QuickBooks for the Macintosh - Payroll

Summary

One of our clients has QuickBooks Version 4.0 on a Macintosh. We have informed them that they will be unable to use QuickBooks payroll tax table updates for the year 2000. An outside computer consulting firm has told this client that there is a way to go into the tax tables in QuickBooks and update them manually. Is this a possibility for them?

Question

One of our clients has QuickBooks Version 4.0 on a Macintosh. We have informed them that they will be unable to use QuickBooks payroll tax table updates for the year 2000. An outside computer consulting firm has told this client that there is a way to go into the tax tables in QuickBooks and update them manually. Is this a possibility for them?

Answer

It is absolutely impossible to change QuickBooks tax tables manually unless you're Intuit. Intuit sent a special notice out to all Mac users informing them that they would need to use another payroll program from Aatrix software. They will send this software to Mac QuickBooks users for free, but I think you have to request it. Go to Intuit's website (www.intuit.com or www.quickbooks.com) and check for more details. Aatrix Software produces a very full-featured payroll program and in some cases the features exceed those of QuickBooks. You can also contact Aatrix directly at www.aatrix.com.