First time running payroll, how long do paper paycheques take to process? How many days does it take ?

Hi mikevarquero-gma,

Welcome to Community!  It's great to hear that you've selected QuickBooks Online Payroll to pay your staff with confidence.  I'll be happy to provide some insight here!

If you've set up your payroll to pay employees with paper cheque there's no specific time frame for when the cheques are processed.  Although you can run payroll with paper cheques, you'll still need to provide the employees with their pay stubs and attached cheque.  The entry won't show up in your associated payroll expense account until the transactions have been recorded at your financial institution.  If you'd like to set up direct deposit, you'll find the steps in this helpful guide.

Feel free to reach back out with any other questions, or let me know if this has been solved.  Your success is important and I'm always pleased to help!