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October 29, 2025
Question

how to journal leave adjustment

  • October 29, 2025
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I lost one of my leave liability categories and I need to make a manual journal to bring in annual leave balance (hours and dollars) for two individual employees.

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JenoP
QuickBooks Team
October 29, 2025

You can create a new pay run to make a leave adjustment, Michelle.

 

Let me show you how:

 

  1. Go to the Payroll menu and click the New Pay Run button.
  2. Proceed to the drop-down list for Pay Schedule and choose the right one, then select Create.
  3. Click the drop-down list for Pay Run Actions, then choose Adjust Leave or Bulk adjust leave balance.
  4. Choose the name of the employee, then select the Leave Category
  5. Select the Leave Category you wish to correct it to and enter the Hours
  6. Click Save.
  7. Enter the adjustment in the New Leave Balance column, then enter any relevant Notes, then select Save.
  8. Click Apply to pay run.

 

 

 

You can also take a look at this article for more details: How to apply leave adjustments.

 

However, this will only adjust the hours and does not include the dollar amount. In this case, I suggest reaching out to our live support teams to help with the dollar adjustments.

 

Here's an article on how to reach out to them: Get help with QuickBooks products and services.

 

The Community is always here if you need anything else.