How to Write a Company Check
Writing a company check is similar to writing a personal check, though sometimes more signatures are required depending on your business checking account requirements. You can also write a company check with the traditional pen and check method. You can also do so by using computer-printed checks. A business check is usually easier to tender than a personal check for payment. That's because there is normally less risk involved to the merchant. It also makes tax deductions and basic accounting easier when it comes to making business purchases.
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Instructions
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Make sure your business checking account has sufficient funds and that multiple signatures are not required for the check.
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Once at the store cash register, if you have a traditional paper checkbook or checking binder, take a check out along with a pen. You may be asked for a photo identification and business card to prove your identity as both a person and a professional with the company printed on the check.
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In the proper blank at the top of the check, fill in the current date.
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Write the name of the person or business your company wishes to pay after the words "To" on the check. . For example, you could write a check to employee Susan Smith for services rendered.
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Write the amount of money you wish to pay the recipient in numbers in the appropriate blank, then words on the next appropriate line. For example, a check could be written as "$50.52" in the "Numbers" blank and as "Fifty dollars and fifty-two cents" in the "Words" blank.
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Sign at the signature line. Ensure no other additional signatures are required.
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Hand deliver or mail the check if it is for an invoice, a paycheck or a mail order business purchase.
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Tips & Warnings
Remember that writing a company check really is similar to a personal check.
If using a computer to print checks, follow the instructions for the paper and software program very carefully.
