I have created classes for employees. Is there a way to move last year's paycheck amounts to these classes? It seems like they are not in any class right no. Thanks.

Hi servalstudios. To assign the classes to your employees, you will need to edit your payroll settings. It's actually quick and easy and I can guide you through in just a few steps. Here's how:

1. Select the Gear Icon in the top right corner
2. After that, select Payroll Settings under the Your Company tab

3. Choose Accounting.

4. In the Classes section, select I use different classes for different employees.
5. Click on OK.
6. In the Preferences - Employee Classes section, assign a class for each employee. 
7. Click on OK.

You'll be prompted as well as to select a date for the changes to take effect from. Just select the desired date and everything will automatically be reclassified. Let me know if this helps, and feel free to leave a reply if you need anything else.Have a great rest of your day 

Sorry, not what I asked. I have already done this.

I want to move last year's paychecks to this class. Right now they are unassigned.

Thank you for your input.

I also journal entried from and empty class to a new classes that i have for specific employees..

i finally have everything in the right place

I'm glad to hear that the steps provided by my peer above resolved your issue about moving last year's paychecks to a specific class, @servalstudios. 

Also, I suggest visiting this website: QuickBooks Online Payroll Resource Hub. It contains articles that'll help you effectively manage your employees, process payroll, pay taxes, and file forms through the program. 

Please know you can always create a new post here if you have other concerns. I'm cheering on your continued prosperity while using QuickBooks. 

It would be wonderful if you would address issue for both Online and Desktop...because every time I ask I always get online response not desktop and even when I identify desktop I get online answer.  What surprises me is you've created software which cannot do the same things regardless of platform.  That's just poor workmanship.

Thank you for joining the thread, @thomas3762.

We provide solutions based on the product tagged by a user regarding their concerns or issues. Since the original poster tagged it as QuickBooks Online (QBO), my colleagues above focus on giving information to the specific product only. But don't worry, I'm here to help assign a class to your employee's paycheck in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

First off, you'll want to turn on the class tracking feature in QBDT. Here's how:

1. Open your QuickBooks Desktop company file.
2. Go to the Edit menu, then select Preferences.
3. Click Accounting from the left menu and go to the Company Preferences tab.
4. Select Use class tracking. Then, click OK.

Once done, you can now assign a class to your employee's paycheck by going to the Payroll & Employees preferences. Let me guide you on how:

1. Go back to the Preferences menu, then select Payroll & Employees. Be sure that Full payroll is selected in the QuickBooks Payroll Features section.
2. Select Job Costing, Class, and Item tracking for paycheck expenses.
3. If you want to assign one class to an entire paycheck, select Entire paycheck.
4. If you want to assign one class to each item on the paycheck, choose Earnings item.
5. Click Ok.

I'm adding this article for more guidance: Tracking payroll expenses by class, department, or location.

That's it! Come back to this post and let me know how it goes, @thomas3762. I want to make sure you're taken care of.

Additionally, I want to add this article that'll help you pay or file your payroll taxes online: E-File and E-Pay in QuickBooks Desktop.

Have a good one.