Paycheque transactions appear within projects. This is new to us, this is only our second payroll, but why does confidential info appear in a project.What is the purpose?

Hi ar@woodlandsuppl,

Welcome to Community!  The Projects feature in QuickBooks Online is a great way to track your labour costs, by offering two options.  I would be happy to provide more information here!

When it comes to adding your payroll data to a project, You can use payroll expenses, which will appear after a pay run.  Although you may prefer to use estimated hourly costs, that would show up immediately.  Using estimated hourly costs is beneficial, if you want to estimate labour costs between pay runs.  Follow this link to learn more about tracking labour costs within projects.

Should you require additional assistance, I suggest contacting our Customer Care team outside of Community.  They'll have the ability to work with you in real-time, and ensure you're able to accomplish your QuickBooks goals without delay!

Feel free to reach out again, if you have any other questions.  We are always glad to assist!