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Overview
The Payroll Journal report (Employees > Reports > Payroll Journal) is generated based on the Check Date.
The Payroll report (Employees > Reports > Payroll Report) is generated based on the Pay Period End Date.
If you are using a date range that falls after the Pay Period End Date, but before the Check Date, this would cause a difference in the report results. Also, if an employee does not have a check falling in the date range selected, they will not show in the list of employees to include on the report.
Note For bookkeeping purposes, the Check Date is used for Posting. All Federal and State wage forms also utilize the Check Date in their calculations.