Prefunding checks for impound

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  1. Choose Tasks > Payroll Check Entry or Tasks > Vendor Check Entry and process your payroll and/or vendor checks as usual. Do not print the checks.
  2. Choose Fund Unprinted Checks from the Edit menu or the F3 or right-click context menu.
  3. In the Fund Unprinted Checks dialog, select the checks you want to fund by moving them from the Checks available pane to the Checks selected pane.
  4. Click the Fund button. A fund transaction is created in the Impound Funding dialog for the amount listed.
  5. Click Close to close the Fund Unprinted Checks dialog and the close the Check Entry window.
  6. Choose Utilities > Impound Funding.
  7. In the Impound Checkbook Selection dialog, highlight the checkbook you want to use for funding the transactions and then click OK. Only transactions associated with the selected Impound will display in the Impound Funding dialog.
  8. In the Impound Funding dialog, select the transactions you want to include in the EPS file by marking their checkboxes.

    Note: Payroll transactions are summed together in the Funding grid. Click the Details /_images/acct_pr/csa/details.gif button to view individual transactions. Vendor transactions are listed individually in the Funding grid.

  9. Click the Create EPS File button. When the information dialog displays the Funding file created successfully message, click OK.
  10. Click Done to close the Impound Funding dialog.
  11. Choose Utilities > Direct Deposit.
  12. In the Maintain Electronic Transaction Files dialog, create your ACH files as usual.
  13. Transmit the ACH file as usual.
  14. Choose File > Print Checks and print the checks.
  15. Run your payroll reports as usual.

See also: Impound overview and procedures

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