Hi, I am starting payroll with Quickbooks. I used an accountant to run payroll before. I am setting up my payroll, do not see the option to upload past payroll history.

I'm here to help ensure you're able to add past payroll history in QuickBooks, suresh-rbchealth.

You'll want to make sure to complete the employee's profile when adding your employee's prior payroll history. Also, please take note that the information being entered is within the current calendar year and there are no paychecks created for the employee(s) yet.

Here's how:

1. Sign in to QuickBooks Online as the primary admin.
2. Go to Payroll, and then select Overview.
3. If you haven’t already, add all of your employees paid this year in the Tell us about your team task. Include all employees that no longer work for you. Make sure to set up each pay item, deduction, contribution, and tax showing on their pay stubs or reports.
4. Next to Add your payroll history, select Start.
5. Enter the necessary information.

I'm adding this article so you won't miss any information: Set up a prior payroll. It helps you edit the history if you enter incorrect details.

If you’ve already created paychecks, please contact our QuickBooks Online Payroll Team. They can make changes to your prior history. 

Once all set, you can start creating paychecks and paying taxes in QuickBooks Online. Check out these articles as your guide.

• Create and run your payroll
• Pay and file payroll taxes and forms in Online Payroll.

Get back to me if there's anything else you need. I'll stay around until you're able to enter prior payroll.

MaryLandT , Thanks for the response. The issue is that I do not see Add Payroll history option/selection at all. 

I'm glad to hear from you again, suresh-rbchealth.

Have you created a paycheck for your employees? If not, you can follow these steps for the complete instructions.

1. Log in to your QuickBooks Online account.
2. Go to the Payroll menu.
3. Within the Employee tab, select the employee to open the information. Under How much did you pay [employee] this year?, select +Enter [year] prior pay details.
4. Enter the necessary information.

If you still can't see the option, I'll let you contact our payroll specialist. They have tools that can help you add historical data to payroll QuickBooks Online from the current paystub. Here's how:

1. Go to Help in the upper-right corner.
2. Click Contact us.
3. Enter a short description of your concern.
4. You can then choose how you want to start a conversation by choosing Chat, Callback, or Call us.

In addition to this, you can run payroll reports from time to time to have a quick view of the transactions that you've created so far. You can check this article as a guide and get more details on how you can use each report in the program: Run payroll reports.

Comment below if you have any other concerns or additional questions about QuickBooks payroll. I'm always here to help. Take care and have a good one.