How to Use employee self-setup for QuickBooks Desktop Payroll

QuickBooks makes it easy for you to set up employees in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll. Here’s how to get started and then invite your employees to enter the rest of their info, like their bank account, etc.

Here’s how to invite your employees to enter their info and get set up in payroll.

Step 1: Invite your employee

Note:The new employee self-setup experience is available to new payroll accounts who choose Express setup on the beginning screen. Feature is currently not available in Detailed setup.

Select Express Setup.
On the Basic Employee details screen, fill out the needed information.
Mark the Invite this employee to enter their personal details checkbox, then select Continue.
Enter your employee’s pay details (such as wage, pay frequency, vacation, and sick accruals, etc.).
Select Continue.
Review the info you’ve entered, then select Finish.

An email invitation will be sent to your employee, requesting that they enter their personal info, bank account (when applicable), and tax details. Here’s how how your employees can enter their payroll info.

Step 2: View your employee’s status

Go to Employees menu, then select Payroll Setup.
Under Payroll setup, select Employees.

Note:You can toggle employee status to Active or Inactive in the Emp. Status column. The status is green if the employee is active while how to use employees self setup for quickbooks Desktop Payroll

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Here’s how to invite your employees to enter their info and get set up in payroll.Step 1: Invite your employee Step 2: View your employee’s status Here’s a chart of the statuses and the actions you can take for each.If the info is accurate If the info is incorrect Still Having Issue? Reach Us Call: +1-(818) 900-9884 Email: Info@QuickBookExperts.com Chat Live to the customer Care Executive

Go the Setup Status column (this shows where your employee is with the self-setup process). Select the small arrow icon in the action column if you need to remind, cancel invite, or edit the info yourself. Refer to below chart for more info on a certain status.

Here’s a chart of the statuses and the actions you can take for each.

Setup Status	Meaning	Actions you can take
Invited	Invitation has been sent, but your employee has not yet accepted it.	At this point, you can choose to either: Remind ( lets you send a reminder email to your employee), Cancel invite (lets you fill in all employee details), or Edit (lets you edit any of the employee information you have previously entered).
In progress	The employee has started to fill out their information, but has not finished.
Waiting for Approval	Your employee has completed all necessary information, but you have not yet reviewed the information entered by your employee.	If the info is accurate Select the small arrow icon in the action column, then chooseReview. Select Approve, then Yes to complete the approval. If the info is incorrect Select the small arrow icon in the action column, then chooseReject. Choose between requesting to have your employee fill out their details again, or complete the employee details yourself.
Missing Info	The employee invite was canceled, but you have not yet finished entering the employee information.	At any time during the process, you can cancel the invitation. Select the small arrow icon in the Action column, then Cancel invite.If the employee has already started to fill out their details, you will be asked if you still want to cancel the invite. Select Yes to cancel, which will allow you to enter your employee details yourself.
Completed	The employee has completed all necessary information and you have reviewed and approved the entries