This chapter will walk you through how to enter your employee hours, calculate the payroll, and create and print the cheques in CheckMark Online Payroll (Canada).

Process Pay

It will also cover how to modify already created cheques and distribute hours/amounts to Canada Cloud Payroll Departments or Jobs. All of these options are available in the Pay Cycle section of Canada Cloud Payroll.

Your first option under Pay Cycle will be Process Pay, which is where you can input the hours your employees have worked and calculate the cheques for both hourly and salary employees.

Process Pay Field Descriptions:

Pay Frequency: Select which of your pay frequencies you want to process payroll for, such as Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Semi Monthly, Monthly, Quarterly, Semi Annually, and Annually.

[Note – You can select multiple pay frequencies at this step, just keep in mind that it will put the same Cheque Date, Period Start, and Period End for all cheques created, regardless of the pay frequency of the employee.]

Cheque Date: Input the date you want for the official Cheque Date for this payroll; this is the date the cheques will be cashable.

Period Start: Input the first day of the pay period.

Period End: Input the last day of the pay period.

The grid on this screen will list all of the payrolls you have done so far this year. It will list the Pay Periods per Year, Duration, Cheque Dates, Period Start, Period End, Status, and Number of Cheques Created. The Status will tell you if you have completed the payroll or if it is still In Process.

The first step in processing your payroll with Canada Cloud Payroll is to select your Pay Frequency/Frequencies and your dates.
Once you have selected your Pay Frequency/Frequencies and input your dates, click the “Next” button to move to the Time Sheet screen to input hours.