Add a company (EIN) to an existing QuickBooks Payroll subscription

You can use a single QuickBooks Payroll subscription to process payroll for multiple companies.

Limitations

• You must use the same registered copy of QuickBooks to process payroll for all companies on a single payroll subscription.

• The contact information and payroll administrator for the payroll subscription will be the same for all companies you add to a single subscription.

• Each QuickBooks Payroll service has a limit on the number of companies you can add to a single subscription.

  Service	Maximum number of companies (EINs)
  QuickBooks Basic Payroll	3
  QuickBooks Standard Payroll	3
  QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll	3
  QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll for Accountants	50
  QuickBooks Assisted Payroll	1 (for more than 1 EIN, additional fees apply)

Important: Intuit no longer accepts new subscriptions for Standard Payroll, but continues to support existing users of this service plan. basic payroll^basic subscription, . Standard Payroll subscribers may want to explore other payroll service plans designed for QuickBooks users.

To do this task

1. Go to the File menu, and then click Open or Restore Company.

2. Click Open a company file, and then click Next.

3. Browse to find the company file you want to add and click Open.

4. If the company doesn't have an existing QuickBooks Payroll subscription, go to Employees menu, click Payroll and then click Use My Existing Payroll Service.

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5. If the company doesn't have an existing QuickBooks Payroll subscription, go to Home page, click the Pay Employees icon, and then click Use My Existing Payroll Subscription.

6. If the company has an existing QuickBooks Payroll subscription and you want to move it to another QuickBooks Payroll subscription, then go to the Employees menu, click My Payroll Service, and then click Change Payroll Service Options. basic payroll^basic subscription, . (Skip step 4.)

7. If the company has an existing QuickBooks Payroll subscription and you want to move it to another QuickBooks Payroll subscription, then go to the Payroll Center, click My Payroll Service, and then click Change Payroll Service Options. basic payroll^basic subscription, .

8. Follow the onscreen instructions to add the company to your existing subscription. basic payroll^basic subscription, .

Note for Disk Delivery users: If you use the disk delivery option for receiving your payroll updates (rather than the online option), the same EIN limits apply but you must contact the payroll service to add this company file to your existing subscription.