payroll

Hi jmarkanderson.

In QuickBooks Desktop Payroll, you can enter the paychecks you've issued the year before using the payroll service. You can reference this article to enter payroll for the whole quarter data: Enter historical payroll data. Ensure to select No when asked to Consolidate paychecks for the previous quarter. With this, you can put individual checks.

You can also use this article for future reference if you need to enter payments that you've already made for taxes and other payroll liabilities from the beginning of the calendar year: Enter historical tax payments in QuickBooks Desktop Payroll.

You can always place your comment below if you have other concerns about payroll setup. I'm always here to lend a hand. Keep well.

It will not let me check the option of entering individual checks. 

Hey jmarkanderson,

Thank you for reaching back out! Since you do not see that option, let's go ahead and reach out to Support so they can further investigate this in a secured environment and escalate the situation if possible. Here's how to connect with us:

1. Go to Help.
2. Choose QuickBooks Desktop Help.
3. Click on the Contact us link.
4. Choose Search for something else.
5. Type in a keyword about your concern.
6. Hit Submit.
7. Click on the Start a Message or the CallBack Request button.

Please let me know how the conversation goes! If you have any other questions, feel free to hit that reply button below! My team and I will be more than happy to help. Bye for now. 

Hello. Don't put the historical data in that way. Instead, get things set up, and then go to payroll center and enter in each paycheck under the "create paychecks" window and "start unscheduled payroll". Make sure you have the correct dates as to when the check was written and what the pay period is. Adjust the withholdings to match exactly what was withheld and all should hold out and reconcile for you!