How do I clear an old payment from a previous year that was a duplicate?

 Hi there, @jakeybg. Let me share some information and steps regarding deleting or canceling tax payments. 

In QuickBooks, it is important to know that you can delete a payment if:

•  It’s manually recorded (non-electronic payments).
• It hasn't been processed electronically.
• The date of your federal payment is at least two banking days before the payment date, before 5 PM PST. 
• The date of your state payment is before the lead time (state lead times vary).

Since you manually record the tax payment, you can follow these steps : 

1. Go to Taxes located on your left navigation panel.
2. Hit the Payroll tax tab. 
3. Click Payment History.
4. Choose the tax payment you want to delete. You can also change the date if you want to. 
5. From the Edit dropdown, click Delete. If don't see the delete option, I recommend contacting our payroll support.
6. Press Yes to confirm.

You can also visit this article if you want to dig deeper about canceling a tax payment or form filing in QuickBooks Online: Cancel or delete payroll tax payments and forms.

Additionally, you can also pay and file payroll taxes and forms electronically in QuickBooks Online Payroll if you want to pay and file your 941, 944, 943, 940, state, and local taxes using QuickBooks e-pay and e-file.

If you have further questions regarding taxes or anything that you find confusing, feel free to reply to my post or reach out to the Community. We're always here to help you out. Stay safe. 

The payments are from a previous fiscal year. If I delete the payments it will credit back this years expenses. How can I get remove these from my reconciliation, add the amounts back to cash without touching this years expenses.