QuickBooks 2017 All-In-One For Dummies

Chapter 5

Paying Employees

IN THIS CHAPTER

Setting up payroll service

Setting up payroll runs

Getting your employees paid

Revising checks

Handling payroll liabilities

QuickBooks provides two do-it-yourself options for paying employees: Basic Payroll (which usually means that your accountant helps you with the payroll tax forms) and Enhanced Payroll (which means that QuickBooks helps you with the payroll tax forms). This chapter describes the Basic Payroll option. With the Basic Payroll option, you do most of the work yourself, but you don’t pay very much for your payroll processing.

Would you be terribly offended if I offered you a bit of friendly advice about a third option for doing payroll? If you’re not an accountant, consider splurging a bit and going with one of the full-service payroll providers, such as ADP or Paychex. Having ADP or Paychex do your payroll greatly simplifies ...