Running payroll for DD. Msg: You’ve picked a pay date that may cause you to make a late tax payment and incur a penalty. Try choosing a date closer to today. Meaning?

Thanks for reaching out to the Community, tamifayle.

You'll encounter a "You’ve picked a pay date that may cause you to make a late tax payment and incur a penalty. Try choosing a date closer to today." message when QuickBooks detects that there's already paychecks created and taxes paid.

If you're trying to enter past-dated paychecks, you'll need to create them as you normally would.

Here's how:

1. Create your paychecks.
2. Change their dates to the date you paid your employee.
3. Update the pay period if necessary.
4. If you need to, change your check type from direct deposit to paper check if that's how you've paid them.
5. Submit the payroll.

If you're looking to run direct deposit payroll for a date than isn't the present date or a future date and you're wondering how it should be entered, I'd recommend working with an accounting professional. If you're in need of one there's an awesome tool on our website called Find A ProAdvisor. All ProAdvisors listed there are QuickBooks-certified and able to provide helpful insights for driving your business's success.

You'll also be able to find many detailed resources about using QuickBooks in our help article archives.

I'll be here to help if there's any questions. Have a lovely day!