How do I payout each employee to their own GL account so things look clear on reports to owners?

Glad to see you here in the Community, Pmpkn. You've landed in the right place to ask your payroll-related question.

You can go to the Payroll settings in QuickBooks Online to assign various wages or salary items to their respective GL accounts.

Allow me to guide you through the process:

1. Go to the Gear or Settings icon and select Payroll Settings.
2. Scroll down to the Accounting section and click Edit ✎.
3. Proceed to the Wage expenses section and click the Edit icon once again.
4. Select Each employee's wages are posted to different types of accounts.
5. Assign each payroll item to their respective expense account or scroll to choose which account the wage items should go to.
6. Click Save, then choose Done.

If you want to apply the changes retroactively or to past transactions, scroll down to the Update transactions section. Then, click the Edit icon and enter the Start date and End date. 

For further information about this, you can refer to this article: Change Your Accounting Preferences In QuickBooks Online Payroll.

 Just in case you need extra guidance while making changes to your payroll information in QBO, I'll share these articles with you as well: 

• Change Your Payroll Bank Account
• Edit Or Change Employee Info In Payroll

Feel free to reach out whenever you require assistance when running payroll and working in QBO, Pmpkn. We are here and ready to support you whenever needed.

I have everyone set up to payout as you suggested via settings but, when I run payroll the salary field is not pushing them into those accounts. 

It ran fine for our first payroll run in January but ever since then has been off. 

Thanks for the prompt reply, Pmpkn. Let me route you to the best support available to help you further with your concern.

In QuickBooks Online, mapping payroll transactions to their specific GL accounts is crucial in maintaining accurate payroll data recording. Since these payouts aren't mapping out correctly after you've set up an account for each employee, I recommend contacting our Payroll Support. They have the necessary tools to check your account securely and investigate the cause of this issue. 

Here's how you can reach our experts:

1. Go to the Help menu, then select the Search tab.
2. Click Contact Us.
3. Enter a brief description of your concern and select Continue.
4. Select either Start a Chat or Get a Callback and start connecting with them.

Moreover, you can access different payroll reports available to view all payroll-related information entered in QuickBooks Online. This article also includes how you can manage it within the program.

Please keep us notified if you have other payroll concerns or QuickBooks-related queries. We'll make sure to get back to you to sort it out.