# Cash and a paycheck: what was my boss up to?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-and-a-paycheck-what-was-my-boss-up-to/994381 "2023-12-10T20:05:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-and-a-paycheck-what-was-my-boss-up-to/994381/41 "2023-12-13T20:21:00Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> Ok. They certainly would do that, but there’s still no point to it.

As we have said several times=

> [@doreen](#):
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> The checks really only matter to the payroll service -

> [@echoreply](#):
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> The only reason I could think of, if it’s a payroll service with printed checks, is the pay stub attached to the checks.

The checks are just for the payroll service.

Now, sure, there could be some weird shit going on here, except -  
It was only for one single month  
and  
That was the last month the old owner owned the business.

Thus making sure there are no outstanding checks is what makes sense.

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