I missed an employees on my last payroll run how do I go back and pay him after the fact?

Hi kelly89,

I'm excited to see that you've chosen QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Payroll to manage your business's books and payroll data side-by-side! Activating the Payroll feature keeps things simple for logging these transactions in your records, and I'm happy to share that going back to pay an employee you missed is also pretty simple. I'll walk you through it.

In this case, it's a simple matter of going back to Payroll, running for that period again, and choosing specifically that employee. Here are steps you can follow along with.

1. Select Payroll from the left menu.
2. Click Run payroll.
3. If applicable, select the pay schedule the employee is on (Note: You'll see this screen if you have more than one pay schedule for your employees).
4. Choose the Pay period you need from the drop-down menu.
5. Make sure only the employee you missed is selected (Note: Other employees who you already ran payroll for in this period will show Create another cheque as an option).
6. Fill in the employee's hours or verify the details as needed.
7. Be mindful of the Pay Method if you usually use direct deposit.
8. Proceed with the pay run as normal.

If you usually use direct deposit, but are going to pay the employee directly this time around, make sure that the Pay Method is set to Paper cheque. You can change this by clicking the pay method and then selecting the other option. If you're not already using direct deposit, here are a few articles that have more details about that option.

• How to set up payroll direct deposit

• Direct deposit FAQs

• Direct deposit processing timeline

I hope this has been helpful! Give the steps a shot and let me know if you have more questions about them. I'm here to help. :)