Admins can pay team members by check and then print and distribute them. Some customers can also have Gusto mail the checks.*
If your employee or contractor normally gets paid by direct deposit, you can still choose to pay them by check when you run payroll (for employees) or send a payment (for contractors).
Important reminders
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You can set a team member’s default payment method to check. It will stay that way until they add a bank account to their profile.
When you update a payment method while processing a payroll or payment, it only applies to that payroll. Future payrolls will populate with the team member's default payment method.
At the end of the payroll (after you click Submit) you’ll choose how to deliver the checks. Print them yourself or, if you're in the beta, have Gusto mail them.
Just like with employees, you’ll choose how to send checks at the end—print it or (if you're in the beta) have Gusto mail it.
After you've submitted the payment, you’ll choose how to deliver the checks. Print them yourself or, if you're in the beta, have Gusto mail them.
If you're paying any teammates by check, you'll need to print and distribute them on your own (unless you're part of Gusto's check-mailing beta).
You can print checks at the end of a payroll run, or do it later.
At the end of payroll, if you're paying teammates by check, you'll choose how to distribute their checks.
Gusto can print and mail your team's paychecks. Check mailing is free while in it’s beta. We’ll waive the service fee while you’re testing out this new feature.
Gusto check mailing is only available for customers in our early-access check mailing beta. Companies with a Chase/JP Morgan bank account cannot participate in the beta.
How it works
Check printing reminders
At the end of your next payroll run, you'll see the option to choose how checks are distributed (by the company, or Gusto).
At least one of your employees must be being paid by check for the Print checks page, and this beta, to appear.
Use the following form to give us feedback about Gusto's check mailing service.
Gusto supports printing checks on two types of check stock, and both will include the employee's pay details (earnings statement):
Learn more about each below.
Best for people (e.g, accountants) with multiple companies who want to use one kind of check paper for all:
We recommend purchasing a specific blank check stock for compatibility with our PDF format.
We'll generate a new PDF of the checks (with new check numbers), each time you click Print checks in Gusto:
We use this method to avoid printing multiple checks with the same check number.
Best for people who have check stock that already has your company and bank info printed on it:
We recommend purchasing Gusto check stock—a custom check stock—and envelopes for compatibility with our PDF format.