Chapter 11

Payroll

In This Chapter

arrow Requesting an employer ID number

arrow Obtaining withholding information

arrow Computing an employee’s gross wages, payroll deductions, and net wages

arrow Recording a payroll check in QuickBooks

arrow Making federal tax deposits

arrow Preparing quarterly and annual payroll tax returns

arrow Producing annual wage statements, such as W-2s

arrow Handling state payroll taxes

Payroll is one of the major headaches of running a small business. When I think of all the time that I’ve seen clients waste figuring out withholding amounts, writing checks, and trying to fill out comically confusing payroll tax returns, it just makes me want to scream. Fortunately, QuickBooks helps. And in a big way. In ...

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