Proper way to eliminate QuickBooks Error 557
                     SIMPLE WAYS TO DEAL WITH QUICKBOOKS 
ERROR 557
THE QUICKBOOKS ERROR 557 IS CONCERNED WITH THE PAYROLL SERVICE. 
WHENEVER IT GETS DISPLAYED ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE A WARNING 
MESSAGE SAYING, “[ERROR 557], QUICKBOOKS HAS ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM 
AND NEEDS TO CLOSE. WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE”. YOU FACE 
THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO UPDATE THE PAYROLL TAX TABLE OR 
WHEN MAKING SOME EDITS IN THE PAYROLL SETTING. LET US LOOK AT THIS 
MATTER IN MORE DETAIL AND LEARN TWO EFFICIENT METHODS TO DEBUG IT 
THOROUGHLY.
DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE QUICKBOOKS PAYROLL 
ERROR 557? GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM 
FOR INSTANT HELP THROUGH TOLL-FREE 1.855.738.2891.
WHAT PROVOKES THE PAYROLL UPDATE ERROR CODE 
557 IN QUICKBOOKS APPLICATION?
IF YOU WANT TO GATHER INFO ON THE REASONS THAT TRIGGER THE ISSUE, THEN 
REFER TO THE FOLLOWING ENLISTED POINTS-
• YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE REGISTERED YOUR QUICKBOOKS AGAIN BECAUSE OF WHICH 
THE ERROR INTERRUPTS.
• ANOTHER CAUSE COULD BE THAT YOUR QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP HAS NOT BEEN 
REACTIVATED AFTER ITS SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRED.
HOW TO RESOLVE THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP ERROR 
557 USING TWO SIMPLE METHODS?
HAVE A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO LEARN THE QUICKEST AND APT 
WAYS OF DEBUGGING THE ISSUE-

SOLUTION 1: REMOVE THE ENTITLEMENTDATASTORE.ECML FILE 
TO RE-REGISTER THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP
• TO GO TO THE FOLLOWING FOLDER- C:\PROGRAMDATA\INTUIT\ENTITLEMENT 
CLIENT\V8, YOU MUST FIRST OPEN WINDOWS EXPLORER.
• OPEN IT BY HITTING THE ‘WINDOWS + E’ KEYS ON YOUR KEYBOARD.
• ONCE THE FOLDER OPENS, LOCATE THE ‘ENTITLEMENTDATASTORE.ECML’ FILE, AND 
AFTER YOU FIND IT, RIGHT-CLICK ON IT.
• FURTHER, TAP ON THE ‘DELETE’ OPTION AND THEN ‘YES’ TO CONFIRM THE DELETION 
OF THE FILE.
• NOW, YOU MUST PROVIDE THE REQUIRED REGISTRATION INFO AFTER STARTING THE 
QUICKBOOKS PROGRAM.
• FINALLY, YOU ARE READY TO UPDATE THE PAYROLL TAX TABLE. IN CASE YOU HAVE 
NOT DOWNLOADED THE LATEST UPDATES OF THE VERSION OF QUICKBOOKS YOU 
ARE USING, THEN FIRST UPDATE IT AND THEN THE PAYROLL SERVICE.
SOLUTION 2: RENEW THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP SUBSCRIPTION
• AT FIRST, MOVE TO THE CAMPS PAGE TO SIGN IN TO YOUR QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNT.
• ON THE ‘MANAGE YOUR QUICKBOOKS’ PAGE, CHOOSE THE SERVICE YOU REQUIRE TO 
RENEW.
• FURTHER, FROM THE ‘PRODUCTS & SERVICES’ FIELD, DIRECTLY SHIFT TO THE ‘PAYROLL 
SUBSCRIPTION’ TAB.
• AFTER YOU GO TO THE PAYROLL SUBSCRIPTION TAB, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ITS STATUS.
• IF THE STATUS DISPLAYS AS ‘CANCELED’, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY CLICK ON THE 
‘RESUBSCRIBE’ OPTION.
• IN THE NEXT STEP, CHECK AND CONFIRM THE INFO.
• VALIDATE THE DETAILS IN THE ‘REACTIVATE SUBSCRIPTION’ SECTION AND TAP ON THE 
‘SAVE AND CONTINUE’ BUTTON.
• AFTER YOU CONFIRM THE SUBSCRIPTION AND BILLING DETAILS, TAP ‘REACTIVATE’, AND 
AFTER IT COMPLETES, CLICK ‘GOT IT!’.
• AGAIN, OPEN THE QUICKBOOKS DESKTOP TO DOWNLOAD THE PAYROLL UPDATES.
WE SUPPOSE BY NOW, YOU MUST HAVE RESOLVED THE QUICKBOOKS ERROR 557 
WITH THE HELP OF THE CONTENT WE HAVE PROVIDED HERE. SO, EVEN THOUGH OUR 
CERTIFIED EXPERTS HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH THE SOLUTIONS, IF IT STILL APPEARS, 
IMMEDIATELY CONNECT WITH ONE OF THE PROFESSIONALS BY DIALING OUR TOLL-
FREE 1.855.738.2891.