Payroll Recording Dates

The first step after choosing a new payroll job is setting the recording dates. Industrial Strength Payroll is totally controlled by the Check Date that you enter here.

The Check Date determines when income is recorded for tax and reporting purposes. Even if you don't actually issue checks, the Check Date is required. The Check Date cannot be changed after a Job has begun, so please be careful when entering this date.

You may record more than one payroll on the same date and each will be recorded separately.

The Period Begins and Period Ends dates tell the employee what period she is being paid for. They print on the registers, checks and vouchers. The Period Begins can’t be later than the Period Ends. Also, Period Ends can’t be in a later month than the Check Date.

After your first live payroll job for any Client, Industrial Strength Payroll tries to guess which dates are going to be used for the next job. It adds the difference between the pay periods to all the dates. For example, if there are 7 days between the start and end of the pay period, Industrial Strength Payroll guesses that you are on a weekly cycle and adds 7 days to all dates.

Click OK to accept this screen.

If you chose to use Hash Totals, the next screen accepts the values. Otherwise, you get to the  Payroll Recording window.