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Fund payroll transactions

Follow these steps to transfer funds from your client's bank account via ACH files to a holding account (the firm's bank account). This lets you make payments on their behalf.
  1. Select
    Actions
    , then
    Enter Batch Payroll Checks
     or
    Transactions
     to enter payroll checks.
  2. To fund tax agent or payroll agent transactions, do 1 of the following:
    • Select
      Actions
      , then
      Enter Transactions
       to enter unprinted checks to the agents.
    • If you have liabilities to consider, print the payroll checks to generate open liabilities to the agents.
  3. Select
    Actions
    , then
    Process Direct Deposit
    .
  4. Select
    Funding
    .
  5. Mark the checkboxes next to all the transactions for which you want to create ACH files. Select the plus and minus signs to expand and collapse the transaction lists.
  6. Select
    Process
    .
  7. Select
    Done
     to close the
    Funding
     window.
  8. The funded transactions are selected by default in the
    Process Direct Deposit
     screen. Mark the checkboxes next to any other transactions for which you want to create ACH files. Select the plus and minus signs to expand and collapse the transaction lists.
  9. Select
    Create Files
    .
  10. In the Process Direct Deposit File window, you can view the information that will go into the header records for the ACH files. The only field you can change is the
    File Name
     field. To accept the information and create the ACH files, select
    OK
    .
  11. Transmit the ACH file to your financial institution to complete the funding.
  12. Select
    File
    , then
    Print Checks
     to print the payroll checks.

This article applies to:

  • Product: Accounting CS Client Access
  • Subject: Direct deposit, Payments