Well at least for once I could find an answer to my question on Quickbooks, shame that it's not the answer I wanted.  I agree with the other guys that this is very disappointing.  My business is seasonal so for 4 months I don't run payroll.  In the past on simple payroll it was very easy to just take out all employees and then run payroll empty.  Now it seems I will have to do this through the HMRC tool (another thing to work out how to use).  Shame I didn't know this before Quickbooks took this months subscription for payroll that I'll now not be able to use!