(# of box) and when I went to save it it gave me an auto corrected address of the PO Box  (##) written out the correct way.  Hope that helps!

😄

 

Mar 12, 2023 6:50 PM UTC

That totally worked. Thank you for sharing!

Mar 13, 2024 7:17 PM UTC

I found a work-around. If you enter the address as:

POBOX 1234

City, State 56789

It will automatically offer you 2 suggestions to choose from for the correct address.

Choose the one that reads like this:

PO Box 1234

City, State [removed]

It will allow it since it is a correctly recognized postal address. 

I hope this helps! 

Sep 10, 2024 1:25 PM UTC

Try Adding PO BOX (with capital for the word Box)  instead of PO Box and it should work