Reasons you might need to change your client's check dates:
1) The check day falls on a holiday or special day
2) Client requests a change (client specific reason)
3) To force a check date into a certain tax year
How to Change the Check Date:
Option 1:
If TLM client and they have not started their payroll, then the easiest is to update the check date in the pay period.
Navigate to: Company Settings > Profiles > Pay Period and click the edit icon for the pay period that you want to change the check date for. Enter the correct date.
This option is easiest because time records will sync as usual with the pay period dates.
You will end up with two payrolls with the same pay period, but different check dates. Delete the payroll with the wrong check date.
NOTE: Make sure nothing is in the original payroll before you delete it, and check that no billing items are attached directly to that payroll, that may be lost when it is deleted.
Option 2:
If a TLM client has already synced time, then you will need to copy the payroll and reassign the check date.
Navigate to: Manage Payroll > View All Payrolls and click the edit icon next to the payroll you will be copying.
Then click Copy Payroll and fill in the pay period information and corrected pay date.
Once copied, use two screens to compare the copied payroll with the original. This can be done quickly by using the Check Your Totals tool. Have client verify copied payroll as well and ensure payroll is accurate.
NOTE: Manual Checks will copy over, but not the check numbers. These will need to be reentered once the other payroll has been deleted. Manual checks must also be open, in order to copy over. Make sure all billing items also came across to the new payroll.
TIP: Advise your client not to continue making any changes in the payroll you are copying, or they will have to make the same edits in the new payroll.