Payroll Frequency	Click to select the pay frequency for which you wish to view or change payroll information.

❏ Under W4 Marital Status Information:

• To delete information, delete the data in the New column and click Update.
• Click Undo to return the data to its original state. A message is displayed confirming that you want to cancel your changes.

Filing Status	Click to select a filing status. H Head of household M Married filing jointly S Single or Married filing separately
Multi-Jobs	Select to indicate that there are multiple jobs in the household. Per IRS, complete this step if you (1) hold more than one job at a time, or (2) are married filing jointly and your spouse also works. The correct amount of withholding depends on income earned from all of these jobs.
Children under 17	Type the number of children in the household under the age of 17 as of December 31. Per IRS, including these credits will increase your paycheck (i.e., lower the amount withheld from your paycheck by $2,000 per child) and reduce the amount of any refund you may receive when you file your tax return (i.e., lowers your tax return credit).
Other Dependents	Type the number of other dependents in the household.
Other Exemptions	Type the amount of any other exemptions that may affect your federal income tax withholding.
Other Income	Type the amount of any other income that may affect your federal income tax withholding.
Other Deductions	Type the amount of any other deductions that may affect your federal income tax withholding. Per IRS, this is useful if you expect to claim deductions other than the standard deduction and want to reduce your withholding.

The IRS Lock-in Letter field is only displayed if the IRS has determined that you do not have sufficient withholding and a Lock-in Letter has been issued and updated on your pay info record in ASCENDER. For more information about the IRS Lock-in Letter, visit the IRS website. If you have questions, contact your Human Resources/Payroll department.

❏ Under Direct Deposit Bank Accounts:

• Click Add to add a new financial institution to have your paycheck directly deposited.
• Click Delete to delete a financial institution from your record.
• To delete information, delete the data in the New column and click Update.
• Click Undo to return the data to its original state. A message is displayed confirming that you want to cancel your changes.

Note: The number of direct deposit accounts is determined by the LEA. If the LEA only allows one direct deposit bank and one already exists, you will not be allowed to enter and save a second one unless you delete the first one. If the LEA allows zero direct deposit banks and you have one or more, the banks will remain until you make a change. Once you attempt to make a change to the bank, the system will not allow you to save the change.

Primary	Select to indicate whether the bank account is the primary account for your paycheck to be directly deposited. Only one account can be selected as the primary account.
Bank	Click to select a bank. A window opens with a list of all available bank names and their respective routing numbers. Click the routing number to select a bank, the bank name and routing number are displayed.
Bank Acct Nbr	Type the bank account number associated with the bank code. The field can be a maximum of 17 characters. This account number is used for the direct deposit of your paycheck. This account number must be associated with the bank name entered in the Bank field.
Bank Acct Type	Click to select the code to indicate the account type (e.g., checking or savings
Bank Acct Amt	Type the amount to be deposited into the account at the bank indicated. The primary account displays a blank account amount. All secondary accounts must contain an amount. Those amounts are distributed, and the remainder of the paycheck will be sent to the primary account. The bank account amount cannot exceed 9,999,999.99.