What is QuickBooks unscheduled Payroll?

I have been associated with this office for a month now and assigned with a responsibility of the Payroll. I am not very much familiar with Payroll Processing in QuickBooks. While trying to learn things on my own, I discovered about two kind of Payroll being done with QuickBooks. Although, I could find very limited information and looking for some more insights unscheduled payroll in QuickBooks. We are a contracting business and regular employees are just 5 and the rest are paid as per the project requirements. For the regular the employees there is a flat amount being paid on bimonthly basis. The contractual employees are paid randomly on hourly basis as per the project requirements.

Asked on November 26, 2019 in QuickBooks Payroll.
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Hello there! I will provide you the best information that you are looking for to run and manage QuickBooks Payroll for your company. Keeping the information that you shared as the center, you will have to go with scheduled and unscheduled payroll in QuickBooks both. The foremost step is to ensure that the employee information for regular and contractual employees is captured in the employee center. The Payroll items for both categories of employees need to be created separately basis the parameters to calculate their wages.

The regular employees paid with a flat amount will undergo a scheduled payroll for having a fixed salary Cycle. However, the part-time or contractual employees fall in the category unscheduled payroll in QuickBooks.

Unscheduled QuickBooks Payroll:

An unscheduled QuickBooks Payroll can be run at a time and is not bound to a predefined pay period or a date.  The dates in unscheduled payroll do not automatically roll forward like Scheduled QuickBooks Payroll for undefined intervals for using Payroll. All the active employees show up each time you run unscheduled payroll in QuickBooks for you to select the employees need to be paid. Unscheduled Payroll in QuickBooks is also used if you missed a Payroll, create a check while an employee is dismissed. You can select a pay period manually and enter the wage of an employee. The unscheduled checks can be created only until the preceding six months.

I hope this clarifies your doubts. Please remember to post your queries in response to additional information.

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Answered on December 3, 2019.

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