Hi Maureen69,
Thanks for reaching out in the QuickBooks Community with your questions. It's a fantastic way to get answers to all your queries. I can see where you're coming from. Using the semi-monthly pay cycle, you have to deal with both the 2 or 3 day lead time for direct deposit and be conscious of when the date falls on a weekend. You could create your pay schedule every month, and this would leave you with many schedules that you won't be using again. It's pretty easy to change the pay date when creating your payroll instead of creating new schedules. I can break down the process for you.
To change the pay date, follow these steps:
- Go to Payroll from the left navigation menu.
- Choose the Employees tab.
- Select Run Payroll.
- If you have more than one payroll schedule, select the schedule, then Continue.
- Select the employees you'd like to pay.
- Enter the hours and memos.
- Change the Pay Date.
- Select Preview payroll.
- Select Preview payroll details or Submit payroll.
- Select Finish Payroll
My colleague shared the steps for setting up a new pay schedule above. I'll also provide you with the link to the payroll hub of articles: QuickBooks Payroll help article hub.
I'm confident that you'll be able to set up a system that'll work for you. Let me know if there's anything else that I can help you with. Have a great evening!
