Employees and payroll

Welcome, @mfuellgraf!

Let's first create a new chart of account that you are about to use as the expense account of your payroll items.

To do so:

1. Go to Lists.
2. Select Chart of Accounts.
3. Under Account, tap New.
4. Choose Expense as the category of your new account.
5. Enter the name of your account.
6. Click Save & Close.

Here's an article you can read to learn more about how you can create a new chart of account: Understand QuickBooks Chart of Accounts.

Once completed, you can go back to your payroll item list, create a or edit an item and select the expense account you recently created.

Let me show you how:

1. On your payroll item list, select an item you wanted to edit.
2. Under Payroll Item, tap Edit Payroll Item.
3. On the Expense account section, choose the expense account you recently created.
4. Click Finish.

I've got you this article for more insights about how you can edit a payroll item: Edit a payroll item.

I've also included this helpful article in case you wanted to edit a payroll item already used in your paycheck: Edit payroll items used on paychecks.

Let me know in the comment section down below if you have any other concerns. I'm always around happy to lend a helping hand.