Why aren't payroll deduction checks showing on my ASCENDER check register?
Short answer
The ASCENDER check register has a required parameter, Include Payroll Deduction Checks? (Y/N). If it is set to N, payroll deduction checks are excluded from the report. Set it to Y and re-run.
The report is FIN1250 - Check Register, at Finance > Reports > Finance Reports > Journals, Checks, Detail Ledgers > Check Register.
The detail
FIN1250 "displays a list of all checks that have been issued including all district-written checks and all computer checks that have already been printed." It is meant for verifying entries for district-written checks and verifying computer checks after printing.
Every parameter below is required, and three of them silently exclude whole categories of checks:
| Parameter | Options | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting Period | Current (C), Next (N) | C includes the current accounting period; N includes the next one. |
| Sort by | Fund/Check Nbr (F), Bank Acct (B), Check Nbr (C), No Detail (D) | D sorts by check number without account details. Use that one for board reports or uploading online. |
| Include Payroll Deduction Checks? | Y / N | N excludes payroll deduction checks. This is the usual cause of the missing checks. |
| Include Voided Checks? | Y / N / Voided only (V) | V returns only voided checks. |
| Include Transfer Checks? | Y / N | N excludes transfer transaction checks. |
Two other things that will make checks disappear from this report:
- Account code masking. Report information is displayed based on the masked account codes set in the User Profiles table for the logged-on user. If your profile masks the funds the checks were written from, you will not see them, and the report will not tell you that anything was filtered.
- You may want a different report. FIN1250 runs against an accounting period. If you are looking for checks across a whole year, including unprocessed transactions, use FIN1800 - Year-to-Date Check Register List instead. See the related page below.
Where this comes from
ASCENDER Business documentation, FIN1250 - Check Register (Finance > Reports > Finance Reports > Journals, Checks, Detail Ledgers > Check Register). Open the source
Related questions
Current as of: ASCENDER Business documentation, FIN1250 - Check Register. Checked 19 October 2026.
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