Adding direct deposit to Payroll

SAUMC · ‎June 06, 2023

Considering adding direct deposit options for a few employees. Will i have to run two payrolls? One for employees that want direct deposit and another for employees who want paper checks?

BigRedConsulting · ‎June 07, 2023

@SAUMC RE: Considering adding direct deposit options for a few employees. Will i have to run two payrolls?

Well, you don't have to, but you may want to. Consider:

- For DD, you need to create the the paychecks 2 days before payday and send them to Intuit by 5pm pacific time.

- If you print paychecks from QuickBooks and don't want to print DD checks on check stock, then creating payroll in two runs might be better, as then you can set the DD checks to not print and the paper checks to print. Also, you can give the DD "checks" different check numbers, like "DD101", "DD102",... so they don't get mixed up with you regular check sequence.

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Alex M · ‎June 06, 2023

HGi there SAUMC,

It's vital that all your payroll information is entered correctly for your pay runs to be accurate. QuickBooks Online Payroll is a great tool able to help you pay your employees for the hours they've worked for your company. I can provide some information about paying your employees.

When running payroll, you won't need to create two separate pay runs for those employees, you'd just have to make sure that those two employees have their pay method set to Direct deposit if you'd like to physically pay them.

If you have any other questions., feel free to reach out here.

BigRedConsulting · ‎June 07, 2023

@Alex M

RE: It's vital that all your payroll information is entered correctly for your pay runs to be accurate.

The OP didn't ask about any such vitality, and you're coming across as a condescending nanny.

RE: QuickBooks Online Payroll is a great tool able to help you pay your employees for the hours they've worked for your company.

That just great, but not relevant as the OP is using Desktop.

BigRedConsulting · ‎June 07, 2023

@SAUMC RE: Considering adding direct deposit options for a few employees. Will i have to run two payrolls?

Well, you don't have to, but you may want to. Consider:

- For DD, you need to create the the paychecks 2 days before payday and send them to Intuit by 5pm pacific time.

- If you print paychecks from QuickBooks and don't want to print DD checks on check stock, then creating payroll in two runs might be better, as then you can set the DD checks to not print and the paper checks to print. Also, you can give the DD "checks" different check numbers, like "DD101", "DD102",... so they don't get mixed up with you regular check sequence.

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