Should you use a journal entry to record reclaimed ssp?

Hello Cliffwell2000, 

Welcome to the Community page, 

I would not have thought so, your best asking a trained and qualified accountant this question and they will be able to advise, guild and help you on the best way to enter this into your Quickbooks as we are just technical support not trained accountants. 

Hi @cliffwell2000 

Are you using QB Payroll or importing payroll journals/cheques?

If you're using QB Payroll, there ought to be a simple way to track the amounts paid/reclaimed.

(I don't use it so can't help with that.)

I guess this is reclaimed Covid SSP?  Sorry, I'm not sure how this works - do HMRC send payment for the reclaim, or do you simply deduct from monthly PAYE/NIC payments?

If it's an actual payment received, I would use Bank Deposit instead of a Journal.

If it's a deduction from the monthly payments, yes, you could use a Journal to move the amount from Payroll Liabilities to Payroll Expenses (effectively reducing both if that makes sense).  Or, probably simpler, add a line on the Payment Cheque (posting to Payroll Expenses) to reduce the payment amount by the SSP reclaimed.

Hope this helps.