I am one of those who prefer to have clients take care of the payments themselves.  There are just too many headaches involved with the mess.  You check something wrong, Intuit screws up, the IRS screws up, the client decides to change bank accounts during the year, or the client gives you a bad account number to begin with.  When the payment doesn't happen, you then inherit the client's problem.  How much time do you then spend trying to fix someone else's problem?  Life is too short to hatch potential new headaches by providing that service.  So with that said, I can't help you but I'll keep my fingers crossed that things go smoothly for you if you continue to provide that client function.