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how do i find out how much i paid my self this year.
category is drawing
how do i find out how much i paid my self this year.
category is drawing








Click on your name in either the vendor center or employee center > Select check as the type > Your checks will list on the right side of the screen & will total.
Hope this helps. If so please mark solved, if not please ask more questions. Thanks!



You didn't "pay" yourself if you take draws. These are not pay or wages or compensation.
You can open the chart of accounts and look at the amount in the Draw account to see what the current balance is.
This has nothing to do with your taxable income reported for this business file.
You need to be working closely with a CPA so you learn how to read your financial data and how to accurately track what you are doing.

Perhaps a report from your bank account for the year would suffice. Go to Reports=>Accountant and taxes and select the Trial Balance report. Set the dates for this year and double-click on the amount for your bank account. A report will open showing your bank transactions for the year. Go to Modify Report, choose the Filters tab and select Name. Choose your name from the vendor list to get the report.



If you are a Sole Proprietor, your name is not a Vendor Name and not an Employee Name. You can put your name on the Other Names list so you can write checks to yourself.
mgyuro, you really haven't given us enough info. That is why you should work locally with a good professional.
qbteachmt, I was told by an accountant that I needed to pay myself via a draw from owner's equity. This does not show up on my P&L statement and I am convinced it will be a negative thing for my tax returns. He insists this is not a problem... Could you please clarify this for me? My name is on the other names list, but what account do I draw from? I am not comfortable with the way the accountant told me to do it.
Let's take this a piece at a time.
You take a draw when your business is a Sole Proprietorship because you and your business are the same and not treated separately. You are not your own employee.
For tax reporting, it is the business' performance that is reported for taxes.
Taking a draw is not an expense to the business. You got nothing for it and are not paying for anything. It is not a purchase or a payment. It simply is money out of the bank to you, the owner. You are not an expense to your own business.
It doesn't show on the P&L because you need to run three reports to see the whole picture: P&L, Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows. Draws show on the Balance Sheet report.