How To Fix Error Creating Paychecks In
QuickBooks
QuickBooks helps you manage all your payroll tasks effectively, but sometimes, you may
encounter errors when creating and managing paychecks. Error creating paychecks in
QuickBooks usually appears due to working with an outdated QuickBooks application,
inactive payroll subscription, incorrect employee information, improper payroll settings, or
damaged/corrupted data. Sometimes, you may encounter any specific error code which may
tell you about the root cause.
Reasons For Error Creating Paychecks
When creating paychecks in QuickBooks, you may encounter an error. Potential reasons for
this error are:
 Not updating the QuickBooks application and using the older one can get you in this
trouble.
 Damaged data can be one of the prime reasons for this issue, and damaged installation
files can cause QuickBooks payroll error PS107.
Solutions to Fix Errors When Creating A Paycheck
This segment will discuss the steps to fix the root causes of the error. You can follow the
below steps and this will help you to eliminate the error that is preventing you from creating a
paycheck.
Solution 1: Update QuickBooks
An outdated QuickBooks can trigger this issue;
therefore, you must update it by following the
steps below.
Check for the Latest Version:
 Launch QuickBooks Desktop.
 Press F2 (or Ctrl+1).
 Open the Product Information window.
 Verify your current version and release.
 Update QuickBooks:
 Select “Update available.”
 Click “Install now.”
 Follow the prompts.
 Complete the installation.
 Wait until it finishes.
 Once done, open QuickBooks again.
Solution 2: Check Your Company Data
Step 1: Run Verify Data
 Navigate to Window.
 Then, choose “Close All.”
 Go to File.
 Select Utilities.
 Review the result and click on “Verify Data” accordingly.
 If QuickBooks reports no issues and says QuickBooks detected no
problems with your data, your data is intact, and no further action is
needed.
 When receiving an error message, visit the QuickBooks Desktop support
site for troubleshooting steps.
 If your data integrity is compromised and you see this message: Your
data has lost integrity, indicating data damage, proceed to rebuild your
data to resolve the issue.
Step 2: Rebuild Your Company File Data
 First, navigate to File.
 Select Utilities.
 Now, choose Rebuild Data.
 QuickBooks will prompt you to create a backup.
 Click OK to proceed, as a backup is necessary.
 Select a location to save your backup and click OK.
 Do not overwrite an existing backup file.
 Enter a new name for the file and select Save.
 A message will appear on your computer’s screen saying Rebuild has
completed.
 After getting this message, click OK.
 Now, again, go to File and select Utilities.
 Then, choose Verify Data to check for any remaining/additional damage.
 If Verify Data detects additional problems, you will need to address them
manually. For guidance on how to resolve them, search for the error in
the qbwin.log on the QuickBooks Desktop support site.
 If you can’t resolve the error, you can restore a recent backup.
 You can do this by going to File and selecting Open or Restore
Company.
Conclusion
After following the steps given in this guide, you can successfully fix the
error creating paychecks in QuickBooks.