A payroll cheque was rewritten by my client to replace a payroll cheque that was lost.  No amounts have changed just the cheque number.  How do I correct this? Can I simply adjust the cheque number without it affecting any payroll amounts?

 Thanks

Darlene

Hi there:  You need to do a journal entry to reverse the first cheque that was lost.  This does not need to be done in the payroll module if you don't want to have the ins and outs showing in the payroll records.  You can just go to the General Journal and Dr. Bank and Cr. say maybe a Wages Payable account or whatever "clearing" type of account that you might have in your Chart of Accounts with an explanation that you are reversing the lost cheque# whatever.    Then you can go back to the General Journal and do another journal entry to Cr. Bank and Dr. the same account, Wages Payable or whatever you used.  Just show the entry as being Cheque # whatever the new number is and the description as Replacing lost cheque # whatever it was.      You can also do it in the payroll module by recalling the entry and changing the cheque number.    I prefer not to do that in my payroll module (having an entry be reversed and then back in again) if I don't have to.  Rita Deering 

Thank you, I like the idea of not going into the payroll module to change anything.

Darlene