Bookkeeping for
Businesses on
ADP Payroll.
One ADP payroll can hit your bank as several withdrawals: net pay, the tax money ADP collects to deposit your payroll taxes, and ADP's own fees, not always on the same day. We post every run from ADP's reports to QuickBooks Online and match each debit, so wages, taxes and liabilities tie out.
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Built for Every Business
Running ADP Payroll
A few employees on RUN Powered by ADP or a bigger team on Workforce Now, the books have to show what payroll really cost and what's still owed to the IRS, the state and your benefit providers.
Small Teams on RUN
RUN Powered by ADP runs payroll and files your payroll taxes. We post each run to QuickBooks Online, match ADP's withdrawals to the bank and keep wages, employer taxes and fees on the right lines.
- Each pay run posted from the payroll register
- Net pay, tax and fee debits matched
- Employer taxes split from wages
- Owner and officer pay kept separate
- QuickBooks sync mapping checked
- W-2 totals tied to the books
Restaurants and Hourly Teams
Tips, overtime and staff spread across shifts and locations. We post wages by department or location and tie the tips paid through payroll to what your POS reported.
- Wages by department or location
- Card tips paid through payroll tied out
- Overtime and premium pay recorded
- Labor cost against sales every month
- Off-cycle and manual checks posted
Larger Teams on Workforce Now
More employees, benefits, 401(k) and several states. We reconcile benefit and retirement deductions to what was actually sent to each provider, so nothing sits in a liability account for months.
- 401(k) deductions vs deposits
- Health insurance deductions vs premiums
- Multi-state tax liabilities reconciled
- Garnishments tracked to zero
- Department and class reporting
- Payroll liabilities cleared every month
The Financial Headaches
We Fix
ADP handles the payroll itself. The trouble usually starts when payroll reaches QuickBooks. These are the places ADP payroll books usually break.
Every ADP debit booked as payroll expense
When the net pay, tax and fee withdrawals are each categorized straight from the bank feed, gross wages, employer taxes and withholdings never show up properly. Payroll expense ends up wrong and the liability accounts never balance.
The ADP sync and the bank feed double up
When ADP's general ledger connection posts payroll to QuickBooks and the bank feed books the same withdrawals as expenses, payroll gets counted twice. The sync, the bank feed and a clearing account have to be set up to work together.
Deductions that never clear
Employee 401(k) and health insurance deductions are money you're holding for someone else. When the deposits and premium payments aren't matched against them, the balances grow every month and nobody knows what's really owed.
W-2 totals that don't match the books
If wages in QuickBooks don't match ADP's quarterly and year-end totals, your CPA finds the gap at tax time. It usually traces back to a missed run, a manual check or a void that never reached the books.
Every Month
Everything You Need,
Nothing You Don't
ADP payroll bookkeeping is mostly getting each run into QuickBooks the right way and matching what ADP takes from the bank. We work in QuickBooks Online from ADP's payroll register, tax and deduction reports, and your bank feeds.
Monthly Bookkeeping
Every account reconciled, every transaction categorized, every month. You get a clean P&L and balance sheet you can read and use to make decisions.
See Full Details →Financial Reporting
A monthly P&L with wages, employer taxes and benefits on their own lines, labor cost by department or location, and a balance sheet showing payroll liabilities still owed.
See Full Details →Bank Reconciliation
Every business account and credit card matched and verified each month. No mystery charges. No unresolved transactions. No surprises.
See Full Details →Accounts Payable & Receivable
AP covers ADP's invoices, benefit premiums and retirement deposits, each matched to the payroll deductions behind it. AR is kept current the same way as the rest of your books.
See Full Details →Catch-Up Bookkeeping
Months or years behind? We clean it all up before monthly service starts, at a flat price per month behind that we quote up front.
See Full Details →Payroll Support
ADP runs payroll and files the payroll taxes and W-2s. We post every run, match ADP's debits, reconcile the liabilities and flag anything that looks off before month end.
See Full Details →"Working with Dan has been such a positive experience! As a small business owner, having someone who is knowledgeable, thorough, and genuinely invested in helping me understand my finances has been invaluable. He’s incredibly responsive, patient with my questions, and has brought so much clarity and peace of mind!"
ADP Payroll
FAQ
Questions we hear from ADP Payroll before they sign on with Tides.
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Beyond ADP Payroll,
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Tides Bookkeeping specializes in bookkeeping across 12 distinct industries. Industry-specific expertise means fewer errors, better categorization, and a bookkeeper who already understands how your business makes money.
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✔ Reviewed by Daniel Cope, Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor · Updated August 2026