Hello jennrobe,
I'm here to enlighten you on how QuickBooks reflects your employee's hours.
QuickBooks is in compliance with the IRS rules. Thus, we will base it on the paycheck date. Any wages and hours paid in January will be included in the new year's wage for tax deposit and reporting purposes.
With this, the sick hours you'll pay for the pay date of 01/03/2024 will show up in the year 2024.
Moreover, you can pin this article anytime you need help in personalizing your reports: Customize reports.
Let me know if there's anything that I can help in tracking employee's hours.