Payroll Reporting

Reports are a fundamental part of any payroll product. Whether for accounting, tax purposes, or bookkeeping, employers will frequently want to pull reports displaying all the employees they paid in a given date range, how much they paid them, and how much tax was accrued for those payments. There are other reports employers may be interested in, such as an overview of all payments made to contractors over time, a summary of tax liability by check date, and much more.

Check supports the following reports through both the API and Console:

• Payroll Summary: Lists employees’ earnings, deductions, and taxes aggregated for the input time period. API reference: Get payroll summary.
• Payroll Journal: Lists employees’ earnings, deductions, and taxes by payroll. API reference: Get payroll journal.
• Contractor Payments Report: Lists all contractor payments for a given company within a specified date range. API reference: Get contractor payments report.
• Tax Liabilities: Lists tax liability by payroll. API reference: Get tax liability report
• W-2 Preview Report: Returns a preview of W-2 data for all employees as of the current date for a specified year. API reference: Get W-2 Preview Report.
• W-4 Exempt Status Report: Returns the federal and state withholding exemption status for all employees as of the current date for a specified year. API reference: Get W-4 Exempt Status Report.
• Cash Requirement: Returns a breakdown of the payroll’s cash requirement by employee and contractor. API reference: Get Cash Requirement Report.
• Paper Checks: Returns a breakdown of manual payments on the payroll, which can be formatted for seamless upload to Checkeeper, a popular paper check print and mail vendor.

These reports, as well as more that are not exposed through the public API, are also available through the Reports tab in Check Console.

We’re always adding new reports, so don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s a particular report you’d like us to support!