Single Time Activity

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Once you cancel your Online Payroll account, it will not affect the Profit and Loss report. However, once we turn it off, it will not automatically calculate, file, and pay your payroll taxes for you. Aside from that, you'll need to manually enter time cards or information in the Single Time Activity section.

Feel free to visit our Process payroll page for more insights about running payroll in QuickBooks.

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My question is in regard to the Single Time Activity entries. If I don't have/never had Payroll, what exactly would entering data in the Single Time Activity screen do?  I also do not use or want to turn on Projects. I'd like to use this like a spreadsheet or database that's not connected to QB and therefore not creating any payroll, P&L, Chart of Accounts entries.  Does that make more sense?  I've been trying to explain this in the Chat for days and no one seems to understand my question. Thank you.

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This is exactly what I needed to know.  Non-posting!  That's the magic word I have been looking for.

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If the client is using Payroll services, will the single time activity use affect payroll?  If the time is never 'approved' I would think it would still be a non-posting information?

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Let me share additional insights about using the single time activity option in QuickBooks Online.

Yes, you got it right. If the time isn't approved, this will be considered as non-posting transaction. Know that the single time active will only affect the payroll once it has been run. Any pending entries won't affect your data even if with or without payroll.

To give you more details about managing single time activity and weekly timesheet in QuickBooks Online, please see these links:

• Learn how to enter a single timesheet in your QuickBooks Online
• Approve QuickBooks Time timesheets

I'm always here to talk about QuickBooks or timesheets, stonybrook1. Feel free to reach back out to me if you need more help. Stay safe!

What if you have payroll and are adding time that is in the past, meaning the payroll has already been processed. Will adding single time activities still be non-posting?  

Joining the thread to share insights about time activities, @sdmc.

You're on the right track, single or weekly time activities entered without linking them to payroll is a non-posting transaction. This means, all the time activities will remain on your list for record-keeping and will not affect your financial reports.

I'm adding this article to learn more about how to enter single time activity: Enter a Single Time Activity Timesheet in QuickBooks Online.

You may also read this reference that'll help you understand how time tracking affects your business's financial activity: Effective Employee Time Tracking.

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