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CheckMark Payroll
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
What it is
CheckMark Payroll is desktop, do-it-yourself payroll software marketed to restaurants, bars, breweries, and other tip-based businesses. It calculates and tracks tipped wages, supports automated pay calculations and multiple pay schedules, and handles special checks, edits, reissues, and wage allocation. The restaurant offering advertises unlimited employees, locations, and payroll runs without extra charges for payroll frequency. Employers can print MICR checks or create ACH direct-deposit files for a bank or provider. Listed tax tools include federal payroll form printing, W-2 and W-3 printing and e-filing, employer payroll tax filings, and more than 40 payroll report types. Payroll data exports to CheckMark MultiLedger, QuickBooks, and other accounting software. The software runs on Windows and macOS, with internet required for installation, activation, and use. A 60-day trial does not require a credit card. Pro costs $599 a year, billed $599 first year and $419 from the second; Pro+ costs $669 a year, billed $669 first year and $489 thereafter.
For and against
For
- Calculates and tracks tipped wages
- Unlimited employees, locations, and payroll runs
- MICR checks and ACH file creation
- W-2 and W-3 e-filing
- 60-day trial without credit card
Against
- No free plan
- Internet required for installation, activation, and use
- Base license covers one company and computer
- Annual updates are required
The verdict
CheckMark Payroll focuses on self-managed payroll for tipped workplaces, with broad payroll capacity, payment options, and tax reporting. Its desktop setup, internet requirement, license limits, and recurring update needs should shape the buying decision.
Who it suits
It suits restaurants and other tip-based businesses wanting desktop payroll control. Employers needing Windows or macOS support, direct deposit, and payroll tax filings can consider it.
Plans and prices
CheckMark Online Payroll
single company · unlimited payroll runs · employee self-service portal · document management
Read 21 Oct 2026 · checkmark.com
CheckMark Payroll Pro
unlimited employees · unlimited payrolls · one company included · one computer included
Read 21 Oct 2026 · checkmark.com
CheckMark Payroll Pro+
unlimited employees · unlimited payrolls · one company included · one computer included
Read 21 Oct 2026 · checkmark.com
On the record
- Accounting integrations
- The product integrates with QuickBooks and CheckMark MultiLedger, and payroll data can be imported or exported through CSV or TXT files.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- Official product pages describe file-based imports and accounting integrations but do not provide public API or SDK documentation.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Automated payroll
- The product calculates wages, tax withholdings, deductions and paychecks automatically.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company
- CheckMark, Inc. says it has served small businesses since 1984 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.checkmark.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- The company lists 323 W Drake Rd, Suite 100, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 as its contact headquarters.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company history
- CheckMark says it was founded in Fort Collins in 1984, launched Mac payroll in 1986, Windows payroll in 1994 and Online Payroll in 2023.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The maker identifies itself as CheckMark, Inc.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- Crunchbase lists CheckMark as a private company and identifies Mohammed Ghani as founder, president and CEO.crunchbase.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company size
- Crunchbase places CheckMark in the 11–50 employee range.crunchbase.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Custom pay items
- Users can configure income and deduction categories such as bonuses, commissions, tips, benefits, 401(k) and garnishments.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Direct deposit
- CheckMark creates ACH files that customers submit to their bank or ACH provider for payroll deposits.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- CheckMark publishes a payroll manual, setup guides, FAQs and a searchable knowledge base.kb.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Employee self-service
- Online Payroll gives employees secure access to pay stubs, payroll history and W-2 forms.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Import sources
- The official site lists imports from providers including ADP, Paychex, Gusto, Rippling, Square Payroll, OnPay, Paycom, Workday, Patriot, Homebase and others when they export CSV or TXT.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The restaurant page says payroll data can be exported to CheckMark MultiLedger, QuickBooks, and other accounting software.checkmark.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The payroll manual describes proprietary copyrighted software, restricts copying and forbids modification, decompilation, reverse engineering and derivative works.checkmark.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: job costing
- A Capterra reviewer wanted job costing separated from MultiLedger rather than attached to that accounting product.capterra.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: payroll bugs
- Capterra reviewers report an instance of incorrect federal withholding and another year where vacation and sick accruals required manual calculation.capterra.com · read 21 Oct 2026
