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Once you order Payroll from your Intuit Premier Reseller like AQB, you will get a service keyand if you want to know- How to Activate Payroll through Service Key? You can refer this blog post. First of all buy QuickBooks Payroll solution online, a 16-digit payroll service key will be produced that is unique and detailed to your Employer Identification Number (EIN) and payroll service. In order to activate and continue with payroll service, a user would need to input this key into their QuickBooks file. There are limitations linked with this process.

Quick view at some of the important basics:

1. To suitably process payroll, a user must use QuickBooks from the registered Desktop and work on the device using a single payroll subscription for all companies.
2. If you are working on multiple files for your company by using the same Employee identification number and payroll subscription, it is likely that you may face errors as QuickBooks Desktop Payroll only supports the data file for a company with a unique EIN.
3. It is important to note that the payroll administrator as well as communication information for QB payroll subscription remains same for all the companies added to a specific subscription.

With that key inside QuickBooks, you can Go to Employee and then Payroll and enter your service key. If the number listed on the payroll subscription does not match yours, Open the Company and then choose Company Information and type the correct Tax ID number on this screen:

Step I:

1. First of all ensure that you have your service key. 
2. You can search it out in your registered Email inbox.
3. If in case, you are not able to get your key, you can reach technicians to get an auto generated Service Key.
4. Now, you can Log-In to your QuickBooks Account using the service key.
5. You might face some issues during this process:
6. Multiple payroll orders being entered into the device for a single company account
7. QuickBooks payroll product is purchased from the retail store

Step II:

1. Hit on the option ofService Key
2. Open the Employees tab andchoose the option of Payroll tab and select the Service Key.

Step III:

1. Go to the QuickBooks Service Key window and add the listed payroll service for your company account.
2. Tap on the option of Edit from the drop down and choose service key.
3. Hit on the Next button and choose QuickBooks Payroll Update option.
4. Hit on Ok andauthenticate the service status.
5. Now, you can review and validate your Payroll Service Status.
6. Ensure that it is active.
7. If you want to add the other company to your currentpayment.
8. Open the Employees tab.
9. After that, you have to choose Payroll tab and select the option of Existing Payroll Service.
10. Now, you can select the option from the menu bar.
11. After that, you can add a file from Account Maintenance window 
12. Navigate to Add to Subscription Number button and then type the required zip code.
13. Hit on Next and press on OK to finish adding another EIN to the current subscription.

However, if you want to know more about How to Activate Payroll through Service Key? Go through this blog to know about QuickBooks Payroll Service.