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arwells57
April 3, 2023
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First payroll for an employee

  • April 3, 2023
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I have an existing employee who is paid auto payroll Direct Deposit.  I just added an employee so his first pay cannot be direct deposit, but through a check.  Why is it showing that I can't do Direct deposit for my current employee. Plus I have no checks so I guess I can pay the new employee through ACH?

 

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Kurt_M
April 3, 2023

Glad to have you here today, @arwells57.

 

A possible reason you're unable to process a direct deposit for a specific employee is that you haven't set their payment method to Direct Deposit. You'll want to ensure that in the employee's payroll information, the mode of payment should be Direct Deposit. I'll input the steps below to get you going. To begin, here's how:

 

  1. Access your QuickBooks Online company.
  2. On the left navigational bar, go to the Payroll tab and then Employees.
  3. Select your employee, and then from Payment method, click Start or Edit.
  4. From the Payment method ▼ dropdown, select Direct deposit.
  5. Choose a Direct deposit method (Splits can be done as a dollar amount or as a percentage.):
  • Direct deposit to one account
  • Direct deposit to two accounts
  • Direct deposit with balance as a check

 

For more information, please see this page: Set up direct deposit for employees.

 

In addition, I've got you this article in case you'd like to invite your employee to workforce so they can check their paystubs: Invite your employees to QuickBooks Workforce to see pay stubs, W-2s and more if you use QuickBooks Online Payroll.

 

I'll be delighted to have you here again if you have any additional QuickBooks-related concerns. Stay safe, and have a nice day!

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