How do I add the beginning Paid Time Off to an employee?

Greetings, @slee1.

I want to officially welcome you to the Community space. I'm here to walk you through the process of adding a beginning Paid Time Off to your employee in QuickBooks Online. 

According to your employee's hourly rate, you can compensate them by using Vacation Pay and Sick Pay while they aren't at work.

To create and assign Vacation Pay and Sick Pay policies and to answer specific questions about how Vacation Pay and Sick Pay are accrued, you may check out this article: https://community.intuit.com/articles/1768899-set-up-sick-or-vacation-pay-in-online-payroll.

If you need help in performing the steps provided in the article, I'd suggest getting in touch with Customer Care Team for assistance. Click on this link to get their most updated number: https://community.intuit.com/articles/1145770.

Let me know if you need anything else. I'll be here to help. Enjoy your day!

My understanding is intuit payroll online / offline cannot do paid time off - when may that not be true???

Allow me to join in this conversation and answer your question, Ken. 

Both Intuit Online Payroll (IOP) and QuickBooks Online Payroll (QBOP) support sick and vacation pay. The steps are provided in the guide article that was shared by my colleagues in the previous reply.

The Community is always here if you have other questions.