Set up two-day payroll with Square

Two-day payroll helps you get your team paid faster. This feature allows you to either submit payroll up to two business days from your team’s pay date or get your team paid up to two days early, depending on when you want to submit payroll for processing. With this flexibility, two-day payroll gives you more time to run payroll and off-cycle payments.

For off-cycle and contractor payments, your team members will receive pay two business days after you submit the payment.

Before you begin

You can apply for two-day payroll from your Square Dashboard. You have two options for applying:

Learn more about Plaid on their website.

You must have already submitted at least one regular payroll run on your account before you can have a two-day deadline. Once you send a pay run, approval times for this method can vary from 1-2 business days.

If your application for two-day payroll is denied, you can re-apply to have the feature enabled on your account three months from the initial application date. To re-apply, contact Square Support.

Apply for two-day payroll

Option 1: Apply with Plaid

If you update your bank account information or change your bank account sign-in details, relink your bank account with Plaid to avoid potential interruptions to your Square Payroll service.

  1. Sign in to your Square Dashboard and select Staff & payroll >Payroll >Pay Schedule.
  2. Under the Running payroll section, find Deadline to run payroll and select Change.
  3. In the drop-down menu, select Two days before pay date.
  4. Select Apply for a two-day payroll deadline.
  5. Follow the application prompts to provide the requested information. Ensure you link your bank account via Plaid when prompted during the application process, which lets you quickly and securely connect your bank account. If you already manually verified your bank account without Plaid, move on to Option 2.
  6. Select Submit.

Option 2: Apply with manual verification

If you are unable to use Plaid to link your bank account because Plaid does not support your bank, you encountered an error with Plaid, or for another reason, you can manually verify your bank account to apply for two-day payroll processing. Learn how to verify your Square Payroll bank account.

Once your bank account is verified, you can apply for two-day payroll processing.

  1. Sign in to your Square Dashboard and select Staff & payroll >Payroll >Pay Schedule.
  2. Under the Running payroll section, find Deadline to run payroll and select Change.
  3. In the drop-down menu, select Two days before pay date.
  4. Select Apply for a two-day payroll deadline.
  5. On the next window, select What if I can’t link with Plaid?
  6. Follow the application prompts to provide the requested information and select Submit.

Once your request for two-day payroll is submitted, your application will be reviewed. If your application is approved, the deadline to submit payroll will be updated in your Square Dashboard. Until then, the processing time of four business days for payroll will apply to your account.

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