Is anyone having issues with the payroll setup being too slow? We've had multiple conference calls with Intuit and they have us do the same things over and over but nothing fixes it.

Thanks for letting us know, sbarajas. I've come to help you rectify your QuickBooks performance when setting up payroll in QuickBooks Desktop.

If your QuickBooks payroll is having performance issues or is running too slow, you might want to ensure you're setting up payroll in a single-user mode and all other users have signed out. Doing so will help us run and work with your payroll setup seamlessly.

However, if you're experiencing the same behavior, QuickBooks might have decreased its performance if you're company file is too large. To help you get through this issue, you can run the Condense Data utility to reduce the size of your data file and help you keep running.

Here's how:

1. From the QuickBooks File menu, select Utilities and then Condense Data.
2. Click on Yes to the message Budget data may be moved during cleanup. Do you want to continue anyway?
3. In the Condense Data window, select Transactions before a specific date.
4. Use the Date field to select a date. QuickBooks will remove closed transactions on or before the date you choose.
5. Click Next.
6. Select a method to summarize the transactions you're removing, then Next. If you're not sure, tap on Help me choose.
7. (Optional) Click on any of the checkboxes for the dialog boxes that follow, then clickNext.
8. Select Begin Condense.

Moreover, you can run specific payroll reports to help you review your business finances and other payroll data. 

Feel free to let us know if you have further questions or concerns when running your payroll, sbarajas. We'll be more than happy to help you anytime. Have a good one!