QuickBooks Payroll Setup & Support

Payroll is one of the few areas of bookkeeping where a small mistake — a missed filing deadline, a misclassified employee, a wrong tax table — creates real consequences. We set QuickBooks Payroll up correctly from day one, or untangle it if it’s already gone sideways.

What’s included

• Employee and contractor setup, including correct classification (W-2 vs. 1099)
• Payroll item mapping to the right accounts in your chart of accounts
• State and federal tax table configuration
• Direct deposit setup and verification
• A recurring schedule so payroll runs on time, every time

Common problems we fix

• Payroll items posting to the wrong account, throwing off your P&L
• Missed or incorrect tax table updates causing under- or over-withholding
• Employees set up as the wrong worker type
• Paychecks stuck in a pending or error state (like PS038 or PS077)

How it works

We start with a working session to review your current payroll setup (or build it from scratch if you’re just getting started), fix what’s broken, and confirm your first correctly-run pay cycle together before handing it back to you.

Running into a specific payroll error right now? Check our QuickBooks error guides for step-by-step fixes.