unscheduled payroll

You don’t need to run an unscheduled payroll or change your pay period end date. Keep the pay period end date on the 30th, as it reflects the actual work period your employees are being paid for. The only thing you need to change is the check date, which you’ll set to the 6th, the day employees will actually receive their pay.

In QuickBooks, that means you can run your regular scheduled payroll early and enter the check date as the 6th. Leave the pay period start and end dates exactly as they normally are, since those dates should match the wages being earned, not the day you process payroll.

Unscheduled payroll is typically used for off-cycle items such as bonuses, corrections, or a separate one-time payment. Since this is just your normal payroll being processed early while you are away, it should remain on your regular schedule.

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