Taxes: Recording a payment you made outside Intuit Online Payroll

To record a tax payment for a prior tax period (for a tax that no longer appears in the list of due taxes:

1. Go here.
   (Or choose Taxes & Forms and then Prior Tax History.) Choose Payroll (or Employees) > Taxes & Forms and then Prior Tax History.
2. Click Add Payment.
3. Enter the required payment information.

   Make sure you choose a Tax Type before choosing a Liability Period.

4. Click OK.

If you've already paid a tax, but the tax payment still appears due, you might have paid the tax outside of Intuit Online Payroll (for example, by mailing a check to the tax agency). You can record the tax payment in Intuit Online Payroll to remove the tax payment reminder.

To record a tax payment:

1. Go here.
   (Or choose Taxes & Forms > Pay Taxes.)
2. On the Pay Taxes page, click Create Payment for the tax you want to pay.

   If the tax you want to pay no longer appears on the Pay Taxes page, see recording a tax payment for a prior tax period. If the tax you want to pay no longer appears on the Pay Taxes page, see Record a tax payment for a tax from a prior tax period, above.

3. Deselect the Pay Electronically checkbox, if it is selected.
4. For the Payment Date, select Other and enter the actual date the payment was made.
5. Enter the check number.
6. Click Approve.
7. If you see the Print Payment Coupon, you can ignore it because you've already made your payment.
8. To verify that your tax payment was recorded:

   Go here.
   (Or choose Reports and then under Employer Reports, click Tax Payments.)