How to reverse a void payroll check
Description of Issue
- How to reverse a voided payroll check / advice
- How to un-void a payroll check / advice
Context
- Enterprise ERP
- Payroll Processing
- Void Payroll
Resolution
Reverse the employee update of the void payroll and reverse the journal posting of that void payroll.
- Access the Payroll Start and Status: Human Resources/Payroll > Payroll > Payroll Processing > Payroll Start and Status
- Search for the void Run Type and Warrant and click Change in the menu
- Click into the Employee Update step of the payroll and reverse the payroll -Â How to Reverse Employee Update to make changes to Pay or Deductions
- After the reversal, access Earning and Deductions and Search for the Employee, click Accept, click Delete.Â
- If there are no other voids, checks or advices, in the Earnings and Deductions screen, can then delete the payroll on the Payroll Start and Status screen
- If there are other voids, check or advices, then proceed with reprocessing the payroll
- Proceed with normal payroll proofing steps, and process the Employee Update
- Post the void to the general ledger in the GL Distribution step of the payroll
- Run a Journal Reversal on the original journal posting
Cause
Additional Information
- Payroll must be reprocessed as there were other void checks within the payroll. If this void check was the only check in the void payroll, the payroll can be deleted after deleting the employee's record from Earnings and Deductions
- Journal Reversal Instructions
- How to Reverse Employee Update to make changes to Pay or Deductions