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This page is provided to answer commonly asked payroll questions. If your question is not listed below or more clarification is needed, please contact the payroll office at 706-355-5115.

1. Can I sign up for Direct Deposit?
2. How do I receive my paycheck?
3. I missed the cut off date for payroll ormy supervisor forgot to submit my hours in a timely manner. Can I receive a check this month?
4. I want to change my Federal or State Tax withholding amounts. What do I need to do?
5. How do I increase/decrease salary deferrals or saving plans?

Can I sign up for Direct Deposit?
Employees classified as Full-Time are eligible for this program. Complete the payroll from Direct Deposit and submit to Human Resources. Directions on how to complete the form and conditions of the program accompany the form located on the forms page of this web-site.

How do I receive my paycheck?
Full-Time Faculty and Staff: You may have your check direct deposited, mailed, held for pick-up in the business office with the cashier, or routed to your respective division secretary.

Adjunct Instructors & Student Workers: You may have your check mailed or held for pick-up in the business office with the cashier.

If you wish us to release your check to a spouse, significant other, family member, friend, or coworker, you must complete the Authorization to release Pay Check Form. It will be held on file in the Business Office. Recipients of the check must present the cashier with an official State of Georgia or Federal Government ID. If the recipient does not have an ID, even though the form is on file, the check will not be released.

I missed the cut off date for payroll or my supervisor forgot to submit my hours in a timely manner. Can I receive a check this month?
When a situation of this nature occurs, it is unfortunate and in most circumstances, individuals receiving compensation for their time with us will have to wait until the following month. The circumstances for each individual situation will be reviewed, and a determination will be made.

Pay checks are not physically generated on-site at Athens Technical College. If an error has been made on the behalf of payroll, on demand/off cycle checks can be generated. We will make ever effort possible to compensate the individual in a timely and efficient manner.

I want to change my Federal or State Tax withholding amounts. What do I need to do?
Go to the forms page and look for the payroll section. There you will see hyperlinks to the Federal and State Tax withholding forms. Complete them on-line, print, sign and date, and then submit to Human Resources. We cannot accept them if you submit them electronically because we must have an original, hand written signature. We will neither accept nor process forms having electronic or digital signatures.

How do I increase/decrease salary deferrals or saving plans?
Contact Leslie Crickenberger (lcrickenberger@athenstech.edu) in the Human Resources department regarding savings plans and salary deferrals. It is a simple process of completing the correct form and we want to insure you have the appropriate one for the corresponding plan. We understand that we have several savings options available for employees and we want to ensure accuracy in your deferrals.