Absolutely, you can manually add paychecks without having a QuickBooks Online subscription, @Anonymous. I'd be glad to walk you through the steps.
You'll have to first add new accounts in your Chart of Accounts to keep track of the payroll liabilities and expenses. Once done, you can create journal entries to enter the payroll paychecks. Here's how:
- Get your employees' payroll pay stubs or a payroll report from your payroll service.
- Click on + New.
- Choose Journal Entry.
- In the Journal date, type in the paycheck date.
- Fill in the Journal no. field if you want to track the paycheck number.
For more information about the process, browse this link: Manually enter payroll paychecks in QuickBooks.
I'll also attach this guide on how you can keep track and manage payroll transactions in QuickBooks:
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