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What is a manual check?

There are a few situations where you may need to enter a manual check. 

  • Situation 1. Enter a manual check to record a check that was issued outside of the Connect Payroll application. This is very rare. 

  • Situation 2. Enter a manual check to record a check from a third party that needs to be included in the employee's W-2 amounts. For example, this situation applies when an organization receives a third party check from a long-term disability company, such as, AFLAC, Colonial, and so on. 

  • Situation 3. Enter a manual check to process a voided check. 

  • Situation 4. Enter a manual check to record when an employee repaid the organization and you want to record the amount for information purposes only.

 

A manual check is a check that was created as a single, or one-off, check. For example, Jane cuts a manual check to reimburse traveling expenses for an employee. When you enter a manual check, you need to (1) calculate gross withholding and deductions, (2) write or type the check, and (3) enter the check in Payroll.

When you enter a manual check, you do need to enter every single line item by hand and you will need to calculate withholdings and deductions by hand. 

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Step 1: Calculating withholding and deductions

Step 2: Following your organization's procedures to write or type the manual check

Step 3: Recording the transaction

 

 

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