@KrisR1 @athsca 

I think there is some confusion in the terminology.  QB Desktop (QBD) does not have the Expense function, only Online (QBO) does.  The only difference between a Check transaction in QBO/QBD and an Expense transaction in QBO is that the Expense transaction in QBO allows you to select bank accounts, credit cards, or other current asset accounts as the payment account, whereas a Check transaction can only be paid from your bank accounts.  That's it.  It has nothing to do with whether these transaction are recorded as expenses on your P&L.  Just because transactions were imported as checks doesn't mean they aren't expenses.  It all depends on the account assigned to those payments.