When writing a check, why do you write the line at the end of spelling out the money amount?
I was told it was because someone can add an additional amount to the spelling, but that sounds like a ridiculous reason. I just do it because I was told to. Is there a better reason as to why we do it? I usually don’t take up the whole space anyway, so there’s no space left for a line.
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I would agree that it’s so people can’t alter what you’ve written. Why does that seem ridiculous?
People have and do use that space. Checks for fourteen dollars have been altered to pay the recipient fourteen thousand.
It is a real thing.
Prevention is a good thing.
I don’t see how not putting a line after the 00/100 would enable someone to alter a check—don’t people recognize the 00/100 as the end of what the person’s writing on that line? If it’s more than meets the eye, I’m curious to see how.
I googled some alterings, and some occurred at the beginning.
$162 turned into $1,162, and even more slyly, $8 turned into $80. That last one looked way too easy.
Makes me feel extra cautious about my spacing, but I still don’t get the line.
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