Does the amount on a company payroll check have to be written out or can it just appear as the number?
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There is no legal requirement concerning the number of times the amount must be placed on a check, or whether the dollar amount must be expressed in numeric form or spelled out in words. That most checks carry both an amount in words and an amount in numeric form, is a long-standing practice to make the dollar amount more legible and tamper-resistant.
The convention is that if a check only has the amount stated once, it's in numeric form.
If the dollar amount is stated both in numeric form and written out in words, and if there is a discrepancy between the two statements of the amount, the amount in words controls.
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There is no legal requirement concerning the number of times the amount must be placed on a check, or whether the dollar amount must be expressed in numeric form or spelled out in words. That most checks carry both an amount in words and an amount in numeric form, is a long-standing practice to make the dollar amount more legible and tamper-resistant.