Payroll
Use Seapoint Payroll to pay your team directly from your Seapoint account — with automated tax calculations, statutory payment scheduling, and a full payroll history in one place.
Setting up payroll
How do I set up payroll for the first time?
How do I set up payroll for the first time?
One-time setup:
Navigate to Payroll
Click Set up payroll: company name, employer tax ref, payroll frequency, pay date
Land on Payroll dashboard
Only once.
Adding and managing employees
How do I add an employee?
How do I add an employee?
Click Add employee
Enter details (name, email, PPS/NI number, start date, salary, tax)
Save
Changes after submission take effect next cycle.
How do I edit or update an employee's details?
How do I edit or update an employee's details?
Employees list
Click employee
Edit and Save
Update tax credits before next run.
How do I remove an employee from payroll?
How do I remove an employee from payroll?
Navigate to Employees
Click and Remove from payroll
Enter end date
Excluded from future runs, history remains.
Running a payroll cycle
How do I run payroll?
How do I run payroll?
Click Run payroll
Review summary (gross, deductions, net)
Make adjustments
Review & submit
Cut-off deadline shown.
How are statutory payments handled?
How are statutory payments handled?
Auto-calculated: PAYE & USC (to Revenue), PRSI (to DSP), Pension (if applicable). Listed in summary before submit.
Reviewing and approving payroll
How does payroll approval work?
How does payroll approval work?
Pending approval status, approver notified, approve or reject with note. Payments scheduled on approval. Configurable in Settings.
Can I make changes after submitting payroll for approval?
Can I make changes after submitting payroll for approval?
No, approver must reject for corrections.
Payroll statuses and history
What do the different payroll statuses mean?
What do the different payroll statuses mean?
Status | Meaning |
Draft | In progress |
Pending approval | Awaiting approver |
Approved | Approved by authorized user |
Processing | Payments being sent |
Paid | Completed successfully |
Rejected | Sent back for revision |
Failed | Error during processing |
How do I view past payroll runs?
How do I view past payroll runs?
History tab, click for full breakdown.
How do I download payslips?
How do I download payslips?
Open completed run, click employee, Download payslip PDF. Employees can also access their own.
Still have questions? Contact our support team at help@seapoint.co or message us on Slack — we're here to help.