

Overrides made to payroll tax forms remain as they are until cleared manually, and these overrides may affect calculations on other forms or other lines on the same form. To clear the diagnostic, you may need to override the amounts on Form 941 or Schedule B (unless the original checks are deleted and re-entered with the correct taxability setup). In some instances, there may be overrides on Schedule B from prior quarters. Try the following solutions to troubleshoot and correct the diagnostic message on Form 941 in Accounting CS. If the form does not have a line for previous payments, it will make all liabilities in the period equal to the tax due (or overpayment). Its sole purpose is to make all liabilities equal to the tax due (or overpayment) plus previous payments on the form (for forms that have a line for previous payments). The Process Liability Adjustments feature is not designed to update Form 941 or Schedule B. The messages continue to display even after you process liability adjustments and print the created adjustment liability check. These messages display when the the Form 941 tax deposit was under-paid, and is almost always caused by a difference in FICA Social Security or FICA Medicare taxes, rather than in the federal withholding. Line 12 does not equal Line D of Schedule B. When this happens, you'll see one of the following e-File critical messages. In Accounting CS, data in Form 941, Line 12 (Total taxes after adjustments) may be different from the data in Line 16 (Deposits) or in the Schedule B.
