Has anybody found a way to make an unpaid leave deduction from monthly salary in the new Core Payroll so that it is a pre-tax deduction?

Hello and welcome to the Community, sarah-hoy1

Sorry for the delay in responding to your post. At the moment, adding a pre-tax leave deduction in Core Payroll is not available and would need to be treated by our team as an area of enhancement.

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I need to be able to do this too - why have QB taken away this facility ? I also need to allow for unpaid hours too - so annoying 

We value the need for the feature to make an unpaid leave deduction or unpaid hours from the monthly salary so it becomes a pre-tax deduction in the new payroll core, @barbara33. Let's pass along this feature request to our product developers for the appropriate validation.

Our team of QuickBooks engineers is consistently working to develop product enhancements that meet our customers' needs. I recommend sending your valuable feedback so they can review its usage and consider adding this feature in future updates.

Here's how to submit a feedback within QBO:

1. Sign in to your QBO account.
2. Go to the Settings icon.
3. Select Feedback.
4. Enter your product suggestions.
5. Click Next to submit.

While your desired feature is unavailable to the new payroll core, consider upgrading your subscription to the QuickBooks Online Payroll Advanced which offers the functionality you need.

Moreover, I'll attach this convenient resource that can help you in generating and personalising payroll reports in QBO for specific details that fit your business: How to create and customise your own Payroll reports.

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