When you install the new Payroll program, it does not overwrite or delete your old version of Payroll. The reason for this is so you can still access your prior years information with the old version. This is necessary because once you’ve converted your current year payroll files to the new 8.2.x version, you can […]

There is a known permissions issue running Payroll or 1099 on Macs with OS X 10.7. The permissions for the Hard Drive (Macintosh HD, etc.) are automatically set to Read Only on 10.7. But both Payroll (and the conversion wizard) and 1099 require that the user has Read & Write permissions for the Hard Drive […]

Symptoms: CheckMark Payroll will not launch. “Unable to create /CheckMark directory (Permission’s error 13)” – Error Message “CheckMark Error: 1. Unable to open the database. SQLITE_CANTOPEN[14]: unable to open database file” – Error Message “Unable to create the application database. Make sure you have Read & Write permissions for your Hard Drive.” – Error Message […]

In DBA, there is a “CheckMark Payroll Link Setup, PL-E”. You will need to go in there to specify the path of where the pay.exe application is (C:/Program Files(x86)/CheckMark/Payroll/2011) is the default. You will also need to set a path for the import files “checks.txt” (employee checks) & “vouchers.txt” (employer checks). These files when saved […]

Continue using your Health Insurance deduction for the employee as you normally would. The reporting of the Employer Sponsored Health Care will not change what you are currently doing with your employee’s insurance AND this amount you’re reporting for the Employer Sponsored Health Care is NOT taxable and the values are NOT included in the […]

Payroll creates a Default Payroll Company Database when you initially open the program, in the following path: HDCheckMarkPayroll[year]Default_Payroll_Company_Database_[year] You can create multiple databases. Each database can contain multiple companies or you can create a new database for each company. When you create multiple companies in one database, there are three functions that will affect ALL […]

If converting a company, before starting, be sure you have made good backups of any company data files you will be converting, then make sure you don’t have the old version of payroll open. If you have a company open in the prior version, you will get an error message that it is being used […]

First Quarter If you were using last years Social Security % for your employees, for 2011 you have paid too much and have to show this on your 941 and will have to make some adjustments. You will be getting a fraction of cents for the amount you overpaid in line 7. Clear out the […]

The federal is fine. You don’t need to adjust anything, if it’s just one or two payrolls, the employee will make up the difference when they file their Income Tax for the 2011 year. The Social Security DOES need to be adjusted. The best thing to do is figure out what it should have been […]

Leave L & I set up as you currently have it set up. Most customers use the fixed amount option for the calculation method. This is fine. Leave the tax options as they are set up as well. When you are done processing payroll for the year, you will need to go back into your […]