E-Filing Payroll Tax Payments and Forms in QuickBooks

If you selected the Intuit QuickBooks Payroll Enhanced subscription or the Intuit QuickBooks Payroll Enhanced for Accountant’s subscription for your business, you can sign up for the E-File and E-Pay service for processing and reporting your payroll tax payments.

With E-File and E-Pay, you prepare your payroll liability payments in QuickBooks and select E-Pay. Intuit debits your bank account for the funds and remits them directly to the IRS on your behalf.

With E-File of your payroll forms, you can select Submit Form and QuickBooks will process your payroll form and send it to the IRS. You will receive email notification that the form was accepted (or rejected) by the IRS. To take advantage of the E-File and E-Pay Service, you need the following:

• An active Enhanced Payroll subscription.
• A supported version of QuickBooks (typically not older than three years back from the current calendar year).
• An Internet connection.
• The most recent payroll tax update.
• Enrollment with the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), used by the IRS for employer or individual payments. For more information, visit www.eftps.gov.

More detailed information is provided by clicking the Find Out About E-File & Pay link on the Payroll Center. As your business E-Pays and E-Files, you can click the link to Check E-Filing Status, which displays documentation that the payments and forms were successfully transmitted to the IRS.

From Laura Madeira’s QuickBooks 2013 In Depth