Calculate Manual Checks

Payroll Administrator Guide
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R2025.2.1
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2025-11-14T21:00:21.412619
Calculate Manual Checks

When you record a manual check in the Checks sub-tab, the application does not automatically calculate and apply taxes, generated earnings, deductions, or garnishments. If you want these items calculated and applied, you must select another check template for the application to mimic when calculating employee taxes and deductions. The application automatically calculates the corresponding employer portion.

Administrators configure check templates in Payroll Setup > Check Templates. See Check Templates and Check Types in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

For example, if you record a manual check and don’t mimic another check template for these calculations, then Dayforce doesn’t calculate and apply the employer taxes for that manual check.

Important: Dayforce does not support calculation of arrears or generated earnings in manual checks.

To calculate taxes or deductions on manual checks:

  1. Go to Payroll > Data Entry and click the Checks sub-tab.
  2. Add the check's details and then click Entries:
  3. Entries link next to the Check Template column for a check.
  4. The Entries dialog box opens:
  5. Check Entries dialog box showing a list of check entries for the selected check.
  6. Click Calculate.
  7. In the Calculate dialog box, select a check template to mimic and then click Calculate. Dayforce populates the earnings, deductions, garnishments, and employee taxes associated with the selected check template:
  8. Calculate dialog box in the Checks tab.
  9. Click Accept to apply the calculations to the check. The application adds each entry to the Check Entry tab in the Entries dialog box.
  10. Check Entry sub-tab.
  11. Click Save in the main area of the Checks sub-tab. Dayforce displays the calculated employee and employer taxes in the EE Taxes and ER Taxes columns of the Checks sub-tab.