Answer:
Your instinct -- that the business is benefitting from the cashing of the check -- is on target. To feel better about that instinct, you can either ask the runner each time if the cash is for him/her or for the business, or you can suggest that the business annotate the check with its purpose and proceed accordingly.
Unless you believe the employee is benefitting from the cashing of the check (I'd bet he won't benefit from it more than once before losing his job and perhaps his freedom ), complete Section A about the business and Section B about the runner.
First published on BankersOnline.com 05/3/04