@Karen_21 what I'm taking away from this is that because Payroll Expenses do not show up in the Projects Dashboard it is being recommended by QB that we change our account type from Payroll Expenses to COGS.

In my case this may work because all "Contractors" that are paid are 1099'd. 

See: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/do-more-with-quickbooks/project-expenditures-not-a...