Browse pay stub totals and identifying information.
A check number identifies one payment. Electronic deposits may also have a payment or advice number even when no paper check was issued. A replacement payment can carry a new reference for the same underlying wages.
How to read this entry
Use the meaning Check or payment reference number alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
A voided check and a replacement check can both appear in payroll history. Adding both gross amounts would overstate pay if the first payment was cancelled.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Match the reference, pay date and net amount to the bank transaction and ask whether any earlier payment was voided.
Compare related entries
Read the pay stub totals and identifying information guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on pay stub totals and identifying information provides background on the underlying rules. The actual plan, tax year, jurisdiction and payroll record determine how the rules apply.