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Reviewing and auditing the draft pay

Step two of the pay process - checking pay calculations before finalising.

Updated over 3 months ago

After preparing your draft pay, you must review and audit it carefully before finalising. This step helps catch errors whilst they're still easy to fix.

Reviewing individual employees

Instead of flicking between tabs to review the different pay inputs, use:

  • Payslip: For a detailed view of the employee's pay.

  • Summary: For a broader snapshot of the employee's pay.

Reviewing all employees

Running reports is essential. Use Pay Reports to generate detailed checks across all staff.

To run pay reports:

  1. Click Pay Reports in the payrun screen.

  2. Select the reports you want to run.

  3. Click OK to collate your selection into one PDF.

ℹ️ Useful tips:

  • Experiment with the available reports and choose those that suit your audit process.

  • Use Remember to set your preferred reports as default for future pay runs.

Common reports to run

  • Pay summary report

  • Pay detail report

  • Cost centre analysis

  • Tax summary

  • Superannuation or retirement scheme summary

  • Leave accruals and usage

Repeat until correct

If errors are found:

  1. Fix them in the draft pay.

  2. Re-run the audit reports.

  3. Continue until everything is correct.

Don't rush this step - it's much easier to fix mistakes in draft than after processing.

Payslip production

Payslips are part of the audit process. They allow employees to confirm what they're being paid.

Print payslips:

  1. Pay Reports β†’ select only Payslips.

  2. Click OK.

Send payslips by email:

  1. Pay Reports β†’ Send Payslips.

  2. Confirm.

Report selections don't affect sending - only payslips are ever sent.

Next step

After reviewing and auditing the draft pay, follow instructions in the article here for Finalising and processing pays.

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