Can i add payroll for last year

Welcome to the Community space, Scott. Let me provide some steps to add payroll for last year in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

If you've just started running payroll in QuickBooks, you can input last year's payroll information for the current year. To proceed, you can follow the steps below:

1. Prepare your pay history information.
2. If you haven’t started setting up, ensure that you have added all employees paid last year, including those who no longer work for you. Make sure to set up each pay item, deduction, contribution, and tax showing on their pay stubs or reports.
3. Enter how much you paid your employees that year. 
4. Enter your company totals for each payday.

For complete guidance, please refer to this article: Add pay history to QuickBooks Online Payroll.

If you've already created paychecks and want to edit them, you may need to contact us to change your pay history. 

Moreover, to generate W-2s for the previous year by providing paper copies to your employees for records, you may also need to print W-2s.

Furthermore, you can check out this article to learn how to run, print, and customize payroll reports: Run payroll reports.

Feel free to comment down below if you require further questions about payroll or other QuickBooks-related concerns. I'll be happy to assist. Keep safe.