We do not run our payroll in house. We outsource our payroll to a third party. Can you please show me the journal entry I should use in order to record the liabilities Also after I record the Journal Entry, do I need to write a check towards the liability after it has been paid in order for the account to have a zero balance in the balance sheet? Can you please be as detailed as possible. Previous links that I have used have different answers. The more detailed the better