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September 29, 2025
Question

When trying to terminate an employee and generate a ROE I received an error message that employee ID cannot be greater than 20 characters. QB generated the Emp ID

  • September 29, 2025
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Will I create any system issues if I delete the Employee ID's for employees that have an ID that is too long? I have other employees that do not have an Emp ID at all.

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QuickBooks Team
October 2, 2025

When generating a Record of Employment (ROE) for an employee, QuickBooks Online automatically assigns an Employee ID if the field in Employment details is left blank. There will be no issues when you update the system-generated Employee ID, 9130350876960280.

 

  1. From the Dashboard page, click My Apps in the left menu.
  2. Select Payroll, then click Employees.
  3. Locate the affected employee's profile and click Edit in the Employment details section.
  4. Update the Employee ID and hit Save.

 

After updating, we can generate the ROE for the employee again and file it electronically. You can refer to this article for guidance: Create a Record of Employment (ROE) in QuickBooks Online.

 

Let us know if you need any additional support or have further questions.