Hi, I have quickbooks payroll online. I want to file my payroll taxes and pay the payroll deductions through quickbooks, how can I do that?

Hi there userkskapatel and welcome to the Community!

You've made a great choice using QuickBooks Online Payroll to pay your employees and keep tabs on your payroll taxes. Our payroll add-on is easy to use and is a great time saver. I know how important it is to file your taxes on time, so let me give you a hand with filing your payroll taxes.

When the time comes to pay your payroll taxes, QuickBooks Online Payroll is where you can go to figure out how much you owe, and to populate the forms that are required for submission to the CRA. You can't remit directly through QuickBooks, that'll still need to be done through the CRA directly, but you can prepare all of the appropriate documentation with QuickBooks. For more information on how to file through the CRA, refer to this link.

Since I'm not sure what part of this process you're at, I want to walk you through how to generate some of the payroll forms that you may need prior to filing and paying your taxes. Here's how:

1. Navigate to the Taxes menu on the left and choose Payroll Tax.
2. Under the Forms section, choose between Monthly, Annual, or Employer Forms.
3. Select Monthly Forms if you need to create your Quarterly or Monthly Tax Forms and worksheets, such as a PD7A.
4. Choose Annual Forms to create T4s for your employees as well as a T4 Summary report.
5. Lastly, select Employer Forms to create a Record of Employment (ROE) when necessary.

Once you've sorted out the correct forms and have distributed them to employees where appropriate, it's time to make a payroll tax payment. Please follow these steps to do so:

1. Navigate back to the Taxes menu and choose Payroll Tax once again.
2. Hit Pay Taxes. A table will be displayed with your current unpaid tax balances and you'll be warned when your taxes are due.
3. Choose to Record Payment for the tax you need to pay.
4. Choose the date that you'll make the payment, add a Cheque Number, and include Notes if applicable. Choosing Earliest is the next available date, which is typically two business days from when the payment is approved. Other lets you pick a specific future date, at least two business days from today. Latest indicates that the payment's going to be processed on the date that it's due.
5. Once you're ready, choose to Approve and print.
6. Make sure that your payment has been recorded in QuickBooks Online by navigating to the Reports menu from the left, then locating the Payroll Withholding Amount Payments by using the search function.

The process above acts as the money movement within QuickBooks Online, but you'll stil need to pay your remittance to the CRA. If you're not sure how to proceed with this, please check out the articles below:

• How and when to pay (remit) source deductions – Overview (CRA)

• Make payroll tax payments

If you're working with an accountant, they'll also be a great resource for you. You can invite them to work with you in QuickBooks by going to the My Accountant tab and using the Invite field. If you're not working with one yet, the same page features the Find a pro to help button which will take you to our database of QuickBooks-certified Pro Advisors that can give you a hand.

Let me know if you have any further questions on the QuickBooks side of things, and don't hesitate to reach out to the CRA if you have more questions on how to pay. Take care and have a great day!