How do i do auto payroll and log sick hours taken?

Thanks for your interest in the Auto Payroll feature, Golfer2016.

The Auto Payroll is a feature that allows you to process your payroll automatically without logging in to QuickBooks Online Payroll. Before turning on this one, let's make sure we meet the following criteria:

• You have Full Service (available for most companies), Core, Premium or Elite payroll
• All employees are either salaried or have default hours set
• All employees are on a single pay schedule
• Payroll setup is fully complete
• First payroll has been run

Then, follow the steps in this article to turn on the feature: Turn on and manage your Auto Payroll. 

For employees' sick hours, we need to set them up manually in your account. Just check out this article for the detailed steps: Set up and track time off in payroll.

I have a link here where you can find articles about managing your payroll: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/payroll-and-workers/07?product=QuickBooks%20Online.

Fill me in if you need a hand with submitting your payroll or any QBO related. I'm glad to help. Keep safe and healthy.

Thank you, but that didn't really answer my question.  If I am on auto-payroll, do I need to do a manual payroll to debit the sick personal days bank? Because, auto payroll obviously doesn't know if the person took a day off or not. 

Also, for exempt salaried employees, I organized it this way.  Can you let me know if this is correct?

-I give my salaried employees 10 days off (personal, sick, or vacation).  So for 10 days they get there normal paid salary.

-Quickbooks online payroll doesn't allow me to give a day for sick time.  However, I can say how many hours a day the employee works.  I put 8 hours/day.

-I then put 80 hours as sick pay as the maximum and I also put that for their balance.

Please let me know if I am doing this correct.  I still don't see how I can debit the personal/sick days fromtheir sick day bank in the payroll system.  Thanks!

I appreciate the complete details about your concern, @Golfer2016.

When you enable the Auto Payroll feature, QuickBooks process your payroll automatically without you accessing your account. Let me route you to the best available support so you'd be assisted in reviewing your payroll setup.

Since the Community page is a public forum, I'd suggest contacting our Payroll Support Team. They have the tools to look up your account securely and review your payroll settings. This way we can make sure that you're able to accurately debit their payroll from their sick pay.

Here's how to contact us:

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2. Select the Contact Us button. 
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 For more detailed information about the support we offer at Intuit and its availability, you can browse this article: Support hours and types.

Let me know if you have other questions about using the auto payroll feature in QuickBooks. I'm always here to help.