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August 29, 2025
Question

Payroll submitted as paper checks by accident but nothing has been taken from bank account

  • August 29, 2025
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Help - I accidentally submitted payroll for my employees on Tuesday 8/27 as paper checks to be mailed instead of direct deposit - ugh.  Don't know why this happened.  And I see that the funds haven't been taken from my bank account yet.  How do I know this payroll really went through?   TIA.  

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QuickBooks Team
August 29, 2025

You can check the status of your submitted payroll, peacefulplace.

 

Paper checks in QuickBooks won't affect your bank account unless your employees receive the actual check and deposit them.

 

To verify the status of your payroll submission, please follow these steps:

 

  1. Go to Payroll and select Employees.
  2. Click on the Paycheck List link.
  3. Review the information under the Status column.

 

You can also check your employees if they haven't receive the paper check yet.

 

If not yet, you can void the paper check and recreate it as a direct deposit instead of a paper check.

 

Please note that if you submit a direct deposit it will require a lead time to successfully sent to your employees. For more information, please check this article: When to send your direct deposit payroll.

 

Let us know if you need further assistance.