Do I Have to Use QuickBooks Payroll?

Ask the Accountant…

Question: If I convert to QuickBooks, do I have to use QuickBooks Payroll?

Answer: There is no requirement to use QuickBooks Payroll. Our businesses generally involve very few, if any, employees. And payroll is rarely a needed function.

My clients who do have a payroll typically use outside payroll services, or have their accountants do the payroll and provide journal entries into QuickBooks to record the transactions.

Please email your questions to Harriet at Ask The Accountant.

QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise can be modified to better serve ad specialty distributors. Harriet Gatter is a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, a former accounting professor and a former ad specialty distributor. She advises ad specialty distributors to use QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise, often in conjunction with other industry-specific software, to manage the complexities of the ad specialty business, with the results being time saved, errors eliminated and an overall accurate accounting of your business. Contact her at hgatter@accountingsupportllc.com.