Can you add payroll to Solopreneur?

You need a stand alone payroll app and you will register payroll expenses manually in QBSP.

We appreciate your interest in the product, Stephanie. Let me share insights about QuickBooks Solopreneur.

At this time, adding payroll in QuickBooks Solopreneur is unavailable. QuickBooks Solopreneur is designed to be used by one or more individual businesses, which may or may not have a 1099 contractor. This includes easy-to-use organization, tax, and growth-focused tools that will help promote financial stability.

If you want to use payroll, you can consider upgrading your plan to choose the best option for you. You can visit our Plans & Pricing page and see which version suits your business needs. 

Also, you can utilize a 3rd party app tax tool online or visit our App Center as a workaround.  

Furthermore, I'll add these articles to help you get to know the product even more: 

• Introduction to QuickBooks Solopreneur.
• Get ready to file taxes on self-employed income in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Solopreneur.

Comment below if you have additional questions about the different features of Solopreneur. I'll be here to assist. Stay safe! 

But why isn't there a category to enter an amount as payroll. This limits tracking. With the way this program is written I have record my payroll as some random thing, like Communications or Copier because you guys haven't allowed a Payroll or wages or salary option. Why do I need to do this and why can't QuickBooks figure this out? Take note potential subscribers and look elsewhere. 

@allow_editing_of_products  It's because they want you to pay more for their other products that are designed to do that.

We acknowledge how important it is for your business to enter payroll amounts in QuickBooks, allow_editing_of_products.

If you are using QuickBooks Solopreneur, the option to add payroll amounts or transactions is unavailable. However, you can file your taxes in the QuickBooks Solopreneur which is powered by TurboTax. To learn more about this one, check out this article for the steps and details: Get ready to file taxes on self-employed income in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Solopreneur.

We see consumer feedback as an opportunity to improve the numerous features of our products. We recommend giving our engineers direct feedback. They may look into this suggestion and incorporate it into future updates. Here's how:

1. Go to the Gear icon.
2. Hit Feedback.
3. Type in your recommendation in the Share your feedback field.
4. Click Next.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

Furthermore, you can visit this page to stay up to date on the latest product improvements and enhancements with QBO: Customer Feedback for QuickBooks Online.

If you need to run payroll transactions, you'll want to upgrade to the QuickBooks Online version or check for a third-party application. We can check out this link for a list of QuickBooks-compatible apps: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/app/apps/home/. Any questions about integrating the app into QBO need to be directed to the app's third-party provider.

Feel free to get back to me here in the Community space if you need help with managing your business in QuickBooks Solopreneur. It'll be my pleasure to cater to them again. You have a good one.