How to pay payroll liabilities in Accounting Professional, Accounting Express, and in Small Business Accounting 2006

This article describes how to pay payroll liabilities in the following products:

• Microsoft Office Accounting Professional
• Microsoft Office Accounting Express
• Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006

Follow these steps regardless of the payroll option that you choose to use. Even if you use ADP Payroll, you must follow these steps for all service levels.

To pay payroll liabilities, follow these steps:

1. On the Banking menu, click Write Checks.
2. In the Check window, click the bank account that is associated with this check in the Bank account field.
3. In the Pay to field, click the appropriate vendor or create a new one.
4. In the Amount field, type the amount of the liability you are paying for this check.
5. Follow one of the following steps:
   • If you want to print this check, click to select the To be printed check box.
   • If you have written the check manually, click to clear the To be printed check box. In the No. field, type the check number, and then type check date in the Date field.
6. In the Items and expenses pane, click Expense as the type in the first column.
7. In the Name column, select the appropriate liability account.
8. In the Line Total column, type the amount of the liability that you are paying. This amount will be deducted from the balance of the liability account that you selected in the step 7.
9. Click Save and Close.
10. Repeat steps 1 through 9 for each liability that you want to pay.
11. If you selected the To be printed check box in step 5, click Print Checks on the Banking menu. If you need help, click Help in the Print Checks window.

For more information about the payroll options in Small Business Accounting 2006, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: