As a church we are exempt from UI and do not have an Unemployment Insurance Account Number (UI). How do I turn off the prompt in QuickBooks that asks us for the number?

We can configure your Payroll Settings to exempt your business from UI so the system will recognize your exemption and stop showing the prompt, Waukesha.

The Unemployment Insurance Account Number (UI) appears in QuickBooks because this is a standard payroll requirement for most businesses. This helps you comply with tax laws for unemployment insurance reporting.

Since churches and nonprofit organizations are exempt from this, you first need to set this up from the payroll settings to ensure everything is configured accurately.

Here's how to do it:

1. Go to the Gear icon, then select Payroll Settings.
   
   
   
   
2. From your State tax, select the Pencil icon to edit.
3. From the Tax info screen, you can leave the UI account number field blank.
4. Then, enter your Unemployment Insurance (UI) rate to: 0.00% or 0.1%.
5. If applicable, select any tagalong or surcharge rates: 0.00%
6. Click OK, and then select Done.

Once done, you can make your employees tax-exempt from SUI by following Step 2 in this article: Set up federal and state unemployment insurance for churches and non-profits.

If you'd like an overview of your payroll totals, including employee taxes and contributions, you may generate a Payroll Summary report for any date range or group of employees to get this information quickly.

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