Do You Need to Upgrade to QuickBooks 2012 to Use Intuit Online Payroll?
Published 11/26/2011 | 
Hi Ruth. Could you please let me know if I have to update to QuickBooks 2012 in order to continue using the Intuit online payroll service? Thank you
Unlike the desktop version of QuickBooks Payroll, which is only available in QuickBooks 2009 and higher, you can use Online Payroll with QuickBooks 2007 and higher. You don’t need to upgrade unless you’re using an earlier version than QuickBooks 2007.
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Written by +Ruth Perryman, CMA, CFE, CFM, MBA
Ruth is the president of The QB Specialists, an Intuit Premier Reseller that offers huge savings and expert advice on QuickBooks POS and QuickBooks Enterprise. She is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and a member of Intuit’s Trainer/Writer Network. She is also certified in QuickBooks POS and QuickBooks Enterprise and has provided expert QuickBooks help to thousands of businesses all over the world since 1996.
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Hi Ruth, I hope you can answer this question for me. Do I have to renew the annual standard payroll subscription with quickbooks even though I run quickbooks pro 2011 and if I don’t will I be able to run payroll? It would save the company that I work for some money which is great in times like these.
Thanks for your help
Deborah Payne
P.S.
We are a very small business that doesn’t do direct deposit or
retirement plans nor do we use quickbooks to run credit cards.
It’s only to do payroll, taxes (State and Federal) and to record
accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Hi Deborah,
Unfortunately, you need a at least a Basic payroll subscription if you want tax tables and an Enhanced payroll payroll subscription if you want to file/pay taxes through QuickBooks. You can process payroll without a payroll subscription but you’ll have to look up the tax tables yourself and prepare the forms yourself.
Since payroll taxes can change midyear, and you’ll be responsible for keeping up with all the changes, I wouldn’t ever consider going without a payroll subscription.
Sorry for the bad new.
Ruth