A: Customers who purchase any version of QuickBooks 2003 are entitled to one free download of the tax table. To try Do-It-Yourself Payroll before you subscribe, sign up for Do-It-Yourself Payroll for QuickBooks 2003. Choose the online option for Do-It-Yourself Payroll, but do not enter your credit card number. You will receive one free payroll update. Internet access is required to receive the free payroll update. Do-It-Yourself Payroll subscribers who choose to receive payroll updates by mail cannot get the first update free. If you are a Tax Table Service subscriber, you may apply the remainder of your subscription period toward Do-It-Yourself Payroll when you sign up.

Important: If you want your business to remain compliant with state and federal payroll tax laws and regulations on an ongoing basis, Intuit recommends that you subscribe to the QuickBooks Do-It-Yourself Payroll service, which will keep you updated with current tax tables and forms.

New and upgrading QuickBooks purchasers who want to try out the service can receive a one-time download of the most current payroll tax tables and forms. These tax tables and forms are current at the time they are downloaded. Be warned, however, that state and federal tax laws and regulations change frequently, and users of the one-time download will not receive updates without a paid Do-It-Yourself Payroll subscription.

Note: The one-time tax table download expires and ceases to function in QuickBooks on February 15 of the year after you download it. This safeguard helps to ensure that at the beginning of each year, QuickBooks payroll customers are not using outdated tax tables and forms. Please note, however, that, because of changing state and federal tax laws and regulations, your tax table and forms might become outdated before the February 15 expiration date. The only way to ensure you have current tax tables and forms and therefore remain compliant is to subscribe to Do-It-Yourself Payroll.