Idaho Administrative Reserve Rate

Hi there, @Stephanie251. I'll explain the details about setting up your Idaho Administrative Reserve Rate in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. 

The Administrative Reserve Rate is a component of the overall State Unemployment Insurance (SUI) tax rate. Thus, you don't have to separate it from your SUI tax rate setup. 

However, if you want to separate it from your contribution rates, you can create and set up a User-Defined Tax payroll item for tracking. Before doing so, please note that when you file your taxes in the future, this won't be mapped to the specific boxes in the tax forms, and you'll have to add them manually. You can follow the steps below to create one:

1. Go to the Lists, then select Payroll Item List.
2. Click the Payroll Item ▼ dropdown, then select New.
3. Select Custom Setup, then Next.
4. Choose Other Tax as the Payroll item type, then Next.
5. Select User-Defined Tax, and choose who is paying this tax, then Next.
6. Enter the name of the payroll item, then click Next.
7. Provide the necessary information by following the onscreen steps.
8. Once done, click Finish.

Furthermore, if you received a notice from your state agency about the new rates, you can update it within QuickBooks.

If you have an employee in a new state and want to add this to your payroll product, you can utilize this article for the details: Set up employees and payroll taxes in a new state.

Should you have any other concerns besides managing your State Unemployment tax rates, you can post them here in the Community. We've got you covered. Stay safe!