Good day, 0541617995.
Thanks for joining us in this thread. I'm here to address your concern with setting up a company.
If your company has different Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) for two locations, you'll need to set up another QuickBooks company file.
For QuickBooks Desktop, please follow these steps:
- Open QuickBooks Desktop.
- Click on Create a new company in the No Company Open window.
- Choose Express Start or Detailed Start.
• Express Start
a. Fill out all the information in QuickBooks Setup window. Note: Click on the Help me choose link to see a description for every business type and the preset Chart of Accounts that QuickBooks will create for you per industry.
b. Click on Create Company.
c. After creating your company file, select on Start Working.
• Detailed Start
a. Fill out the Easy Step Interview screen and select Next.
b. Select your Industry and click on Next.
c. Identify your type of business entity and then select Next. Then, set the first month of your fiscal year, then select Next.
d. Set up your QuickBooks Administrator password and click on Next.
e. Choose the location where you you want to save your company file and select Save.
f. Click on Next to customize your QuickBooks or you can do it later by selecting Leave.
For further guidance, you can check out this article: Create a Company File: Overview.
Otherwise, turn on the class or location tracking in QuickBooks if your company have one Federal EIN. You can refer to this link for more in-depth information: Use Class Tracking.
If you're using the Online (QBO) version, you can follow the detailed steps outlined in these articles:
That should do it. Let me know if you have any other concerns. I'm always happy to help.
