Skipping a paycheck

Hello there, @Sigafoos

You can run an unscheduled payroll so you'll be able to manually edit the dates to the next period.

Here's how to create a manual paycheck:

1. Go to the Employees menu.
2. Select Payroll Center.
3. Click the Start Unscheduled Payroll button.
4. Select an employee and click the Open Paycheck Detail tab.
5. Make sure the direct deposit is not checked.
6. Choose the Pay Period for this paycheck and make sure the taxes are correct before clicking Save & Close.
7. Click Continue and review the paycheck details before creating the paycheck.

Here's an article that will help you in tracking your employee wages, taxes, adjustments, sick and vacation time: Create a payroll summary report.

You can always swing by anytime if you need help with anything else.

So I’m not understanding the date change. If the pay period is March1-31 and usually we would pay him April 1 would I extend the pay period to March1- April30? Then if there is another month with out paying him I would just again extend the pay period to March 1- May 30?

Hello there, @Sigafoos.

I've updated my answer. Please follow the detailed steps provided above.

You can visit our QuickBooks Help Articles in case you have other questions about QBDT.

If there’s anything else I can help you with, let me know by posting a comment below. I’ll be right here to assist further.

I do payroll weakly but did not have a payroll for w/e 3/31/20. I see that I should have edited the payroll schedule as described above but didn't.  Is there still a way to jump forward now? I've been changing the dates every week but don't want to manually change the dates forever.  

I'll help you with your payroll concern, @ssbeck.

We can change the payroll schedule so you don't have to manually change the transaction dates every time you create a paycheck. Here's how:

1. Go to Payroll Center and select Pay Employees.
2. Click the schedule that you're trying to change, then click the Payroll Schedules drop-down arrow.
3. Select Edit, then modify both the check and pay period end dates.
4. Click OK.

Once done, check if the dates are already updated.

After creating a payroll, make sure to run the Payroll Summary report to review your employee's total wages, deductions, contributions, and taxes. Just go to the Reports menu and select Employees and Payroll. Then, click Payroll Summary.

If you need more help regarding other payroll tasks in QuickBooks Desktop, you can check our articles here. Make sure that the topic is set as "QuickBooks Desktop Payroll."

That's it! Please let me know if there's anything else I can do to be of assistance. Wishing you and your business continued success in all that you do. 

Thank you for your help!  This did the trick :-)

Thank you for your help. This worked perfectly!