How can I pay an employee a bonus, if she doesn't show up on the active or inactive list. Only on the all employees list

Hello there, vanessa5.

Welcome to the Community.

You can pay the employee a bonus as long she/he is in the employee list. Let's go over and create a paycheck to add the bonus. 

Before giving an employee bonus, please make sure that you'll need to add first the Bonus pay type to the employee's profile.

Here's how to add a Bunos pay type:

1. Go to the Workers, then click the Employees.
2. Select the employee's name.
3. In the Employee details section, click the pencil icon next to Pay.
4. Choose the Add additional pay type, then put a checkmark on the box of Bonus field.
5. Hit Done, and select Done again.

Once finished setting up the Bonus type, you can now pay the employee a bonus.

Here's how to add the Bonus to a paycheck:

1. Select Workers, then click Employees.
2. Choose Run Payroll.
3. Select the employee, then enter the amount in the Bonus field.
4. Click Preview payroll and submit payroll.

      5. On the Print pay stubs, enter the check number on the Check Number field.

      6. Choose Finish payroll.

Refer to this article for more detailed steps about adding a bonus on a regular paycheck in QuickBooks Online: Pay an employee bonus.

For future reference, please check out this article about adding the employee to active or inactive in QuickBooks Online: Make a customer inactive and then active.

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