On 23 January 2006, Intuit Payroll came in like a thief in the night and issued a "reclaim" (i.e., withdrew the funds) on payroll deposits it had made 17 days previously on each of the 70+ employees bank accounts at the company where I work. This was totally unauthorized and Intuit claims it made a "mistake" but has not been expeditious in correcting the fiasco it has created saying it may take 10 days to correct. Luckily, the company for which I work has made another stop-gap deposit for each of its employees so that mortgages can be paid and checks won't bounce while we sit back and hope Intuit gets its act together.
My main question is this... Has this happened to anyone else using Intuit Payroll via Quickbooks or is this an isolated incident?
Here's some sobering news for everyone... Once you give permission to a payroll service like Intuit Payroll they have carte blanche over your account and you cannot do anything to stop them short of closing your bank account. Once several employees saw this coming there were many of us who tried to stop it at banks who had not yet seen the "reclaim"... no go! Most banks cannot stop preauthorized withdrawals even given notice that it is coming AND given letters from the company saying it was a mistake! I bet most you didn't know that when you give a company direct deposit information that they can also withdraw from your banking/savings account as well (at any time)! Read the fine print!
Also, if you are using Intuit Payroll services, beware. Can anyone suggest another payroll service company?