Can you trust the numbers in Check?

What does Check keep track of?

• Check keeps a journal of every payroll run, with each employee's pay, deductions and taxes.

  In Check's own words: Lists employees’ earnings, deductions, and taxes by payroll. Payroll Reporting, read 2026-11-12.

• Check also keeps a list of what was paid to contractors over any dates you choose.

  In Check's own words: Lists all contractor payments for a given company within a specified date range. Payroll Reporting, read 2026-11-12.

What can make Check's numbers look wrong?

1. A payroll can be approved for days before it shows as paid, because, as Check's developer docs explain, the bank debit can take up to 3 business days.

   In Check's own words: Due to the nature of the ACH network, the employer debit transaction will take up to 3 business days to complete. Payroll Status, read 2026-11-12.

2. A payroll that looked paid can turn out to be only partly paid, since, as Check's developer docs say, a payment to a worker can bounce back.

   In Check's own words: Unfortunately, there will be times when an ACH payment to an employee or a contractor is returned. Payroll Status, read 2026-11-12.

3. A count of payrolls can look higher than the number of real pay runs, because, as Check's developer docs explain, a void is recorded as its own payroll with minus amounts.

   In Check's own words: In Check’s API, a void payroll looks exactly like a normal payroll, except that its amounts are negative. Voiding a Payroll Item, read 2026-11-12.

4. After a void, your accounting records can still differ from payroll, as Check's developer docs note, until the books are adjusted too.

   In Check's own words: Voiding a payroll item does not directly balance the employer's books. Voiding a Payroll Item, read 2026-11-12.

How do I check Check's numbers myself?

1. Payroll reports in Check are dated by payday, so picking the same paydays as your bank statement makes the two easier to compare.

   In Check's own words: Return payrolls with a payday on or after this date. Get payroll journal, read 2026-11-12.

2. A summary for one month or quarter gives one set of totals to hold against what left your bank account.

   In Check's own words: Lists employees’ earnings, deductions, and taxes aggregated for the input time period. Payroll Reporting, read 2026-11-12.

How does Check work with Feder?

Connect Check to Feder and it joins your Money apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Check.

When you connect Check, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.

Other apps that feed Money

• Striperevenue
• PayPalrevenue
• WooCommercerevenue
• Rechargesubscription revenue
• Zohoinvoiced
• Wave Accountinginvoiced

Questions owners ask about Check

• Why doesn't my Check payroll total match what left my bank account?A payroll total can include amounts owed to tax agencies and benefits providers as well as pay, so it can differ from any single payment you see.
• Why did my payroll total change in Check?A payroll that is still being prepared sits in draft, so it is not paid yet.
• Why did my payroll total jump in Check?A one-off payroll, such as a bonus or commission run, counts like a regular payroll once approved, so a period with an extra run can show a higher total.

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Where do these answers come from?

Everything this page says about Check comes from Check's own pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.