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Agreed that QBO should try to more "automate" the ability of companies to pay their "contractors" and/or "vendors" that also enter their hourly time into the the QBO system (via either QBO time or TSheets).  Currently an "employee" that enters their time on a timesheet, once approve or accepted in the QBO system, once can simply then "run employee payroll" and and the employees time is automatically brought into the payroll side and pay and taxes are auto computed and the user can simply approve and the pay is scheduled (via DD or can print check if use checks).  This what is being discussed in needed above also for "contractors" that also enter time on their QBO timesheets.  Currently, when a "contractor" or "vendor" enters their time on a QBO timesheet, to pay this "contractor" you have to set up a QBO "report" to see hw many hours the "contractor" worked, Then manually outside of QBO calculate the number of hours by the rate of pay. Once that amount is manually calculated outside QBO, you then have to go the the payroll > contractor to pay the contractor and manually enter the amount the contractor should be paid for the period.  This makes no sense as, as stated above QBO already has the time in the system that the contractor worked, just like an employee, and the pay system for contractors and vendors should automated be the same are currently for employees. Actually, it should be easier to pay a contractor or vendor in a automated way in QBO as you don't have to calculate tax withholdings or unemployment taxes as its simply a straight multiplication of hours worked on timesheet by the rate or pay for the contractor, so it should be a easy process for QBO to create a way in the contractor payroll module to allow for a user to set up a rate of pay for a contractor and to pull in the hours worked for a contractor based on pay period selection (weekly, biweekly, monthly..ect) so that when you go to pay a contractor it works similar to how it works similar to hoe it works for when you go to pay an employee without have to compute anything outside QBO.  Its also understood there are multiple ways currently to pay a contractor, either via the contractor module, create a bill, or connection of add-ons like bill quick.  The missing ingredient of all of these current methods is no currently automates the use of a contract already enter work time on a QBO system times sheet. Hope this helps clarify the need on the "contractor" and "vendor" pay side for within QBO.  

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