my employee owes our company money

Hello kyledavid02,

Welcome to the Community. I'll be glad to share more info so you're on the right track with achieving your QuickBooks goals. 

Based on the info you've shared, I see you benefiting by setting up an employee deduction for the amount. Here's how: 

1. Go to Payroll.
2. Select the Employees tab.
3. Choose the employee who you need to create the deduction.
4. In the Employee Details, click on the pencil icon next to Pay.
5. Scroll down to section 6. Click + Add deductions.
6. In the dropdown, select New deduction/contribution.
7. Choose the deduction/contribution type from the following dropdown.
8. In the following dropdown, you'll choose a type.
9. Create the label for the paycheque in the Description box.
10. Fill in the information for the amount and maximum per year as required. You'll see a box that shows information for tax purposes.
11. Click Ok.

This deduction will now be available for use when creating paycheques for your employees.

Here are some helpful articles related to the topic:

• Set up and add deductions and contributions to an employee's payroll
• Supported pay types and deductions explained

Let me know if this info helps by leaving a comment below. I'll be a message away.