Payroll Process Checklist

This basic checklist assumes payroll has been set up in AptaFund, including all Payroll Configuration and Human Resources Configuration values, calendars, and deductions. It also assumes that each employee has an approved job, an approved deduction set, a payment plan for salary jobs, and is submitted to payroll.

Prepare for payroll

  1. Add any new employees to be paid in this cycle in Human Resources > Manage Employees.

  2. Find employees who need to be submitted to payroll so they can be paid. In Employee Payroll Information filter on Status = Available.

  3. Make any needed changes to current employees' deduction sets — including direct deposit and withholding — in Payroll > Deduction Assignment.

  4. Run the Job / Addendum Summary Report, and review it. Select Reports > Human Resources > Job / Addendum Summary Report. Note: This report will tell you if any new jobs/addenda were approved in Manage Employees for an employee after the employee was submitted to payroll.

  5. If new jobs were added to employees, add the new jobs to employees to be paid on this cycle in Human Resources > Manage Employees.

Pay employees

  1. Create a payroll register. See Manage Payroll > Create a Payroll Register.

  2. Adjust pay as needed.

  3. Optional. Preview net pay.

  4. Submit the payroll register for review.

  5. Review the register.

  6. Create the direct deposit file. Note: You can complete this step either before or after you approve the payroll register.

  7. Approve the payroll register. Note: This step can't be undone. If you need to make corrections, you'll have to void the payroll register and start over.

  8. Print employee paychecks.

  9. Verify paychecks.

  10. Print paper direct deposit stubs.

  11. Verify the direct deposit.

  12. Create special registers as needed.

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Pay payroll liabilities

  1. Create a payroll voucher.

  2. Include the liabilities.

  3. Approve the payroll voucher.

  4. Print liability checks.

  5. Verify liability checks.

  6. (Optional) Create the ACH Electronic Funds Transfer Data Export or the EFTPS Electronic Funds Transfer Data Export to pay state, federal or other payroll liabilities electronically. The vendors must be setup for electronic payment. Please refer to AptaHelp for updated information.

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