I'm here to help you sort this out, Angela-houghton5.
The QuickBooks Self-Employed version is created for Independent Contractors. The payroll feature is unavailable for the program.
The payroll feature is available for QuickBooks Online versions only. Since you've mentioned that you've added the subscription to your account, you'll want to log in to QuickBooks Online instead and check it out.
Also, you can check these articles to help you with your payroll:
If you have more questions, feel free to get back to this thread. We'll reply as soon as we can. Take care!
