Hi bradleyclifford,
I can see you've already done a bit of research into this, and it sounds like you've got someone you've consulted about how this should be given to your employees. I want to make sure you have the best direction for handling this sort of situation with sales of employee stocks in QuickBooks Online Payroll.
It looks to me like you've already been taking a peek at what options are available for setting up payroll items. I appreciate the importance of ensuring they hit certain boxes and reflect properly on T4s and other forms. Since you're not seeing the options to set this up as you'd like, my recommendation is to consult an accountant.
Accountants, in particular ones that are familiar with QuickBooks, will be able to assess the options and let you know the best course of action for recording payment to your employees. The My Accountant tab in QuickBooks Online gives you the chance to connect with an accountant by inviting someone you're already working with to be a user on the account or by providing the Find a pro to help button. This button takes you to our list of QuickBooks-certified accountants in your area.
Feel free to submit feedback about the available payroll options if you'd like, that way our product development team can see the different features that users would like for Payroll. Our How do I submit feedback? article walks you through it, and then there's also our QuickBooks Online Feature & Product Updates page that you can bookmark if you'd like to see what's new each quarter.
I wish you the best with working through this!
