I report payroll on the 15th and last day of the month. The employees are paid 5 days after that. I want to change to have them paid the second day after the report.

Thanks for posting in the Community, @lplums67.

I'm here to lend a hand on how to change the pay schedule in QuickBooks Online.

We can create or edit an existing pay schedule to adjust the payment schedule of your employee to have them paid on the 2nd day.

For example, when you create a payroll report on fifteen and your employees will receive their pay on seventeen. You need to approve payroll before 5:00 PM PT 1 business day before the pay date. Here's how:

1. Go to the Workers menu, then select Employees.
2. Choose the employee.
3. Select Edit employee.
4. Click the How often do you pay [employee]? ▼ drop-down menu.
5. Choose the pay schedule that the employee will use moving forward, or create a new one by selecting Add new....
6. When creating a new schedule, fill out the appropriate fields then click OK.
7. If you want to edit the pay period, you must select or enter the correct pay period ending frequency.
8. Hit Done.

Here's the detailed article for more information about this process:Employee payroll schedules in QuickBooks Online Payroll Enhanced.

As always, I provide these articles for future reference:

• Create paychecks in online payroll
• Pay employees and contractors with direct deposit

Get back to me if you still have payroll concerns. Take care.