9.0 Payroll QuickBooks ProAdvisor Practice Quiz

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QuickBooks Online Payroll is available as an add-on to any QBO subscription and comes in multiple service tiers offering different levels of automation and HR support. A business owner asks their bookkeeper how many payroll tier options are available. How many QBO Payroll subscription tiers does the Student Guide identify?
  • A. Three tiers: Core, Premium, and Elite
  • B. Four tiers: Core, Standard, Premium, and Elite
  • C. Two tiers: Basic and Premium
  • D. Five tiers: Starter, Core, Standard, Premium, and Elite

The Student Guide identifies three QBO Payroll subscription tiers: Core, Premium, and Elite.

A payroll administrator needs to process the company's bi-weekly payroll in QuickBooks Online. They need to navigate to the correct area of QBO to start the payroll run. Which navigation path correctly leads to the Run Payroll function in QBO?
  • A. Gear icon → Your Company → Manage Users → Run Payroll
  • B. Workers tab → Employees sub-tab → Run Payroll button
  • C. Reports tab → Employees group → Run Payroll
  • D. +New → Employees group → Payroll Run

The Student Guide states that payroll is run by clicking Workers in the left navigation bar, selecting the Employees sub-tab, and clicking the Run Payroll button.

After running payroll, a payroll administrator wants to view a high-level summary showing total wages, taxes withheld, and net pay for each employee for the pay period. They navigate to the payroll reports section. Which payroll report provides a summary of total wages and deductions for each employee for a selected period?
  • A. Payroll Tax Liability
  • B. Employee Contact List report
  • C. Payroll Summary by Employee report
  • D. Payroll Detail by Employee

The Student Guide identifies the Payroll Summary by Employee report as the report showing total wages, deductions, and net pay per employee for a selected period.

Before remitting quarterly payroll taxes to the IRS and state agencies, a controller wants to run a report in QBO that shows all payroll tax amounts owed by tax type and agency. They look through the payroll reports available. Which payroll report shows the taxes the company owes to tax agencies?
  • A. Payroll Summary report
  • B. Employees list report
  • C. Payroll Detail by Employee report
  • D. Payroll Tax Liability report

The Student Guide identifies the Payroll Tax Liability report as the report that shows the company's payroll tax obligations to tax agencies.

After entering hours and earnings for all employees in the QBO payroll run screen, the payroll administrator is ready to finalize the payroll. The Student Guide describes a two-step final action that must be taken to complete the payroll cycle before paychecks are created. What are the final two steps to complete a payroll run in QBO after entering employee hours and pay amounts?
  • A. Save for later, then Approve and print checks
  • B. Preview Payroll, then Submit Payroll
  • C. Calculate taxes, then Confirm and deposit to bank
  • D. Review deductions, then Email employees their pay stubs

The Student Guide states that after entering hours the user clicks Preview Payroll to review, then clicks Submit Payroll to finalize the pay run.

During a payroll run preview in QBO, a payroll administrator notices that one employee's hours were entered incorrectly. Before clicking Submit Payroll, the administrator wants to correct the hours on that single check without discarding the entire payroll run. What does the Student Guide describe as the way to edit an individual check during a payroll run?
  • A. Cancel the entire payroll run, correct the timesheet, and restart payroll from the beginning
  • B. Submit the payroll as-is, then create a correcting paycheck in the next pay period
  • C. Click the pencil/edit icon next to the employee's check to open and modify it before submitting
  • D. Use the Void check feature in the Banking Center after payroll is submitted to remove the incorrect check

The Student Guide states that during a payroll run, clicking the pencil or edit icon next to an employee's check opens it for correction before final submission.

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