Checking your first cheque
When your first payday with Paycheq comes, take two minutes to compare your real cheque with the estimate. It shows you how close Paycheq is for your job, and it makes future estimates closer.
Before payday
Open the Pay tab. You'll see the pay period you're in now:
Net so far while the period is still going, or Net estimate once it's over.
What you earned, by rate, and each deduction: federal and provincial tax, CPP, EI and anything else, such as union dues.
If a figure looks wrong before payday, check your shifts first. See "My figures don't match my cheque."
Entering your cheque stub
Open the Pay tab. If you have more than one job, choose the job at the top left.
Make sure Pay period is showing, then use the arrows to go to the pay period your cheque covers. The dates are at the top.
Scroll to Your actual cheque and tap Enter cheque stub.
Copy the amounts for this pay period from your stub: Gross pay, Federal tax, your province's tax, CPP, CPP2, EI, Other deductions and Net pay. Only Net pay is needed. The rest help you see where any difference comes from.
Tap Save.
Use the amounts for this cheque, not the year-to-date column.
Suggested image: the Cheque stub screen with amounts filled in.
Reading the result
The Your actual cheque card now shows:
Actual net: from your stub.
Estimated net: Paycheq's estimate.
Difference: how much more (+) or less (−) your cheque was.
A difference of a few dollars is normal. It comes from rounding, pay period cutoffs, benefits, year-to-date totals and how your employer withholds tax. See "Why your estimate can differ from your cheque."
A bigger difference usually means something to fix:
Compare your hours with the stub. A missed shift, a break or the wrong rate on one shift shows up here.
Compare the earnings line by line with the day screens in Week. Each day's Paid table shows exactly how it was paid.
Check your rules and holidays in Jobs.
Suggested image: the Your actual cheque card with a small difference.
What Paycheq does with it
Closer estimates: after your first stub, the Net estimate card also shows Based on your past cheques: the estimate adjusted by how much your cheques usually differ. The more stubs you enter, the steadier it gets.
Correct CPP and EI totals: the CPP and EI you enter replace Paycheq's estimates in your year-to-date totals, so they stop at the yearly maximum at the right time. Leave both blank to keep the estimates.
To change a stub, open that pay period and tap Edit cheque stub. To remove it, tap Delete cheque stub at the bottom.
Good to know
Comparing with your cheque is part of Paycheq Pro. Stubs you entered are kept if Pro ends.
If you started using Paycheq partway through the year, add your year-to-date amounts too, so CPP and EI are right from the start. Go to Jobs, tap your job, and fill in Earlier this year.
Estimates only. Not legal or tax advice.