A credit from Payroll going to the wrong account in General Ledger (retrieving prefixes and the credit is for a Payroll Tax)
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From the Setup menu, select Taxes , Tax Rates.

Find the applicable tax and note the liability account. The account must be one of the following:

  • The full account you would like to be affected in General Ledger.
  • The base account for the account to be affected in General Ledger. The prefix is retrieved from the cash account in Cash Management. (Setup, Bank Accounts, GL Cash Accounts tab.)
  • If there is no account, Payroll uses the default liability account found at File, Company Settings, PR Settings, GL entry settings.
DocLink: A credit from Payroll is going to the wrong account in General Ledger (not Retrieving prefixes and the credit is for a Payroll tax)
DocLink: Why are there Payroll credit entries in wrong General Ledger account?
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