The Direct Deposit feature for Payroll in Sage 50 only works with iSolved. If you'd like your bank to process the Direct Deposits instead of signing up for this service with iSolved, you can do that, but Sage 50 won't integrate directly with your bank. You can, however, find out if your bank accepts an import file of Payroll Information to make it easier for them to process your Direct Deposit requests, and then possibly in Sage 50, or a third-party Report Writer i.e., Crystal Reports or XLGL, can create this export file for you. Please reach out if you should require additional assistance with this.

Tammi M. Ermerins ([email protected])

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I am curious if you found a solution here?  We use isolved currently for our direct deposit employees, but it is expensive mostly due to weekly paychecks, so it ends up being like $100/month just for isolved. Anyway, we are switching banks and I am trying to find a more cost effective solution. I don't know if i can get Sage to generate a csv or NACHA file for direct deposit (that I could send to the new bank), and I would rather not enter all amounts manually and individually through our bank portal.

I would think you could just assign a "virtual" check number to each paycheck while running payroll, print as normal except not on an actual check, then go and make the payments in your bank. This would mean not using the "direct deposit" button on each employee's maintenance record but "pretending" to run an actual check for that person. (kind of like making an electronic payment record with a virtual check number in a vendor payment screen when something has been paid online.)

Any insight through actual experience would be appreciated!

Sage 50 can't natively create NACHA files. Most of our clients will either export a modified version of the Payroll Check Register to Excel, save as CSV, and then use that to import into the bank. Otherwise, we use Crystal Reports to create a custom export to Excel or CSV. Most banks will accept a CSV instead of a NACHA file. You will want to check with your bank to confirm. Within Sage 50, you would still assign a Check Number sequence to the checks, i.e., DDXXXX, to denote that the checks were paid by Direct Deposit.

Tammi M. Ermerins ([email protected])

Certified Sage 50/Peachtree Accounting & Crystal Reports Consultant & Trainer

800-780-0700 / 954-961-0600, Visit Us on the Web at https://pcosupport.com