Reporting payroll on Profit & Loss

We're unable to modify the Profit and Loss (P&L) report to show payroll costs based on the pay period, @jpm1159. I'm here to share information on why this isn't possible.

Please know that the P&L report is based on the pay date when the employee receives their paycheck. Thus, the pay date is when the transaction is recorded in QuickBooks and affects the company's cash flow.

Alternatively, you can pull up payroll reports instead. Then, personalize the filters of your Pay Period Begin Date and Pay Period End Date. Here's how you can do it:

1. Go to the Reports menu and choose Employees and Payroll.
2. From there, you can select the Payroll Summary report.
3. Click Customize report, then go to the Filters tab.
4. Tick and modify the Pay Period Begin Date and Pay Period End Date.
5. Hit OK to save the changes.

To help personalize your reports according to your needs, please refer to this article: Customize reports in QuickBooks Desktop.

Also, please refer to this article if you want to pull up reports that track the employees' pay rate changes over some time: Run payroll reports. It includes a detailed process on how to memorize and print reports.

Please let me know if you need clarification about reports in QBDT or if there's anything else I can do for you. I'll be standing by for your response. 

@jpm1159 

QB cannot do that automatically but you can make a journal entry to accrue the payroll expenses as of the end of the pay period and then reverse that entry as of the pay date.