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Create a payroll summary report
Learn how to create a payroll summary report to see what you've paid out in your Intuit QuickBooks Workforce or QuickBooks Desktop Payroll.
If you want a quick view of your payroll totals, including employee taxes and contributions, you can run a Payroll Summary report for any date range, or group of employees in QuickBooks.
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Create a payroll summary report
The payroll summary report gives you the total payroll wages, taxes, deductions, and contributions. Here's how to run a payroll summary report.
Note that the dates in this report are by paycheck dates only, not pay period dates.
Intuit QuickBooks Workforce
Go to Reports
, then Standard reports (Take me there).Scroll down to the Payroll section, then select Payroll Summary. You can also enter the report name in the search field to find it.
Set a date range, then select Apply.
If you want to include or hide a specific detail in this report, select Customize then Run report.
QuickBooks Desktop
Go to Reports and select Employees and Payroll.
Select Payroll Summary.
Adjust the date range appropriately.
In the Show Columns dropdown, select Total only.
Create a payroll summary report by employee
Run a payroll summary by employee if you need to view the payroll wages, taxes, deductions, and contributions totaled by employees.
Intuit QuickBooks Workforce
Go to Reports
, then Standard reports (Take me there).Scroll down to the Payroll section, then select Payroll Summary by Employee.
Set a date range, then select Apply.
If you want to include or hide a specific detail in this report, select Customize then Run report.
QuickBooks Desktop Payroll
Go to Reports and select Employees and Payroll.
Select Payroll Summary.
Adjust the date range appropriately.
In the Show Columns dropdown, select Employee.
Select Customize Report tab, then Filters tab.
In the Choose Filter section, scroll down to select Name from the filter list.
From the Name dropdown, select the employee.
Select OK.
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