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minak-metrized-c
July 29, 2022
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Can we not add a business owner to an employee list for the quickbook payroll? "The name supplied already exists. Please use a different name."

  • July 29, 2022
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Hello there, I have an issue with setting up an employee for his pay roll. I keep getting an error msg "The name supplied already exists. : Another customer, supplier, or employee is already using this name. Please use a different name.". The person is the owner of the corporate.

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Alex M
July 29, 2022

Hi there minak-metrized-c,

 

It's vital that all your transactions be entered correctly so your books can be well balanced. QuickBooks Online Payroll is a great tool able to help pay employees for the hours worked for your company. I can provide some information about this error.

 

A name can only be used once in the software, so if you have a Customer or a Supplier that has the same name as the one you're trying to use for your Employee, you'll receive that error message. In order to free up the name so you can use it for the Employee, you'd need to change the name of your Customer or Supplier to have at least one character different in the name. This can be done by adding a title (such as Mr, Ms, etc), adding a period after their name, or if possible adding a nickname.

 

if you have any other questions, feel free to reach out here.

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