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Accounts Receivable comes with several formats for refund checks with attached advice slips. Two of the formats (ARCH and ARCHK11A) are ANSI-compliant (these checks meet the standards used in the United States and Canada to facilitate conversion of checks to electronic images, so that they can be cleared electronically). For more information, see About Clearing Checks Electronically.
You can use the sample format or change it to suit your company's requirements (for example, to adapt the format if you use separate pre-printed check forms).
For instructions on printing checks, see Printing Checks.
Information Printed on the Check
The sample format that comes with Accounts Receivable contains the following:
- Information about the transactions being paid by the check.
- The check number on the preprinted form. You specify the first check number to use when you print the check, so that Accounts Receivable assigns check numbers to the payments that match the check numbers on your forms.
- The numeric check amount. It is preceded by asterisks (and the textual check amount is followed by asterisks) to prevent alteration.
- The name of the payee. It is positioned on the sample check to be visible in form envelopes. You can change the position of this and any other information printed on the check forms.