direct deposit check stubs YTD incorrect information

I have not heard of any actual bugs in the calculation of sick/vacation balances, but at the same time what QuickBooks does is sometimes insanely confusing - made worse because it varies in several ways based on the particulars of your sick/vacation settings.

I've worked through this many times with clients and in the end QuickBooks was always doing that it was told to do based on those settings - and also some properties of the payroll items used and the paycheck pay period - though that was sometimes not what the client actually wanted.

RE: For example it states that they have two hours at the end of the year in 2022 for Paid Sick Leave BUT on the first check it shows that they have 40 hours on the YTD column and 16 used when that is impossible because only 24 hours were given at the beginning of the year and none were taken in their first check to be in the used column.

2022? Where are you seeing 2022? Or, if you meant 2023, where do you see that?

A screenshot showing the Sick/Vacation window of the example employee will help (especially if that is where you see the balance), as well as a screenshot of the current pay-sub's sick/vacation section for the same employee (you can Preview the pay-stub to get a screenshot).

RE: Nobody can figure out where they are getting those figures, they aren't from the company file and nobody can figure out how to fix them.

It should be possible to establish what is going on, and it probably is based on the particulars of your case, though I'm not surprised a rep couldn't help. All of the numbers should be fixable going forward.

Hi there, @jengonzo. We'll point you in the right direction to have this addressed and correct the information on the paycheck direct deposit stubs inside the QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) Payrol.

Before anything else, know that we appreciate you for providing a glimpse of your current situation and that this isn't the experience we want you to have when using the program. In this situation, it's best to contact our Customer Care Team to investigate further and determine the root cause of this issue, as they have the necessary tools to access needed to look further into your query. These are the steps:

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