Payroll calculation and reporting

Purpose

1.1. Automates calculation of staff payroll, deductions, bonuses, and creates compliance-ready payroll reports.
1.2. Automates syncing time-clock data, calculating overtime, holidays, service charge allocations, and tip sharing.
1.3. Automates creation, storage, and distribution of payslips, automated reminders for payment, and real-time reporting for management and finance.
1.4. Automating audit logs of changes and compliance with tax, pension, and benefit laws.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled trigger (e.g., weekly, biweekly payroll period).
2.2. New employee addition, termination, or contract update.
2.3. Receipt of time-sheet or point-of-sale hours data.
2.4. Manual override or correction requests.
2.5. Bank holiday or statutory change notification.
2.6. External accountant request or end-of-fiscal-month trigger.

Platform Variants

3.1. QuickBooks
• Feature/Setting: Payroll API — Automates payroll runs, pay period configuration, gross-to-net calculations.

3.2. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Payroll and HMRC API — Automates payslip generation, real-time RTI filing, and pension submissions.

3.3. Gusto
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Automation — Triggers automated pay runs, benefits deduction, payroll tax calculation.

3.4. ADP
• Feature/Setting: API Payroll Processing — Automates gross/net pay, creates tax documents, automates direct deposit.

3.5. Paychex
• Feature/Setting: Flex Payroll API — Automates deduction types, pay schedule setup, automated onboarding/sync.

3.6. BambooHR
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Integration — Automates pulls from time-tracking, triggers on HR updates.

3.7. Zoho Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Automated Payroll Workflow — Automates payslip generation, TDS, and compliance calendar.

3.8. FreshBooks
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Add-On — Automates salary calculation, expense reimbursement, payroll compliance.

3.9. Sage
• Feature/Setting: Payroll API — Automates pay calculation, pensions, leave tracking integration.

3.10. OnPay
• Feature/Setting: Automated Pay Runs — Triggers based on roster uploads, automates recurring pay.

3.11. Wave Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Automated Payroll Runs — Syncs data, automates wage calculations, tax submissions.

3.12. Deputy
• Feature/Setting: Timesheet Export API — Automates timesheet push to payroll, triggers payroll workflow.

3.13. Square Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Timecards/Payroll Automation — Automates import of POS hours, gross payroll.

3.14. Intuit
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Automation — Automating scheduled payroll execution and e-filing.

3.15. UKG Ready (Kronos)
• Feature/Setting: Automated Time-to-Pay — Integrates time, schedules, automates compliance pay.

3.16. Paylocity
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Processing Automation — Automates salary, bonus, benefits with REST API.

3.17. Gusto Embedded Payroll
• Feature/Setting: Partner API — Automates payroll features inside other platforms.

3.18. Rippling
• Feature/Setting: Automated Payroll Workflows — HRIS sync, automates termination/separation pay.

3.19. Workday
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Input API — Automates data import, calculations for multi-country payroll.

3.20. SAP SuccessFactors
• Feature/Setting: Payroll Process Automation — Automated batch payroll, time-event triggers with Integration Center.

Benefits

4.1. Automates error-prone manual data entry and complex wage rules.
4.2. Automates compliance, reduces risk of fines, automating audit trail creation.
4.3. Automates faster, on-time pay runs, and payslip distribution for staff.
4.4. Automates integration across HR, scheduling, and financial systems for unified reporting.
4.5. Frees time for managers with automated notifications for anomalies, variances, and compliance status.
4.6. Automates scaling of payroll as staff levels fluctuate in the gastropub industry.