I am just starting employees. I am looking at a service to do my payroll outside of QB. Can I import the detail from the service without having the QB Payroll Module?

Hi there, @david-cotter. 

Thank you for reaching out to us. 

I can help you set up your payroll without an active subscription in QuickBooks. You can manually enter the payroll transaction by creating journal entries. However, we need to make sure you're using accountants view. Here's how:

1. Go to Gear icon, then select Account and Setting. 
2. Select Advance, then under the User view section, click the pencil icon. 
3. Select Accountant view from drop-down arrow. 
4. Hit Save to confirm the changes.

To create journal entry Here's how: 

1. Click the + New icon . 
2. Select Journal Entry. 
3. Under the Journal date, enter the paycheck date. 
4. If you want to track the paycheck number, enter it in the Journal no. field.  

Once done, you're now ready to create manual payrolls. Check out this article for more details: Manually enter payroll paychecks in QuickBooks Online. 

Please get back to me if you need anything else about this. Have a great day!

@david-cotter 

Utilize the importer tool to migrate the payroll data as JE into your QBO

https://transactionpro.grsm.io/qbo

https://partners.saasant.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=5051_2

Hope it helps.