unscheduled payroo check

BoomBoom23 · ‎February 16, 2022

I am trying to write a unscheduled payroll check to an employee who got a raise. I am trying to write a retroactive check to the first of the year. Topics keep telling me the steps that include "create another check" but I never see that option.

Charies_M · ‎February 17, 2022

Thanks for pointing this out, BoomBoom23.

Instead of the Create another check option, you can use the Bonus only option to record payroll for your employee who got a raise.

I'd also like to share the reasons to create a separate bonus check instead of adding it to a regular paycheck:

Control the tax treatment of a bonus. Or the withholding of retirement account deductions.
Turn off a direct deposit for the bonus check.
You are paying the bonus off-cycle. Not on a regularly scheduled payday. (You can use a bonus check to pay back wages or underpaid wages.)
Your employee has accumulated $1,000,000 or more in supplemental wages and you are required to withhold federal taxes at 37%.
Deliver the bonus check as a special event to the employee. Create a separate bonus paycheck.

To create Bonus only payroll:

Go to Payroll and choose the Employee tab.
Click Run payroll.
Select Bonus only.
Fill in the necessary information.
Click Save and close.

Since your employee got a raise, you'll want to update his/her payroll rate. For additional information about updating employee's information in QuickBooks Online, check out these articles:

I've also included an article that you can read to help track your employee and payroll expenses in QuickBooks: Run payroll reports.

Get back to me if you have any other payroll questions in mind. I'm always here to help. Have a good day.

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AbegailS_ · ‎February 16, 2022

I'm here to make sure you can create an unscheduled payroll check in QuickBooks Online Payroll (QBOP), @BoomBoom23. This way, you can keep your payroll data updated.

Please make sure to change the pay period before creating an unscheduled payroll in that way the create another check will be visible.

I've included some steps to create an unscheduled payroll check below using QuickBooks Online Payroll.

Go to the Workers or Payroll menu, then hit Employees.
Click Run payroll. Locate the employee you want to pay, and then tap Create another check.
Enter the employee's compensation, including any salary adjustments, vacation or sick hours, and other payment types.
Confirm both the pay period and check date.
Select Preview Payroll, and then hit Submit payroll.
If you haven't done so, handwrite or print the check and give it to the employee by the check date.
Tap Finish payroll.

To see additional details, check out, Create and run your payroll.

Once you're done, I'd recommend pulling up the Payroll Details or Paycheck History report. This will help you verify that the unscheduled payroll checks you've created are recorded accordingly. Go visit the Payroll section from the Reports menu's Standard tab.

Also, I'm adding this article to see the complete list of available payroll reports in QBO: Run payroll reports. It also includes details about customizing, printing, and marking your payroll reports as your favorites.

I'll be right here if you have other payroll concerns in QBO. You can leave a reply to this thread, and I'll gladly help.

BoomBoom23 · ‎February 17, 2022

Thanks for replying to my question but.....

If you look at my original post you will see that there is no option for "create another check" as you describe in the steps of your answer. I had to do a "bonus" check which I am not sure will deduct the taxes properly. It is a retroactive raise check and not a bonus check. I am still doing double entry with QBD and it is easily done there.

Charies_M · ‎February 17, 2022

Thanks for pointing this out, BoomBoom23.

Instead of the Create another check option, you can use the Bonus only option to record payroll for your employee who got a raise.

I'd also like to share the reasons to create a separate bonus check instead of adding it to a regular paycheck:

Control the tax treatment of a bonus. Or the withholding of retirement account deductions.
Turn off a direct deposit for the bonus check.
You are paying the bonus off-cycle. Not on a regularly scheduled payday. (You can use a bonus check to pay back wages or underpaid wages.)
Your employee has accumulated $1,000,000 or more in supplemental wages and you are required to withhold federal taxes at 37%.
Deliver the bonus check as a special event to the employee. Create a separate bonus paycheck.

To create Bonus only payroll:

Go to Payroll and choose the Employee tab.
Click Run payroll.
Select Bonus only.
Fill in the necessary information.
Click Save and close.

Since your employee got a raise, you'll want to update his/her payroll rate. For additional information about updating employee's information in QuickBooks Online, check out these articles:

I've also included an article that you can read to help track your employee and payroll expenses in QuickBooks: Run payroll reports.

Get back to me if you have any other payroll questions in mind. I'm always here to help. Have a good day.

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