Payroll Payments Distribution

After validating the payment distribution amounts, you're ready to distribute the payments.

Use the Distribute Payroll Payments task to generate payments, archive the results, and generate and validate the payslips.

Sequence of Tasks

This shows the sequence of payment distribution tasks for a typical payroll cycle. Your flow can include additional or fewer tasks.

Distribute payroll payments tasks in sequence

You can view the task results on the Person Results task.

Overview of the Payment Distribution Tasks

This table describes the payment distribution tasks.

Task name

What it does

For more info, check here in the Help Center

Generate Check Payments

Generates check payments for your employees. It uses a predefined check format or one you have configured.

The US Simplified Payroll Cycle flow uses this process.

Generate Check Payments

Generate Check Payments and Check Numbers

US Simplified Payroll Cycle Flow

Generate Check Payments for Employees and Third Parties

Generates check payments for employees and third-party payees. It uses a predefined check format or one you have configured.

Use this process when you need to print checks for third parties or whenever you want to generate checks outside a payroll flow.

Employee and Third-Party Check Payments for the US

Generate Check Payments for Employees and Third Parties for the US

Make EFT Payments

Generates electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments for all payees with a payment method of EFT.

Make EFT Payments for the US

Make External Payments

Addresses special situations where you want to cut a check after using QuickPay instead of the normal payment process, such as:

  • Replace a lost check that you voided

  • Create a final payroll check for a terminated employee

  • Pay using a different payment type or payment source than specified in the normal payment process

Note:

This isn't a typical payroll cycle task. You run it as part of the QuickPay flow.

If you need to run this independent of a QuickPay, use the External or Manual Payment process.

Examples of QuickPay Processing

Submit a QuickPay Flow to Correct a Payroll Calculation Error

Archive Periodic Payroll Results

Makes the data available for reports, such as the payroll register and payslips.

Archive Periodic Payroll Results for the US

Run Periodic Payroll Register

Verifies and provides an audit trail of a payroll run, including hours, earnings, and deductions by payroll statutory unit and tax reporting unit. In detail mode, it shows the complete details for each employee.

Periodic Payroll Register Report for the US

Generate and Verify Payslips

Generates a payslip for all paid payments matching your criteria except:

  • Voided payments

  • Reversed payroll calculations

  • Data not archived

  • Previously generated payslips

View Payments

Run Payment Register

Verifies and provides an audit trail of payments generated by all payment processes, including total amounts paid by payment category, type, status, and method.

In detail mode, it shows payments for each employee.

Payment Register Report for the US

Aftering completing payment distribution, you're ready to calculate and verify your cost distributions. For further info, see Calculate and Verify Cost Distributions for the US in the Help Center.