BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Payroll
- a record showing for each employee his or her gross pay, deductions, and net pay. The payroll may also include details of the employer's associated employment costs.
Wiktionary Definition for: Payroll
- a list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each
- the total sum of money paid to employees
- # computing the series of accounting transactions that ensure that employees are paid correctly, and that all taxes etc are properly deducted; the department in a company responsible for it
Additional Resources
- Payroll Solutions To Meet Your Complex Payroll Needs
- When choosing a payroll solution software program, be aware of what your payroll solution needs to fill. There are many payroll solution options available, so choose wisely. Make sure the payroll solution allows for full flexibility and payroll solution software functionality. A payroll solution can offer many differing features. Look...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- ADP educates America's workers on payroll options; In celebration of National Payroll Week (Sept. 5-9), ADP partners with the American Payroll Association to communicate the benefits of paperless payroll.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 September 2005-AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING: ADP educates America's workers on payroll options; In celebration of National Payroll Week (Sept. 5-9), ADP partners with the American Payroll Association to communicate the benefits of paperless payrollC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06092005 ROSELAND,...
- Research articles 2005-09-06
- A Comparison Of Payroll Software, Payroll Services, & Online Payroll
- Small business owners have three options if they are looking to simplify and enhance their payroll process: acquire payroll software, outsource payroll via professional payroll services, or sign up for online payroll. Choosing the right payroll processing system for your small business can be confusing-especially since they all seem to...
- White papers 2008-01-20
- A Comprehensive Guide To Company Payroll Services
- There used to be a time when company payroll services were exclusively in-house, and it is only the large-scale entrepreneurs who can afford to have a full-blast payroll operation on their site. This is due to the fact that employing a person or a team of people to handle the...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Outsourcing Payroll Processing
- Outsourcing your payroll is one of the most used solutions to companies that are looking for an economical payroll solution. The basic concept is that by utilizing a payroll processing company you are using an expert group of payroll professionals to manage your company payroll needs. Accuracy and reliability are...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- HRMS System And Payroll Interfaces Defined
- During your search and evaluations of payroll HRIS Systems or HRMS payroll software applications, you will hear a great deal about interfaces. The purpose of this paper is to explain in detail how they are typically used. If you are looking at purchasing payroll HRIS Systems, HRMS payroll systems or...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- How Does Payroll Outsourcing Work?
- Payroll can be prepared by employees within a company, or it can be outsourced to a payroll service. Many businesses have discovered that outsourcing payroll to a professional service actually saves the company time and money. When a company opts to prepare its payroll in-house, there are employee expenses for...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Payroll Taxes for Your Small Business
- This paper descries the payroll taxes which are due either semi-weekly or monthly depending on the size of payroll. The IRS will dictate the schedule. If the total payroll won't come to $2,500 for the quarter, one can file quarterly. One may consider using a payroll software program to handle...
- White papers
- Webcast: Simplified Payroll Services
- From keeping track of hours and taxes to making bank deposits and signing checks, it's no wonder that businesses of all sizes are choosing to outsource their payroll services all together. But how do you know which payroll service is right for your business? And how do you keep it...
- Webcasts 2008-09-03
- Past President of the American Payroll Association Joins SurePayroll.com as Vice President of Payroll Operations
- Business Editors HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 16, 2000 SurePayroll.com, a radically new web-based payroll system, appoints payroll expert Susan Darring, CPP (53) as vice president of payroll operations. Darring recently served as president of the American Payroll Association APA, and is currently its treasurer. Darring has a...
- Research articles 2000-05-16
- 5 Things You Can Do To Avoid Payroll Mistakes
- Besides fines and angry employees, you also want to avoid penalties placed by the government because of mistakes made on your payroll taxes. Unless you outsource your payroll to a payroll service, like a professional employment organization or hire a properly trained payroll person to do your payroll and payroll...
- White papers 2009-01-07
- Online Payroll Outsourcing
- What is Online Payroll Outsourcing? Well, outsourcing service provider will process all payroll activities online and thus making paperless payroll solution. It is emerging as fast outsourcing job in the field of payroll. Online payroll will help getting full information about payroll system of your organization on few clicks anytime....
- White papers 2006-09-03
- Payroll Processing Services - Online Payroll Service
- Payroll processing is now becoming a very popular outsourcing service and now a days many outsourcing services provider offers payroll outsourcing services for small to large sized business. Payroll processing is an important aspect of any business as they have to keep track record of all employees and require solving...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- 8 Benefits Of Outsourcing Payroll
- Payroll is a headache in the best case and a nightmare in the worst case. Business owners that outsource payroll eliminate a tiresome source of personal pain. Payroll processing is a time-consuming process. Outsourcing payroll can free up staff time to pursue more important value-added and revenue-generating activities. A constant...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- What internal controls are needed for payroll?
- The objective of internal controls for payroll is to ensure that payroll disbursements are made only upon proper authorization to bona fide employees, that payroll disbursements are properly recorded and that related legal requirements such as payroll tax deposits are complied with. Each employee should have a payroll/personnel file, containing...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Getting Quicken 2005 Ready for Payroll Work
- Preparing the payroll? It's no problem with Quicken 2005. To prepare payroll checks and summarize the payroll information that one needs to prepare quarterly and annual returns, one also need to set up several liability accounts, a payroll expense category, and several payroll expense subcategories. This paper describes how to...
- White papers
- Payroll Industry Veteran CFO joins Time Plus Payroll
- ATLANTA -- Time Plus Payroll Services, Inc., of Atlanta, GA, an emerging provider of payroll, tax filing and benefits services, today announced that payroll industry veteran Neil Manna has joined the company as CFO. E[acute accent]Manna, a 7-year veteran of the payroll industry with 20 years overall financial experience, previously...
- Research articles 2005-12-27
- PayMaxx.(PAYROLL)(Brief Article)
- PayMaxx, a provider of payroll processing solutions and a self-described "Internet payroll pioneer," has brought out PayLoad ASP, a new Web-based payroll offering for mid-sized businesses with 150-2,000 employees. PayMaxx, a provider of payroll processing solutions and a self-described "Internet payroll pioneer," has...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
- Payroll Industry Leaders Sponsor American Payroll Association's Capital Summit in Washington, D.C.
- SAN ANTONIO, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Payroll Association has invited key leaders in the payroll industry to sponsor the organization's Capital Summit to be held March 11 in Washington, D.C. APA, the leader in training and education for those in payroll and related fields, is hosting...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- CyberShift Survey Shows Automating Time Entry and Eliminating Payroll Errors Remain Top Priorities for Most Companies
- A new survey by CyberShift and the American Payroll Association APA on employee time entry management showed that maintaining accurate time, attendance and payroll records remain top priorities for most companies' payroll professionals. To coincide with National Payroll Week , CyberShift, a leading provider of...
- Research articles 2008-09-02



