SEP IRA Not Calculating Correctly
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Rick Sanders
I have a client who provides both SIMPLE IRA and Healthcare plans.
QBO deducts the Healthcare deduction from gross payroll before calculating the percentage of employee contribution and employer matching contribution.
EXAMPLE
Employee earns $10,000 per pay cycle.
Contributes 3% to retirement and $300 to the healthcare plan.
QBO incorrectly calculates the retirement contribution and matching employer contribution as $10,000 - 300 = $9,700 * 3% = $291
It should be $10,000 * 3% = $300
That $9 difference becomes $9
2
12 = $168 per year, NOT added to retirement.Or, $84 per year that the employee NEVER receives from the employer.
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Jayme Shouse
I ran across this last year when a client migrated to QB Online. Calls to Intuit proved useless as they said that was how it should be. I asked why QB desktop did it correctly, but QBO did not. They couldn't answer me and said there was nothing they could do.