From nothing to your first payroll
Seven steps between an empty workspace and a payroll run that files a bank transfer. This is all of them, in order, with what each one is for.
- 1Company profile5 min
Your legal entity, country and bank details. The country decides which payroll engine runs — the law is already in the product, you do not configure it.
- 2Add your people20 min
One file per person, or an Excel sheet for all of them at once. There is a template you download, fill and upload back.
- 3Set salaries15 min
Basic pay and allowances. Which parts are taxable and which count for social security is decided by the country pack, not by you.
- 4Bank IBANs10 min
Needed for the transfer file. Payroll refuses to be approved while somebody has no IBAN, because that person would silently drop out of the payment file.
- 5Leave types & holidays10 min
Annual and sick leave, accruals and carry-over. The statutory minimum for your country is already filled in.
- 6Shifts5 min
Only if you run shifts. Skip it otherwise — the checklist does not hold you up for something you do not use.
- 7Run your first payroll10 min
Calculate, review, approve, download the bank file. Tax and social security are computed from the statute of the country you are in.
The calculator and the law guides are the same code the payroll runs on — not a demo of it. Put a salary in and see the tax and social security your country actually charges.