Thanks Ryan_M, but you really didn't answer my question.  I happen to be a Financial Controller/Certified Public Accountant and so I don't need to know which accounts to book the charge to or the fundamentals of accounting for it properly on my financials,  but rather HOW to get the QuickBooks software to allocate the expense toward a customer job automatically through payroll.  I'm assuming that since you are referring me to an 'Accountant' for answers, that there is really no other help for this except a manual entry...?