Thank you for reaching out, @DeniseU.
QuickBooks does not impose any fees for emailing pay stubs directly to employees. However, charges may apply based on the number of active employees in your subscription and for sending direct deposits within the program.
To learn more about how QuickBooks Desktop delivers each pay stub as a PDF to your employee's email address, refer to this article: Fix Error: Could not connect to the email server.
Visit this article if you encounter any errors while using webmail in QuickBooks Desktop: Fix Error: Could not connect to the email server.
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