How do I go back and add historical payroll information to Payroll Core if I already skipped that step and didn't fill in any data?

Putting in historical payroll guarantees that future tax calculations and record keeping will be accurate, Zach.

If you haven't generated any paychecks yet, you can return to the Overview tab under the Payroll menu and put in previous payroll records.

I'd be glad to show you how:

1. Go to Payroll menu and proceed to the Overview tab.
2. Look for Add your payroll history.
3. Click Start.

For detailed instructions on adding past payroll data, refer to this article: Add Pay History To QuickBooks Online Payroll.

If you have already created paychecks, please reach out to our dedicated payroll support team. They'll open a ticket to make a correction on your payroll records in QuickBooks Online.

You can find information on how to reach out to them in this article: Contact Payroll Support.

Here are some additional resources you can use when recording previous paychecks:

• Add Prior Payroll Totals By Paycheck Date
• Employee Totals And Company Totals Do Not Match In QuickBooks Online Payroll

Feel free to come back and ask any follow-up questions as you start paying employees and managing other payroll tasks in QuickBooks Online. We'll be happy to provide assistance whenever you need it.

OMG, no way to add a payroll run to QBO premium w/o contacting support!!  It will take hours to get fixed.  I can enter an after the fact payroll in a matter of minutes in QBDT.

@dso0216 

Yes, that's par for the course with Online Payroll. It is designed to be support intensive, requiring that you call for all sorts of things. You'll find many limitations, presumably designed to save you from yourself, which just stop you from doing what needs to be done. So, instead of being able to just change something or other that needs changing (like Desktop) you have to call and waste hours trying to get Intuit to do it.