How do I pause an employees payroll? He gets paid one time per year, commission for the work he does throughout the year.

Hi sales224,

Glad to have you post in the Community again. Sometimes it's necessary to make an employee inactive and I can help you with that. QuickBooks offers a flexible platform that enables you to get your work done faster. 

Here are the steps you can follow: 

1. Go to the Payroll menu, then go to the Employees tab.
2. Click the name of the employee.
3. Select Edit employee.
4. At the bottom, choose Delete employee.

For more helpful info on deleting and making an employee inactive, I encourage you to check out this Community thread here. Give this a try and let me know how you make out. I'll be one message away in case you have additional questions. 

I would then make the employee active again when I pay them again at the end of the year?

Correct, you can then make the employee active again in order to pay them. Here's a helpful article that shows you how to change the employee status when you're ready to: Edit or change an employee info in payroll. Let me know if you have other questions, I'm here to help. 

I would then have to re-enter all their information?

Hi sales

This sounds more like a supplier arrangement than an employee arrangement; you may want to consider removing him from payroll altogether and setting him up as a supplier.