Approve a payroll

The payroll is returned to you by your Payroll Specialist for your approval.

Before you begin

  • Make sure you have submitted your payroll. Find out more at Submit a payroll .

  • Make sure you have receive an email that says your Payroll Specialist has submitted your payroll for approval.

Approve a payroll

  1. Go to Payroll.

    A notice appears to let you know the processing is finished. You can also view more details about the payroll, including PAYE PAYE or Pay as you earn is an HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) system to collect Income Tax and National Insurance from employment., Employee NIC, Employer NIC, Net, Take Home, Cost and Pay Date.

  2. Select the Gross to Net tab to view further details about your payroll and download as a PDF or CSV file.

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    Go to Reports to review and validate the information is correct:

  3. Once the checks are complete , select Approve. When prompted, select Approve Pay Run to send it back to your Payroll Specialist to complete.

  4. If you need to send the payroll back to the Payroll Specialist, select Reject.

  5. Select a reason and add notes.

    Reason Explanation
    Pay Bureau Error The Bureau made an error processing your data
    Changes to Original Data You have changes you still need to make
    Additional Data Not Submitted You need to add more data, for example, a new employee
    Other Another reason for the rejection

    Your payroll is now submitted and is locked down for review by your Payroll Specialist. You can't make any changes until the Payroll Specialist has completed the payroll process.

  6. Once your Payroll Specialist has finalised the payroll, you are notified so you can review the payslips and other important information, such as updated reports, about your payroll.