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dennisokelly
January 24, 2024
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Unpaid Family Leave in Quickbooks Online

  • January 24, 2024
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I am trying to setup unpaid leave in quickbooks online so that I can take time off with a new child. 

 

I was able to setup the unpaid time off as a pay type but I have no clue of how to then turn this time off on so that payroll will stop for the set amount of time.

 

I found the following article:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-uk/help-article/unpaid-time/add-unpaid-leave-quickbooks-online-standard/L6zICYxvg_GB_en_GB

 

However, Employee Leave is no listed as a action for me. Only change status which then does not give any date range. I am using Standard Payroll and am a sole proprietor where I am the employee and the employer.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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SashaMC
January 24, 2024

Good afternoon dennisokelly,

 

Thank you for coming to the QuickBooks Community! Paid leave is set up differently in some states. Would you be willing to share which state you are needing this information for? That way I can get you the information you need.

 

I will be here if you choose to respond! See you later! 

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dennisokellyAuthor
January 24, 2024

Hi Sasha,

 

Of course. I am in California.

 

I am actually not looking to setup paid leave, but rather unpaid leave. The sate of California, through the EDD reimburses roughly 60% of payroll for 8 weeks. However, if I am shown to be being paid in full during that time, they will not reimburse the full amount, if any. 

 

I could pay myself the remaining portion that they do not reimburse but for simplicities sake I am just trying to use unpaid time off in its entirety for that 8 week period. I just do not know how to set that up in QuickBooks payroll. I obviously do not want to be paying payroll takes during time I am not receiving salary.

 

Perhaps I just shutoff payroll entirely during that time period? But given you can setup unpaid time off for employees, I assume there has to be a mechanism to set that up and set the duration of it up so QuickBooks knows when to turn payroll back on and so that its tracked?

 

Hopefully that adds a bit more context.

Adrian_A
Adrian_A
January 24, 2024

Hello Dennis,

 

Thank you for adding some details. It gives me a clearer explanation of your concerns. I'm here to help you set up an unpaid leave.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. From the Payroll tab, select Employees.
  2. Select your name.
  3. Go to the Pay types section, then click Edit.
  4. Under Time off pay policies, click the Unpaid time off drop-down.
  5. Set up a time off policy, and then click Save.
  6. Enter the balance on the Current balance field.
  7. Click Save.

 

Furthermore, I've added here an article on how you can have a visual representation of your business finances: Run payroll reports.

 

Don't hesitate to post in the thread anytime you have payroll concerns.

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