Let me share details on how QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) generates payroll reports, @JJSHRA.

QBDT displays reports based on a set of instructions known as a Report set. Through this set of instructions, information is extracted from the data file and shown as a set of transaction lines. With this, you'll have to manually extract the data you need (i.e., paycheck date, pay period, net paycheck amount) when pulling up a payroll summary or detailed report. This way, you can create a simple report that displays all the info you need.

When you pull up a detailed report, the pay period and date won't show up since they are already included under the report's Source and Target. Then, it'll only display line items (i.e., wages and deductions).

To learn more on how QuickBooks generates reports, you can refer to this article: Understand reports. It also includes the complete lists of available reports in QBDT.

Also, when pulling up payroll reports, you can customize them to focus on the details that matter the most to you. Then you can memorize them to save its current customization settings for future use. You can check out this article for the complete details: Create, access and modify memorized reports.

Let me know if you have other payroll and reporting concerns in QBDT. You can leave a comment below, and I'll gladly help. Take care, and wishing you continued success.