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I was having the same issue and all the forms, and QB support, seemed to lead to dead ends. After thinking through this problem I believe I have figured it out.

 

The Payroll Expense > Company Contributions > Health Insurance reflects the amount the company paid towards the health insurance premium that month. This is auto generated, as I'm sure everyone is aware, when the paychecks are issued as part of payroll expenses. The issues seems to be then that when the employer pays the health insurance premium it creates a second expense with the entire premium. There also then is the Payroll Liabilities account for the health insurance. This accounts for both the employee contributions and the employer contributions. Therefore when the premium is paid by the employer that should be categorized within the liabilities account and not an expense account. This shows the Payroll Liabilities of the health insurance getting paid down as it should and then the employers contribution (expense) to the health insurance premium is accounted for in the Payroll Expenses when the check is issued. This solved my problem with our accounting. Hope it helps others as this seemed to be an unresolved issue for many. 

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