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You were not required to make payments and the interest and principal payments were made in your behalf as CARES Act payments. The loan payments are nontaxable income to you and the difference may require an adjustment on your balance sheet. In the meantime, I suggest you to turn on automatic updates in QuickBooks to update the payroll tax table automatically. This will make sure that you have the most current and accurate rates and calculations for supported state and federal tax tables, payroll tax forms and e-file and pay options. See this latest payroll news and updates article for more information.

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Under the EIDL provisions of the CARES Act, small business and other eligible applicants can apply for working capital loans up to $2 million. Borrowers can use loans to pay fixed debts, cover payroll costs, and pay other bills they cannot otherwise pay due to the economic impact of the coronavirus. Are you referring to the six months of SBA loan payments which CARES Act authorized?

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I have compared & contrasted the employees with the WA Cares deductions to the employees that did not get the deductions & I see no differences. WA Employment Security Division has updated instructions for employers. Once you’re done, go back to the Employee Center, open an employee’s account, and input the WA Cares Fund Insurance percentage.

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• The new law infuses $2 trillion into the U.S. economy through a combination of business loans, unemployment benefits, tax credits, and other benefits.
• This will make sure that you have the most current and accurate rates and calculations for supported state and federal tax tables, payroll tax forms and e-file and pay options.
• You can change it to “0.58%” by double clicking on it to bring up the “Edit payroll item” window, just navigate it to the third window, you will see the option to change the percentage.
• We launched a new platform for product-based businesses, provide on-demand accounting experts, and democratized machine learning by adding it to our services for the benefit of small businesses.
• It is recorded in Quickbooks as other income, but should not be on the taxable income and TurboTax doesn’t have a clear way to resolve this.
• The recently passed U.S. government aid and relief programs are working to help get more money in the pockets of consumers and small businesses that need it most.

Businesses that are either forced to close due to a government order relating to COVID-19 or experience a decline in gross receipts as compared to 2019—are eligible for an employee retention tax credit. The credit is equal to 50% of the total wages of employees who are not providing services starting on March 13, 2020, through December 31, 2020, up to a maximum of $10,000 total per employee. This credit is not available to businesses who receive Paycheck Protection Program funding. How to record the SBA making your loan payments on a prior to Covid SBA loan? It is recorded in Quickbooks as other income, but should not be on the taxable income and TurboTax doesn’t have a clear way to resolve this. I have begun my TurboTax business return and now my balance sheet is out of balance by the amount of this account.

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This may be only an Online QB issue but the cares act quickbooks premium for cares calculates on the gross wages rather than excluding tax similar to the PMFL. Been on the phone with QB for multiple calls and still haven’t been able to resolve the issue. That said, you’ll have to reimburse your employees for WA Cares premiums within 120 days of the day you collected the premium. The Employment Security Department will not accept premium payments.

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• There may be other issues in your tax return that would cause the forms to be out of balance.
• I tried telling it not to import that account but further into the return the balance sheet is out of balance by the amount of that account.
• I have a “WA – Cares Fund” item in my “Payroll Item” list (from the “Lists” menu).
• After the eight-week period following disbursement of a PPP loan, borrowers can apply for loan forgiveness with their lenders.

An S-Corp can provide section 127 education assistance to the owner and it is not subject to the limits on certain other fringe benefits provided to majority owners. You can provide up to $5250 of education assistance to the employee, this normally includes tuition but for 2020 can include student loan payment assistance. You would list this as an employee fringe benefit in the corporate tax return. TurboTax should know the difference between fringe benefits that are subject to the special rules for owners and other fringe benefits that are not subject to those special rules. The loan repayment is not included on the W-2 of the employee or reported on the employee’s tax return. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law on March 27, 2020, businesses may delay paying the employer portion of the Social Security payroll taxes on wages paid.

The Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program helps provide long-term care insurance to Washington employees. The CARES website says that gross wages are calculated the same way as family leave. I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you but they aren’t explicit in the decription of the calculation.

Our development team is constantly working to improve the product and appreciates the help of users in bringing things like this to their attention. Feel free to message us again if you have other questions, @rebasloan3. Knowing how these provisions impact your payroll will be vital in ensuring accurate payroll records and proper documentation. The resources described above are made available to businesses within the United States of America.

Go figure why QB only deducted WA Cares from 3 employees & not all 6. I am assuming that because the rate is the same for everyone, (.58%) of wages paid, we don’t have to enter a % rate. For all product updates, you can check out our Firm of the future page. I have tried entering this and the program makes it subject to taxes. You can make sure with QuickBooks Desktop Payroll that your employees have the money they need and later you can comply with the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Please visit SBA.gov for the most up to date information.