Remove or delete a scheduled payroll liability
Overview
Although you can't remove tax liabilities from the payroll schedule once they are set up in QuickBooks, you can remove other types of liabilities, such 401(k) contributions, health insurance, and dental insurance. This article explains how to do that.
Assumptions
You are not attempting to remove a tax liability from a payroll schedule.
Expected Outcome
You will remove scheduled payroll liabilitites.
Details
To remove a scheduled payroll liability:
Go to the Payroll Center.
- QuickBooks Pro and Premier: Choose Employees > Payroll Center.
- QuickBooks Simple Start: Under Money Out, mouse-over Payroll then click on Go to the Payroll Center.
Next to Pay Scheduled liabilities, click Related Payment Activities > Edit Payment Due Dates/Methods.
To the left, in the QuickBooks Payroll Setup window, click Benefit and Other Payments.
Click Schedule Payments.
Double-click the payroll item you want to edit.
Under Payment Frequency, click to select I don't need a regular payment schedule for this item.
Click Finish twice.


