Tax Subcategory

Axe21

My state recently added a new payroll tax item to my paycheck. I would like to add another tax category but when I try to make it a subcategory my Tax category isn't listed in the drop down. Is this an error/bug or on purpose? 

I have tried creating an "expense" and assigning a tax category but it doesn't list it as a subcategory of "Tax". 

Chris_QPW

Here are the steps.  Note that if the tax line you want doesn't exists then you will just have to pick something close or just mark it as a tax item without a tax line.

Ctrl+J to bring up the reminders, and then edit the paycheck reminder.
And then:




Change values as needed and click where I have indicated.








Close the dialogs and you should have your new tax field in the paycheck reminder.

Axe21

The issue I'm having is in the image below when I go to "Subcategory of" tax will not show in the drop down. It's not even in the list. Could I have to many categories? 

Chris_QPW

I'm not following, are you saying when you select the Tax Reporting tab it doesn't change?

Also, I just saw this thread, is this the problem?
https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7927914/is-anyone-else-having-problems-creating-sub-categories#latest

Axe21

That's the same issue. I'll try that suggestion and see what happens.

mshiggins

It's possible there is a way around the problem, but since none of my Quicken files has the problem, I can't verify whether this will work.

In the Category List, right-click the category you want to create a sub-category for. 

In the resulting dropdown menu, select "New subcategory". The "New Category" dialog will open with the parent-category-to-be already selected in the "Subcategory of" dropdown. Then you can just enter the name of the new sub-category in the Category Name field and click OK.

-JP