I have what may be a related situation. I recently switched from Desktop to Online. Employee payroll is fine, but we also have an independent contractor that we pay commission each month. Additionally, we deduct certain expenses from their check, such as computer systems and telephone expenses. We pay those expenses up front, but bill them back for their portion by deducting in from their commission check. With Desktop, I could put the commissions on one line with a positive number and the expenses on following lines with a negative amount. Online does not allow negative numbers to be entered when writing a check, so this approach no longer works. I spent nearly 90 minutes with a QuickBooks advisor today and still no resolution. There has to be a way to do this. Can anyone help?