I'm curious if this resolved your problem. I've spent hours on the phone with support only to be told that it is a technically impossible thing for their system...
I think we finally got down to the root cause of the problem - at least for anyone using the Accountant version. QBO gives us free payroll, even if we don't use...
I've literally been in a chat with QBO for about 2 hours now. Trying to fix this exact issue. And they stated that this is how it has to be done, and it's okay ...