Intuit QuickBooks Basic Payroll 3-Employee 287771
Introduction
Easily pay your employees and work with your accountant on taxes
Run payroll in 10 minutes or less (based on a majority of Basic Payroll customers surveyed; 2009 Intuit survey)
- Simply enter employees' hours in QuickBooks and with just a few clicks, Basic Payroll automatically calculates earnings, payroll taxes and deductions for you.
- Easily print paychecks yourself or use Direct Deposit (additional fees apply)
Instantly calculate payroll taxes
- Basic Payroll instantly calculates federal and state payroll taxes for you. Simply write checks to make the tax payments yourself.
- Intuit Payroll's team of compliance professionals works with tax authorities to help keep your payroll tax rates accurate and up-to-date.
Work with your accountant on tax filings
- Basic Payroll does not include any tax forms. However, you can easily generate reports and work with your accountant on tax
- Create paychecks in just a few clicks
- Basic Payroll works within QuickBooks so you don't have to enter the same data twice
- Larger or growing business? Easily add more employees (additional fees apply)
- Stay current with federal and state payroll tax rates with automatic updates in QuickBooks
- Run customizable reports anytime to see how payroll affects your bottom line
- Obtain help when you need it with free callback support from our payroll specialists
- Get a quick start with our easy step-by-step setup guide
See it in Action

Features & Benefits
Easily pay employees yourself in QuickBooks and work with your accountant on payroll tax filings.
Get started quickly
- Get started quickly with our easy step-by-step setup guide
Easily pay employees
- Create paychecks in just a few clicks: Basic Payroll automatically calculates earnings, payroll taxes and deductions for you
- Easily print paychecks yourself, or use convenient Direct Deposit (additional fees apply)
- Stay current with federal and state payroll tax rates with automatic updates in QuickBooks
- Run customizable reports anytime to see how payroll affects your bottom line
Instantly calculate payroll taxes
- Instantly calculate federal and state payroll taxes
Work with your accountant on tax forms
- Easily generate reports and work with your accountant on payroll tax filings - no tax forms included
Get help when you need it:
- Get free callback support from our payroll specialists, even choose a time that is convenient for you
- Receive 24/7 access to our online Payroll Answer Center
Run payroll within QuickBooks
- Basic Payroll works within QuickBooks so you don't have to enter the same data twice
Support
We're Here to Help
There are several ways to get assistance when you need it.
In-Product Help
Many of your needs can be met from within your QuickBooks software. Easily take care of some activities any day, at any time. Examples of in-product activities include the following:
- Updating your credit card number, expiration date or billing information
- Changing to a higher level of service
- Adding another company file to your subscription
- Resolving issues related to updating or downloading payroll updates
To read the instructions for performing these activities and many others, press the F1 (Help) key while you're in QuickBooks to bring up the QuickBooks Help page. Enter your question in the search field or click the Index tab and type the keywords you want to find.
Online Help
Online support provides assistance when you need it, so you can get back to running your business. Go to http://payroll.intuit.com/support. Bookmark this URL as a favorite—we think you will find it most useful.
Payroll Answer Center
Our Payroll Answer Center (PAC) answers your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Give it a try! Go to usepayroll.com/pac.
QuickBooks Community
The QuickBooks Community site is a great place to find answers from other QuickBooks users. Learn more tips and tricks for operating payroll at QuickBooks Community.
Phone Support
If you need a payroll specialist to assist you with a payroll question, you can receive support Monday through Friday, 6 A.M. to 6 P.M., Pacific Time. You can either schedule an appointment or call us.
- Schedule an appointment. To arrange for a service appointment with a payroll specialist at no charge, go to QuickBooks.com/contactme and choose Payroll for the product you would like help with. You will be asked for your federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) and one or two pieces of identifying information. Then you can select a convenient time for us to call you at no charge. Or you can choose to have us call as soon as possible, usually within 30 minutes.
- Call us. For immediate payroll phone support, call us Monday through Friday, 6 A.M. to 6 P.M., Pacific Time and wait for the next available agent. Click here for phone numbers: http://payroll.intuit.com/contact.jsp
Technical Support Community
Free technical support is available for your desktops, laptops, printers, software usage and more, via our new community forum, where our tech support staff, or the Micro Center Community will be happy to answer your questions online.
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