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Paychecks are sent to the bank once a month on the 15^th of every month (or the last business day before it if the 15^th falls on the weekend). You may see it deposited in the bank account prior to that date (and you will see an email come from Reliant saying it was deposited many days before the 15th), but the funds are not typically released until the 15^th although some banks do allow you to access the funds early once it appears in your account. Every bank is different on the timing.

A pay stub shows all the amounts used to calculate how much is deposited into your bank account on payday. See below for a guide to the types of expenses used. This list is not exhaustive.

Available funds are no longer showing on the paystub. This was a source of confusion when it was on the paystub as the system uses true accounting (a negative amount was shown as a positive) and that could not be changed on the paystub. It also showed the balance before accruals for medical, etc. were included so it did not accurately reflect the exact balance. You can find the account balance on the dashboard in Toolbox. Toolbox will show the remaining balance after payroll. It does not show real-time balances or even the exact balance at the time of payroll calculation. Because Toolbox is updated monthly there could potentially be corrections that were posted which may change the balance at the next monthly update. If you want to know the exact balance used at the time of payroll calculation, please reach out to payroll@reliant.org. 

As a reminder, available funds for each paycheck are calculated using funds that have come in by the end of the previous month. It does not include any funds that have been received at the beginning of the month that your payment for payroll is received as your paycheck is for hours worked/funds received from the previous month.

Gross pay is the total of all of your pay types for the month. Once all the deductions are taken out, your net pay is what is deposited into your bank account on payday. 

You can always submit a new W4 (Link to Federal W4) and change your options so that more is withdrawn each month.

Your gross pay is larger than usual. Increases in gross pay can be because of: 

• A large taxable reimbursement
• Back pay paid 
• A bonus

Example: Large Taxable Reimbursement 

Your Payroll Options

Request an Optional Payroll Bonus for Taxable Reimbursement Expenses

• Designed to help offset taxes you're paying on the paycheck due to the reimbursement, in hopes of making your paycheck closer to the "normal" amount you receive  
• The optional 25% bonus is added to your paycheck. (It's not paid to you when the reimbursement is paid.)
• It helps with taxes, but the bonus is also taxed. 
• The bonus comes from the MTD account you are responsible for.
• When completing your reimbursement form, you will be asked if you would like to receive the taxable reimbursement bonus.

Request fewer taxes withheld one-time.

If you expect a large paycheck, you can request that fewer taxes be withheld by emailing payroll@reliant.org.

In the case that an employee wants to make a one-time Federal tax change to a certain paycheck (without making a permanent change to their federal withholdings), the employee may send an email to payroll@reliant.org before 16th day of any given month in order to affect the following month's paycheck. The email should be from the employee's @reliant.org email account and must clearly state how much money the employee would like withheld for the specific pay date. 

For example, an employee could send an email stating "From my XX/XX/XXXX (Month/Day/Year) paycheck, please withhold $X (specify the dollar amount) in Federal taxes".

See Tax Info & Forms (Link to Federal W4) for more information.

The amount of money raised in MTD goes toward much more than just an employee's take-home pay.

Example:

• In January, $3,000 comes into the account you are responsible for.
• $360 goes toward the Admin fee
• $21 goes toward credit card transaction fees (this amount varies based on giving by credit card)
• $400 goes toward your insurance coverages

This leaves you with a $2,219 ending balance available for next month's payroll (before taxes).

Of that $2,219 ending balance:

• $342 goes toward FICA ($171 for the employee portion and $171 for the employer portion)
• $100 goes toward federal taxes
• $40 goes toward state taxes

This leaves you with $1,747 paid into your bank account on payday.

There are lots of factors that impact net pay. Look at your last "normal" paystub and your most recent pay stub. Here are a few things to look for on your pay stub and why they might change: