Does anyone else's payroll run late in the afternoons, like near 5 pm? Before, I could run it at 7 am my time (MT) and it would still process and deposit before lunch.

Hello there, lisa-westernwell.

I know that paying your employees on time is very important. I'm here to share some information when to send your payroll based on your direct deposit lead time.

In QuickBooks Online (QBO), the processing and approval of cut-off times depend on your payroll service. When you run a direct deposit (DD) that has two banking days lead time, your employees will receive their pay two banking days after submitting it.

To learn more about processing your payroll on time, check out this article: Pay your employees on time

For more information on how federal holidays affect direct deposit in QuickBooks Online (QBO) Payroll, you can check out this article: How to federal holidays affect the payroll process in QBO Payroll.

In addition, you can check the list of federal holidays in this article. This will guide you on managing your payments or collections schedule in QuickBooks: Dates of federal holidays for this year.

Please know that QuickBooks Community is always open to help you with any payroll related concerns. Simply comment down below so we can assist you. Stay safe.