Revised: 4/2021
Listed below, are the main 
payroll reports with a description to help you better understand them. You have 
the option to choose the Active Payroll or All Payroll Dates. If you select All 
Payroll Dates, you can then choose which payroll date you would like to run the 
report for. The reports in bold will be the only ones that can be run. Other 
reports that are grayed out are dependent on payroll calculations. 
Payroll Information:  A summary of basic payroll 
information.
Payroll Register (Detail): 
Gross to net computation per employee 
along with basic demographic information. Each code is listed with the amount 
for the current payroll and calendar year to date under it. The “Deductions” 
column is a total of all deductions minus taxes. 
Payroll Summary: 
A list of each code with accumulative payroll amounts for each payroll 
period. This report needs to be checked very carefully to make sure the totals 
are correct. 
Payroll Distribution: The total of all expenses 
(salaries and benefits), by account and fund which are posted for the current 
payroll. 
Payroll Liabilities: A list of all payroll invoices, by 
vendor that will be transferred to accounts payable when the payroll is closed. 
Take note that the description also references the deduction/benefit codes that 
the payment is generated from. 
Payroll Transaction: This report 
is the actual journal entry that hits the general ledger to record the payroll 
on the accounting side. The report is totaled by fund and includes all benefit 
and deduction accounts incorporated in the payroll. You will also see the 
deduction/benefit codes in which the figures are generated from. 
Payroll Transaction Summary: Reporting the transactions by code 
description, account and then by fund in a summarized format. Each fund should 
come out to be zero. 
Payroll Account Creation Report: Should be 
reviewed every payroll to verify accounts that may have been added. This report 
also contains new accounts added to the chart of accounts the day it was ran. 
Gross Pay by Employee: Alpha list by employee pulling the time 
card entries h is easily done by using the parameter settings 
Gross 
Pay by Account: Numeric order by account followed by an alpha employee list 
per account. This report offers parameter settings to pull only information you 
want to see. 
Gross Pay by Indicator: Gross code indicator order 
by account followed by an alpha employee list per gross code. This report offers 
parameter settings to pull only information you want to see. 
Payroll 
Register: Employee’s name, number, and gross to net is reported. 
Payroll Distribution (by Employee): List employees in alpha order 
then reports each payroll and the expense accounts hit by each employee for 
gross pay and benefits. 
Payroll Distribution (by Account): 
Reporting first by account number order, you will see payroll dates 
accumulate in alpha order by employee reporting gross pay accounts, followed by 
the expense accounts hit due to the benefits computed from that salary accounts. 
Deduction Registers: This report lists each deduction and benefit 
which is used in the computation of payroll from the Deduction/Benefit Master. 
The Vendor name and code are at the top along with the name and address of the 
Vendor. This report lists the Employee Number, Employee Name and Amount and 
gives a grand total for each deduction/benefit. 
Tax Registers: 
Reports Federal, State and Fica tax table breakdowns by code and lists each 
employee and their amounts. 
Direct Deposit Report: This will list 
alphabetically by employee name, Bank Routing number, Account number, Type Code 
and Direct Deposit amount for payroll date requested. 
Re-Print Direct 
Deposit Vouchers: When selected, the system will bring up all the Direct 
Deposit Vouchers from the previous closed payroll enabling you to re-print and 
send to Message Center.
Employee Check Register: Lists employees 
alphabetically by check or direct deposit. Direct deposit column total needs to 
balance to the Direct Deposit Report total. 
Re-Print File Copy 
Payroll Checks: The file copy check is similar to the Voucher in that it is 
marked void. When selected, it will print all payroll checks for the date 
selected. If only one of the checks is desired then print only the page with the 
employees check needed. If you have a signature it will not print. 
This prints the standard SDS bottom stub check, not custom or top. These 
are intended as “File Copies” and not negotiable checks. 
Voucher 
Register by Bank: This report is pulled by what is entered in the “direct 
deposit” field in the employee demographic area. IF a break down by bank is 
needed a different code for each bank will be entered in this field so it can be 
grouped by bank. If this field is left blank then this report will not be 
needed. This report will display employee name, direct deposit voucher number 
and net amount. 
Employee Gross Pay by Account: Report showing the 
gross wages for a given payroll sorted by employee. This report enables you to 
pull all entries or separate them out by filling out the parameters before you 
print the report. 
Gross Pay Summary by Account: Report showing 
the gross wages for a given payroll sorted by account. This report enables you 
to pull all entries or separate them out by filling out the parameters for the 
report. 
Payroll Summary Detail: This report is broken down by 
code and then each employee’s amount that is accumulated into the total per 
period. 
Void Payroll Register (Detail): After you have voided a 
payroll, this report will show the voided Gross to net computation per employee 
voided along with the basic demographic information. 
Void Employee 
Check Register: After you have voided a payroll, this report will list the 
voided check by employee name and then by check or direct deposit