Quicken Set Up Paycheck

Go to the bills on the top menu bar click on add reminder and then income reminder.

Quicken set up paycheck. Note that if you are investing in a roth 401k with your contributions and your employer is making contributions to the traditional 401k side quicken probably won t be able to tell the difference the account administrator will fold them into one transaction download. I had to really search to find where they hid the wizard since i haven t set one up in a long time. To edit all future paychecks of a paycheck you ve already set up choose tools menu manage bill income reminders find the paycheck in the list then right click on the paycheck name and choose edit. The drop down will show a number of options all relating to a reminder.

Review the following slides and click next then click get started. Paycheck split values are gone. After reading the information on the you need to know this screen click continue. Click add paycheck then enter the information quicken requests.

Press ctrl t or click on cash flow memorized payee list. Bring up the memorized payee list in quicken. I always set up a paycheck in quicken and specify an employee contribution deduction and an employer matching contribution. To end it wait until after you have received you final paycheck.

To set up a new paycheck click the planning tab then click the tax center button if it isn t already open. Select set up quicken bill manager. You have likely set up the paycheck deposit as a reminder. Quicken displays the set up category dialog box.

To set up your paycheck so quicken can use it you ll need your latest paycheck stub. To check on this go to bill and income reminders and right click on it. That will get you to the paycheck wizard. You ll enter your paycheck information as a scheduled transaction which is just a future transaction that you set up in advance and that quicken remembers so you don t have to enter all of the details each time when the transaction comes due quicken either enters it automatically into your check register.

I suspect it has to do with the syncing because the data files that i have opted not to sync do not lose their paycheck splits but the ones that are set up to sync lose the splits. Adding a paycheck in quicken is awesome once you get it setup. I ve given up on getting a quicken solution. On the bottom left or at the top of the memorized payee list click on new the create memorized payee window will open.

Use the drop down list next to type of transactions to enter the type of transaction you would typically have with the payee for example a deposit or a payment. Enter wages as the category name by moving the cursor to the category name text box and typing wages.