Employees and payroll

My condolences for your loss, Grover. I can guide you through issuing a final check for a deceased employee in QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise.

Before issuing a paycheck for your employee, you need to update their status first as Deceased in their employee profile in payroll.

Here's how:

1. On the menu bar, click Employees then select Employee Center. 
2. Double-click the name of the deceased employee to open their profile.
3. Go to the Employment Info tab, and click Termination.
4. Enter the Last day worked, Last day on Benefits, and Last day on Payroll.
5. Select Deceased and then click OK.

Once the status of the employee has been updated, you can proceed to create the final paycheck.

Here's how:

1. From the Employees menu, select Pay Employees, then choose Termination Check.
2. Review the Pay Period Ends date, Check date, and the Bank Account the payment comes from. 
3. Place a checkmark next to the employees who need a termination paycheck.

Next, create the termination check:

1. Under the Release Date column, select the Calendar icon, then choose the employee's release date or enter it manually.
2. Enter and review the hours or salary.
3. Select Open Paycheck Detail to review the paycheck details.
4. If you wish to send the check via direct deposit, ensure you select the Use Direct Deposit checkbox. If issuing a paper check, leave this unchecked.
5. If you don't want vacation or sick time to accrue for this specific paycheck, select the Do Not Accrue Sick/Vac checkbox.
6. When you're done, select Save & Next to create a check for another employee, or select Save & Close to return to the Enter Payroll Information window.

To complete processing the paycheck:

1. In the Enter Payroll Information window, select Continue.
2. In the Make Employees Inactive window, choose whether to select Make Inactive to ensure the employee does not appear in payroll anymore, or select Keep as Active if needed.
3. Review the amounts for each employee.
4. Review the Check/Direct Deposit printing options.
5. When you’re ready, select Create Paychecks.

Furthermore, you can refer to this article to detailed steps on how to create a final paycheck for your deceased employees in QBDT: Create final paychecks for terminated employees.

Additionally, I'd like to provide this article for you to be guided the step-by-step process of correcting employee overpayments by reducing future paychecks in QBDT.

I'm delighted to walk you through the essential steps of processing your final paycheck in QBDT. If you need further assistance with managing your employees, feel free to drop a reply. It's my goal to help you stay on top of your company's financials. Take care.