QB Desktop Payroll to QB Online: My journal entry is causing duplicate salaries and wages expenses.

Hey there, @HRCINC. 

Thanks for reaching out to the Community. I'm happy to help you sort out the duplicate salary and wage expenses. 

To clarify, do you currently have your bank accounts synced with QuickBooks Online? If so, it sounds like your payroll checks are coming though and causing duplicate entries. It will cause duplicates because you've already got journal entries manually entered, which represents the paychecks.  

In this case,  we'll have to click the Match radio button so that will program will automatically locate the journal entry associated with it. I've included some steps below to cover how to do this. 

1. Click on Banking from the sidebar menu, then go to the Banking tab.
2. Select the bank account, then click the For Review tab.
3.  Choose and click on the downloaded check to expand the view. 
4. Hit Match.
5. Look over the Records found, then select the link next to each record to get more details.
6. Check the Deposit to field on the forms.
7. Once you're finished, tap Match.
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For more in-depth information about finding a match in QuickBooks, check out these articles: 

• Tips for Working in QuickBooks Online’s Bank Feed: Matching Transactions
• What to do if QuickBooks matches the wrong transaction

Additionally, you can see more details about manually recording payroll in Manually enter payroll in QuickBooks Online.

Please let me know if you have further questions or concerns. You can reach out to the Community at any time. We're here for you. Take care and enjoy the rest of your week. You certainly deserve it!