Payroll frequency

Thanks for checking out the Community space, Lisa G.

I can share some tips on how you can achieve that.

Please take note that we can only set one pay schedule for each employee. Since you only give commission checks to your employees once a month, you can set this payroll as unscheduled. This way, both payrolls for regular pay and commission will run on the same day. Here's how to do it:
 

1. Select Employees on the top menu bar.
2. Choose Pay Employees.
3. Select Unscheduled Payroll from the list.
4. Mark the name of employees you want to create a commission check, then click the Open Paycheck Detail button.
5. In the Earnings section, select the Item Name column to get a drop-down menu, then choose the appropriate commission item.
6. In the Rate column, enter the gross amount of commission.
7. Adjust federal and/or state withholding taxes as needed.
8. Select Save and Close or Save and Next to continue creating additional checks.

Additionally, here are some articles that you can read to help manage your payrolls and track where your business stands in terms of employee expenses:
 

• Set up and manage payroll schedules

• Customize payroll and employee reports

Just drop a reply below if you have any other concerns or follow-up questions. I'm always here to help you accomplish your tasks.

That does not really help.  I don't have a problem with issuing the separate checks on the same day, the commission is different each month and by using your method I would need to calculate the Federal and state withholding manually.  Does not really help me.  The only solution I can think of would be to change the payroll frequency in the employee when I do the commission checks to monthly then change it back to weekly - a cumbersome work around but it should work.  I am always astounded by how little flexibility and customization there is in Quickbooks.