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I agree this is a problem!!!


Hi DeniseD,

 

Starting January 1, 2019, the new WA tax will be implemented based on this article: Washington Paid Family and Medical Leave (New Tax 2019). The part where you need to go to each employee tax setup to enter the percentage of the total insurance premium is tiresome. I understand that you don't have so much time to do it if you have more than 50 employees. However, for now, that's is the effective way to update the new WA tax law. 

 

Let me go ahead and send your feedback to our product development team. They might consider adding some ways on how to enter the percentage to the employee's profile for QuickBooks Desktop users. 

 

Don't hesitate to post more questions. We'll be here to help. 

 

4 replies

SophiaAnnL
SophiaAnnL
October 30, 2018

Thank you for reaching out to the Community about the Washington State Paid Leave, wiseway1.

 

At Intuit, we always make sure that QuickBooks complies with the state laws. Our Compliance Team is now working with the Washington State to have this program supported as soon as possible. If there are updates, we will send them to you via email using the email address associated with your Intuit account. You can contact our Customer Care Team to ensure that we have your current email address.

 

Here's how:

  1. Go to this website https://help.quickbooks.intuit.com/en_US/contact.
  2. Select QuickBooks Online.
  3. Click the Running your business in QuickBooks topic.
  4. Click the Employees sub-topic.
  5. Scroll down and click the Get Phone Number button.

Please let me know if there's anything else you need.

    J
    JT_WA_State
    November 30, 2018

    @wiseway1@SophiaAnnL

     

    Although Intuit makes an effort to comply will "all state laws" regarding payroll, as a Washington State company, I can respectfully disagree with any concept of "full compliance."

    Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is the state monopolized Worker's Compensation coverage provider. There is no option to purchase this coverage from commercial insurer's, as in other states.

    Yet, Intuit STILL has not set up default payroll items for this REQUIRED STATE MANDATED PAYROLL TAX.

    ALL Washington companies must create custom deduction items for the employee share of premium and custom employer liability items.

     

      H
      Hybrid_ARC
      August 22, 2019

      Does Quickbooks Assisted Payroll take care of filling out the forms and also submitting payment to washington state on behalf of the companies? 

       

      I want to make sure there is not an area where I need to submit a ACH debit to deposit a withheld amount for this tax.

       

      Thank you.

        BettyJaneB
        BettyJaneB
        August 22, 2019

        Hello there, @Hybrid_ARC.

         

        Yes, you are correct, Quickbooks Assisted Payroll takes care of filling out the forms and also submitting payment to the state agency on behalf of the companies. I'd be pleased to get you pointed in the right direction in making sure that your tax payments are correct.

         

        To ensure that all your tax forms and payments were submitted properly it'd be best to reach out directly to our Assisted Payroll Care Team. This team is the best resource for such inquiries, as they're able to pull up your transactions securely while the Community is a public space.

         

        Additionally, you may see these articles below to learn more on how assisted payroll works in QuickBooks Desktop:

        That should get you on track.

         

        Please let me know how things turns out. I'm always here to help if there's anything else you need. Have a lovely day!

        L
        ltsburien-bk
        March 19, 2021

        Some people get confused between WA state Paid Family and Medical Leave, and WA State Mandatory paid sick leave. They are NOT the same. Moreover, worker's compensation is treated as a mandatory TAX in Washington State. Fortunately, Quickbooks does let you set up a sick leave policy for employees, by employee, since some companies voluntarily provide these benefits for their employees. 

         

        However, WA employers be forewarned: Quickbooks (even with Full Service or Premium payroll) does NOT file the required workers comp forms with Labor and Industries. It expects you to be self-insured. This COMPLETELY overlooks the $25 penalty that is charged if the worker's comp report is NOT filed on time quarterly.  By comparison, in California, every employer is self-insured, and they usually pay their premiums annually.  Worker's compensation tax in Washington state is also paid BOTH by the employee and the employer. The employee deduction can be set up, but Quickbooks will not send this to the WA department of Labor and Industries. 

        Not only that, but their annoying little message about "adding worker's compensation" when clicked, is completely incompatible with Washington Worker's compensation and will not connect with it, so you cannot make it go away.  There is not even anywhere to upload a rate notice. Washington state rate notices for both state unemployment and worker's comp are issued annually in January, with rare corrections later in the year. However, you have to call Quickbooks every time you receive a new rate notice to update anything so that they can add the task to be checked off with the upload option. 

         

        More information about Washington State Labor and Industries tax can be found here: https://lni.wa.gov/insurance/quarterly-reports/file-quarterly-reports/

        https://lni.wa.gov/insurance/quarterly-reports/penalties-and-interest-for-filing-late/

         

        R
        Rene1966
        February 12, 2022

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