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Number5
January 31, 2019
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How do I clear a Payroll Liability amount in the Payroll Center?

  • January 31, 2019
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I'm using desk top premier and have always paid our Simple IRA through the pay liabilities screen and have never had a problem, until December.  I've made the payment as normal, "create custom payment" since I pay both the employee side and the employer side at the same time.  Once the payment shows complete, it always cleared from "Pay Taxes and Liabilities" screen.  However, the payment now shows paid under "Payment History" but is still showing in the "Pay Liabilities" Screen, as if it has not been paid at all.  I've tried voiding the payment and reentering it, but with no success.  

 

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

 

Diana

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AldrinS
January 31, 2019

Hi there, Number5.

 

I'd be happy to help you clear your Payroll Liability.

 

The most likely reason why it doesn't clear after you create the custom payment is that the Date and Period (From and To dates) of these transactions don't match. That said, I would recommend that you review the Liability Check and make the necessary changes.

 

A quick and easy way to do this is to find it in the Payment History, since you've found it in here, and double-click it to open the transaction. Apply the changes and make sure it's Date and Period matches then hit Save & Close. For additional insight about this, you can visit this article: Set up and pay scheduled or custom (unscheduled) liabilities

 

Let me know how it goes on your end, I want to make sure you're taken care of. Thanks for reaching out, wishing you all the best!

qbteachmt
qbteachmt
January 31, 2019

For reference, the "period" date ranges is Paycheck Dates inclusive. If you pay in Jan for all of Dec paychecks, the Period on the Liability check needs to show Dec 1-31. Not overlapping before or after. That's how the system keeps track of what got paid for which cycle. Or, for instance, if there is One Monthly paycheck dated the 5th of the month, then the Liability Period date can even be Dec 5-Dec 5.

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Number5Author
February 1, 2019

qbteachmt,

 

It was the final monthly check that started all this.  I do have the dates as 12/31/18 - 12/31/18.  But the liability to be paid is showing the pay period as 12/29/18 - 1/4/19 and I don't know why.  I can not change the date on the liability side and since this pay period did not go into Jan of 2019, I've very concerned about matching this date.  

 

I did match the dates for the other payroll in 2019 and it did clear it.  However, the dates on the liability pay period does not match the actual pay period.  Since everything in my being tells me something is wrong, I need to get this fixed before we get to far into 2019.

 

Thanks for your assistance,

 

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