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.

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.