Hello, sbrand00.
I understand the importance of deducting the correct amount from the new employee's pay. The tax amount should be based on the YTD amount entered on the employee details. I'll route you to the best support available so this will be taken care of accordingly.
To fix this. I suggest reaching out to our QuickBooks Online Payroll support. They can do a screen sharing to double-check your payroll settings to ensure everything is added correctly.
Here's how:
- Sign in to your QuickBooks Online company.
- Go to Help (?).
- Click the Payroll button below.
- Select QuickBooks Standard Payroll Hub or QuickBooks Advanced Payroll Hub as required. The respective Self-help is displayed.
- If you want to contact support directly, type ‘Chat’ in the ‘Type Something’ field and use Enter.
- Choose Ask me a question, Ask the QuickBooks Community or Contact a human.
- Hit Live chat/Call me back.
- Enter your question, then select Continue.
- Choose a way to connect with us:
I've also added this article to guide you in adding employee details: Add, update an employee record in QuickBooks Online.
Don't hesitate to reply to this post if you need further assistance or you have other payroll concerns. We're always here to help.
This issue was resolved by technical support.
The solution was to clear all the information entered for the new employee P45 pane (as you are supposed to do when adding a new employee) and instead enter it in the opening balances section only.
Be aware that if you enter the YTD amounts in the P45 pane AND the opening balances then you end up with double the YTD amounts. Durrrh.
I think this is referred to as an 'undocumented feature'.
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