This is poor advice because Gross Pay shouldn't be in your P&L--Net Pay plus Employer taxes should be in P&L.

I changed the "Wage Expense" account mapping to a liability account and it corrected my P&L so now only my net payroll (from Banking) and employer taxes hit my ...

Please add me to the list to be contacted when corrected. This has cause huge errors in my tax returns. How will quickbooks / intuit remedy this situation?