QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Features

Allows employees to access current and past pay stubs, W-2 forms, and additional salary information.

Allows employees to answer or update questions pertaining to benefits and receive information about benefit providers.

Online portal through which end users can access the system, manage tasks, or obtain information

Allows administrator to enter payroll for all employees based on salary or total hours worked.

Calculation and tracking of sick and vacation days.

Automatically deposits paychecks into employees' bank accounts.

Allows administrator to reimburse employees for business-related purchases.

Automatically deducts wages for health care, 401(k) plans, etc. from paychecks.

Allows administrator to set up for wage garnishments to be deducted automatically from employers' paychecks.

Administrator can submit payroll approval request and the approver can approve, deny, or re-assign it to the appropriate approver.

Allows administrators to print valid paychecks and W-2 forms.

Sends printed checks to administrator to distribute to employees.

Allow employees to allocate a fixed portion or percentage of their paycheck each pay period into designated accounts.

Calculates taxes due and may include resources or tools for federal and state tax compliance.

Files payroll tax forms automatically for federal, state, and local taxes.

Allows payroll vendor, via power of attorney, to make electronic payments of withheld taxes to government.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

Enables administrator to import hours from time tracking systems.

Provides standard integration with third party accounting software.

Provides standard integration with third party core HR software.

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Track 401(k) participant contributions and employer match

Monitor and record expenses such as purchases or charges incurred

Request, track, and manage time off requests and vacation time

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Addition of necessary external data, applications, tools, or features

View and track payroll metrics including tax liabilities, pay rates, working hours, deductions and more

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows administrator to easily add employees and grow payroll process as their company grows.

View and track payroll metrics including tax liabilities, pay rates, working hours, deductions and more

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Manages compensation such as salary, bonus, and benefits processes, aligning with policies

Track the amount of time spent on a job or task

Organize and manage the accomplishments and development of employees or performance of applications or systems

Record employee's benefit plans and selections throughout career progression

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Manage employee salary processes, data, taxes, and records administration efficiently

Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier

Monitoring, analysis, and projection of the movement of cash into and out of a business over a specific period

Organizing a group of people to accomplish a task

Create, manage, and track policies and procedures within an organization

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Manage attendance for classes, shifts, meetings, or events

Determine what amounts employees should contribute towards their benefits from each paycheck

Track employee schedules, availability, and performance across projects and tasks

Manage compensation for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by an employee, client or another party

Plan, schedule, and execute organization's accounts and assets to ensure compliance with policies and laws

Upload, track, and submit receipts in a central database

Track and manage employee time-off, vacation, and sick leave requests

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Plan, pay and track business related expenses.

Timed notification for any upcoming task, deadline, appointment, or activity

Centralized storage for employee data, records, and performance metrics

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Automatically create and distribute W-2/1099 tax forms to employees.

Pay employees in multiple countries using correct currencies and correct tax deduction amounts

Electronic storage of staff/employee contact information and job status in a centralized repository

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Gateway through which employees can access the system

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Import and export data to and from software applications

Pay employees in multiple states with correct tax deduction amounts in each

Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval

Track tax-related transactions, tax remittance and tax reporting for various groups of employees and contractors

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Measure and track time including hours worked and paid time off (PTO)

Alter the layout and content of reports

SaaS, web-based, online deployment

Delegate payroll processing to third party vendors

Attaching relevant receipts or supporting documents to submit expenses for reimbursement

Manage and handle various international currencies

Software specialized for corporate use

AI-based platform which conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods

Generate, file and review 1099 tax forms for IRS (Internal Revenue Service)

Automatic update of information / software

Track and manage employee's work hours to improve payroll accuracy

Software program that continuously adjusts its behavior based on observed data

Process of familiarizing new employees with the company, their position, and responsibilities

Software's ability to perform similar action on multiple similar files simultaneously

Built-in accounting to manage ledger, accounts payable/receivable, financial reports, etc.

Software specialized for accountants and accounting firms

Software specialized for certified public accountants (financial advisors) who help outside entities reach financial goals

Manage and support multiple locations

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Designed for small businesses

Streamlining repetitive tasks and activities through automated and predefined workflows