How do I create/print checks from Self Employed?

Hi there, @mmadrid. 

Thank you for reaching out to the Community. The option to create/print check is not available in QuickBooks Self-Employed. You can only send invoice and track the transactions.   

Here's how to send an invoice: 

1. Go to Invoices, then click Create invoice. 
2. Fill up the information field, and enter the client Email. 
3. Click Add to invoice. 
4. Hit Send invoice. 

Once done, your client will receive a notification through email. If any changes are made to the Invoice (including when it’s paid), anyone who received the Invoice will be able to open it with their initial email and see the changes reflected automatically.

You can check this article for more details and workflow about QuickBooks Self-Employed: QuickBooks Self-Employed Overview. 

Let me know if you need more assistance with this. I'll be around to further help you. Have a great day!

Why did you post a non-answer? 

For future reference because you might be an AI.

An invoice is not a check. 

A check is money going out.

An invoice is money coming in

A vendor cannot be paid with an invoice. 

Therefore, explaining invoices is a pointless task in the conversation. 

 What would be useful is finding and sharing the add-on or upgrade required.

Alternatively, recommending another program or service. 

Agree with other user. I'm searching for this answer and found the right question - but still not an answer. What level program do we need!!!!

I need this answer too! What level do we need! I can obviously see the invoice button. I need to generate checks.

I'd like to make it up to you, Math is hard.

In QuickBooks Self-Employed, you can enter income and expense transactions. Although, you're unable to generate checks.

You'll want to check our QuickBooks Online Simple Start instead. This is best for small service businesses. This allows you to create and print checks. You can visit our website to check our online plans.

If you have additional questions, you can always get back to this thread. 

When you write the checks, where does the money come from? Is it coming from whatever bank account you have attached to it?

Let me show you how it works, BREAKTHROUGHBTXK.

You're unable to write checks. You can enter expense transactions only. The money will come out from the bank account you selected or attached to it. Here's how:

1. Go to Transactions.
2. Click Add transaction.
3. Under Select, choose the bank account.
4. Enter the transaction's details, then categorize it.
5. Click Save.

You can check this reference on how to classify transactions: Categorize transactions in QuickBooks Self-Employed.

If you have more questions, you can always get back to this thread. We're just one post away.

Why can't we print checks in self-employed?  This doesn't make any sense, it's a basic necessity of a business and printing it directly within the software would simplify the recording of whom that money went to. In my case, it would make it significantly easier to run a 1099-N report.

It seems you can do it in other versions of QB, so why not self-employed? Is there some add-on I can get to add this feature without having to transfer all of my books over to another system?