Process a Payroll Cheque Run

Before you can perform this task

To process a payroll cheque run:

1. Open the Payroll Cheque Run window. How?
   1. In the Home window, click Employees & Payroll on the navigation pane.
   2. In the Tasks pane, click the Payroll Cheque Run icon.
2. Fill in the payroll information:

In this box:	Enter the following information:
Paid From	Select the bank account from which the payroll will be taken.
Department (Premium)	If you have assigned departments to employees, select whether or not you want to allocate the employee's paycheque to his or her department.
Pay Period Frequency	Select the frequency for the employees you want to pay in this payroll run. If you have more than one pay cycle, All Periods displays automatically but you can select another option if you prefer.
Pay Period End Date	Enter the date of the last day in the pay period.
Cheque Date	Enter the date on which you make the payment. This date is printed on the cheque and is also recorded as the transaction date. The cheque date for the payroll run must be the same as the session date.

3. In the column, select the employees you want to include in this payroll run.
4. In the column, select the employees you want to print a report and paycheque for this payroll run.
5. In the column, select the employees whose paycheques are to be directly deposited to their bank accounts.
6. (Optional) Allocate the paycheque amount to:
• Project(s). Allocate revenues and expenses to one or more projects.
• Department(s). Allocate individual payroll accounts to one or more departments if you are using employee departments for payroll. (Premium)
7. Click button to see more details about each individual paycheque.
8. (Optional) On the Report menu:
• Choose Payroll Cheque Run Summary to print a report showing the amounts that will appear on employees' cheque stubs.
• Choose Print Direct Deposit Stub Summary to print a report showing detailed amounts for each employee who will receive a direct deposit payment.
9. On the File menu:
• Choose Print Payroll Cheques to print paycheques.
• Choose Print Direct Deposit Stubs to print direct deposit stubs.
10. Click Process.

Note:  Paycheques can only be adjusted or voided individually in the Paycheques window.

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