Payroll Tax Deposit Processing (Is there a better way?)

Question

I have to make federal and state (California) payroll tax deposits on a weekly basis. I use the Federal & State Filing (5-4-1, 5-4-2) reports to calculate my deposits, and then file using Aatrix. 
 
 But then I have to create an AP invoice (4-2) of the tax deposit amounts and then "pay" the invoices to match the tax deposit. This seems a little redundant (that Sage calculates the amounts for me, but I still need to manually enter the transactions). Is there an automated method that I haven't figured out?

Char DeLange · Answer

I set up recurring JE's in 1-4 using banking category of check so they appear in the right section for the bank recs. I set the cycle for 7days if its weekly and the date updates after I post them. The only thing you have to update is the amounts each week. I have mine as one record for EFTPS and one record for State. And my GL accounts are broken down by subaccount for each tax. Hope this helps. 
 
 I also do this for any automatic withdrawals from checking. And use recurring payables for employee medical, union benefits, insurances, rent, etc.

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