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Payroll Adjustments
About Gross-Up Payments
A gross-up is a payroll calculation used to determine how much an employer needs to pay in gross wages so that an employee receives a specific net amount after taxes and deductions are withheld. Gross-ups are most commonly used for one-off payments ...
About Payroll Reversals and Voided Checks
If a payment has already been processed but needs to be canceled or reversed, two different actions may apply — voiding the check and reversing the funds. There is no employer control in BerniePortal to void an issued check or reverse a direct ...
About Manual Checks
A manual check is a payroll entry used to record a payment that was issued outside of your normal payroll process — for example, a check written directly from your company's bank account. Manual checks keep employee payroll records (including ...
How to Submit a Backdated Payroll Request
A backdated payroll request asks Employer Success to correct payroll records for a previous pay period — for example, to fix an error, adjust withholdings, or update information that was not processed accurately in the original run. There is no ...

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