Now that you have set up your employees and associated liability and expense accounts, you can start writing checks to your employees. If you’re unsure of what you need, check with your accountant). Also, your accounts may be different depending on your state or the applicable deductions. You can use account numbers or not-do what makes sense for your company. (Don’t worry about the account numbers you see here, I used a sample file for these screenshots.

Choose Lists, then Chart of Accounts and add accounts for Payroll Liabilities, Insurance, and Payroll Expenses as shown in the screenshots below. Enter the employee's Name, Address, Hire date, and other pertinent information in the new screen, and click Ok Click the plus + icon at bottom left, and select New Employee

Go to Employee at top menu bar, and select Employee List How to Setup an Employee in QuickBooks for Mac STEP 1: Setup Your Employees and the Associated Accounts