My figures don't match my cheque
Start with gross pay, the total before deductions. If gross matches your stub, the difference is in deductions. If it doesn’t, it’s in your hours, rates or rules.
If gross pay is off
Open the Week tab, tap each day, and compare its Paid table with your stub. Check:
- Shifts Are the start and end times right, including breaks? Is a shift missing, or entered twice?
- Rate Is each shift at the right rate? A shift set to 1.5× or 2× pays that rate for the whole shift.
- Contract rules In Jobs, is Rule profile set to Union contract? Do the rules match your agreement? Common ones to check are Saturday and Sunday rates, the overtime window, the meal premium and call-out minimums.
- Overlapping rules In Contract rules, under How rules combine, Highest wins pays the higher rate when two rules apply.
- Shift options If you were called in, on call, or banking overtime, is the right switch on for that shift?
- Holidays Have you answered the Yes and No questions on any holiday’s card in Week?
- Banked time Overtime you banked isn’t paid on the cheque, and banked time you claimed is.
- Pro Without Pro, contract rules aren’t applied and pay follows your province’s rules. The Pay screen tells you when this happens.
- Pay period Do the dates on the Pay screen match your stub’s pay period? If not, fix your Pay schedule in Jobs.

If net pay is off but gross matches
- Year to date: in Jobs, add your amounts from before you started using Paycheq under Earlier this year.
- TD1 claims: in Jobs, do they match the TD1 forms you gave your employer?
- Union dues and other deductions: are the amounts and dates right?
- Benefits and pension: add any taxable benefits or other deductions in Jobs.
- Then enter your stub on the Pay screen (Pro) to compare it with the estimate. See Why your estimate can differ from your cheque.
Estimates only. Not legal or tax advice.
Also useful → Why your estimate can differ from your cheque
- Next in Getting Started →Setting up your first job
- Next in Getting Started →Your pay schedule from your last cheque
- Next in Getting Started →Clocking in and out
- Next in Getting Started →Entering a shift by hand
- Next in Getting Started →Reading the Week screen
- Next in Getting Started →Clock-in and clock-out reminders
- Next in Getting Started →Working more than one job
- Next in Getting Started →Your widget and Live Activity
- Next in Getting Started →Checking your first cheque
- Next in Your pay →Reading the Pay screen
- Next in Your pay →Why your estimate can differ from your cheque
- Next in Your pay →Entering a cheque stub
- Next in Your pay →CPP and EI and the yearly maximums
- Next in Your pay →Adding pay from before you started using Paycheq
- Next in Your pay →Vacation pay
- Next in Your pay →Exporting shifts and pay summaries
- Next in Overtime and rates →The overtime window (such as midnight to 6 a.m.)
- Next in Overtime and rates →Saturday, Sunday and other day rates
- Next in Overtime and rates →Daily and weekly overtime
- Next in Overtime and rates →Shifts entered at 1.5× or 2×
- Next in Overtime and rates →The rate highlighted on the Clock card
- Next in Overtime and rates →Other rates, such as a lead rate
- Next in Overtime and rates →Raises and retro pay
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →Setting up your contract rules
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →The long-shift meal premium
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →Call-out minimums
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →How does banked time work?
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →When more than one rule applies
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →Working two rates in one shift
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →Paid breaks and unpaid meal breaks
- Next in Union contracts & custom rules →Shift premiums and on-call pay
- Next in Holidays →How holiday pay works
- Next in Holidays →Your contract's own holidays
- Next in Holidays →How do my two vacation balances work?
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Alberta
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in British Columbia
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Manitoba
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in New Brunswick
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in the Northwest Territories
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Nova Scotia
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Nunavut
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Ontario
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Prince Edward Island
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Saskatchewan
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in Yukon
- Next in Holidays →Holidays in the federal sector
- Next in Your data →Backing up and restoring
- Next in Your data →Using a flat tax percentage
- Next in Your data →Union dues
- Next in Your data →How Paycheq estimates tax
- Next in Your data →TD1 claim amounts
- Next in Your data →Your data stays on your phone
- Next in Paycheq Pro →What Paycheq Pro adds
- Next in Paycheq Pro →Restoring a purchase
- Next in Paycheq Pro →If your Pro subscription ends
- Next in Troubleshooting →My figures don't match my cheque
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