Thanks for your reply, @KeeperOfTheBook.

I’m here to provide insights about creating paychecks in QuickBooks Online. 

For this matter, you’ll need to have an active payroll subscription in QBO. This way, you’ll be able to enter hours, calculate those expenses, and accruals. Also, to allocate those accounts using the payroll items. 

Otherwise, in case you don’t want to subscribe to a payroll service, I recommend following the steps provided by my colleague above on how manually enter paychecks. 

I'm also adding this article to help manage and track your payroll transactions in QuickBooks Online: Run payroll reports.

Please let me know if you have any questions about managing your QuickBooks. I'll be right here to help. Wishing you the best.