Tips for Summer: Accounting for Vacation Time in QuickBooks

Summer Beach As summer heats up, your employees may want to use some of their vacation time. Intuit QuickBooks Payroll can help you track the vacation benefits you pay out to both your salaried and hourly employees. Learn more about setting up vacation payroll items in QuickBooks and using those items in paychecks.

Other Headlines

Find Affordable Health Insurance for Your California Business

The new Intuit Health Benefits Center gives you the tools and resources you need to learn more about group health insurance and find the right plan for your employees.

I Do My Own Tax Filings

In Standard and Enhanced News:

Answers to Your Top Payroll Questions

Streamline Your Business with E-File & Pay

I Get Assistance with My Taxes

In Assisted News:

Answers to Your Top Assisted Payroll Questions

I’m an
Accountant

In Accountants News:

Common Payroll Mistakes and How to Fix Them Using Intuit Payroll Solutions

Making Your Life Easier

For QuickBooks Direct Deposit Customers

Intuit QuickBooks Payroll will not process direct deposits on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, because of the Federal Reserve Bank's observance of the Labor Day holiday. To comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act, you might need to send your direct deposit payroll earlier than usual.

Learn more

States Included in E-File & Pay

Intuit QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll customers can E-File & Pay their payroll liabilities—no more printing and mailing checks and forms! Find out whether your tax agencies are supported. Check back often, as new tax agencies are added regularly.

Learn more

Important Payroll Dates

I Do My Own Tax Filings

July 31, 2009: Deadline to file Form 941 for second quarter 2009 if you did not deposit all taxes when due.

July 31, 2009: Deadline to deposit FUTA tax owed through June if more than $500.

Aug. 10, 2009: Deadline to file Form 941 for second quarter 2009 if you timely deposited all required payments.

I Get Assistance with My Taxes

Aug. 5, 2009: Date that copies of your second quarter 2009 payroll tax returns will be available in the Payroll Tax Center.

Sept. 28, 2009: Deadline to submit your third quarter 2009 information without incurring backdate fees.

I’m an Accountant

Sept. 15, 2009: Deadline to file individual and corporate estimated tax payments for the third quarter of 2009.

All Services

July 31, 2009: Deadline to file Form 5500 or 5500EZ for 2008 if you maintain an employee benefit plan.

Holidays

Sept. 7, 2009: Federal Reserve bank holiday—Labor Day.

IMPORTANT: Intuit respects the personal nature of e-mail communication. Every effort is made to offer only information that may be of value to you or your business.

If you would like to change your e-mail address in our database, click here. Or, if you are an Assisted Payroll customer, you can contact a payroll service representative.

If you have any questions or comments about this e-mail, please DO NOT REPLY to this e-mail. You may e-mail the editor directly at payroll_editor@intuit.com, or use our support callback feature located at www.payroll.com/support.

This message was sent to:

If you receive an e-mail message that appears to come from Intuit but that you suspect is a phishing e-mail, please forward it immediately to security@intuit.com.

© 2009 Intuit Inc. All rights reserved. Intuit and QuickBooks, among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries. This notification is independent of all other Intuit communications you may receive and is not intended to supplement, modify, or extend the Intuit software license agreement between you and Intuit for any Intuit product or service.

Intuit, Inc., Customer Communications 2800 E. Commerce Center Place, Tucson, AZ 85706