Payroll-Processing

Payroll Close
Operational closeout stage that confirms the payroll run is complete, reconciled, and ready for downstream follow-up.
Payroll Run
Full payroll-processing event that turns approved inputs into calculated pay, deductions, and payment output.
Direct Deposit
Electronic payroll payment method that delivers net pay to a bank account after payroll is calculated.
Final Paycheck
What a final paycheck means in payroll, why it needs special handling, and how it differs from an ordinary payroll run.
Gross-to-Net Pay
What gross-to-net pay means in payroll, how the calculation works, and why it connects most paycheck terms together.
Gross-Up
Payroll method that increases gross pay so the employee receives a target net amount after withholding and deductions.
Manual Check
What a manual check means in payroll, when it is used, and how it differs from ordinary scheduled payroll payment.
Negative Net Pay
Payroll exception where deductions, taxes, or adjustments exceed available earnings and push the net-pay result below zero.
Net-to-Gross
What net-to-gross means in payroll and how it relates to gross-up calculations.
Off-Cycle Payroll
What off-cycle payroll means, why employers run it, and how it differs from a regular payroll schedule.
Paper Check
What a paper check means in payroll, how it differs from direct deposit, and where it fits in payroll operations.
Payroll Adjustment
Payroll correction or update applied when the first calculation should not remain unchanged in current or later processing.
Payroll Funding
Employer-side step of making payroll cash available before deposits, checks, and related payment obligations are released.
Payroll Processing
Step-by-step payroll workflow terms from calculation and funding to adjustments and reconciliation.
Payroll Register
What a payroll register is, how payroll teams use it, and how it differs from an employee pay stub.
Payroll Reconciliation
What payroll reconciliation means, how payroll teams use it, and why it matters before and after payroll is finalized.
Replacement Check
What a replacement check means in payroll, when it is used, and how payroll keeps the original and replacement events straight.
Retro Pay
What retro pay means in payroll, why it happens, and how it differs from ordinary current-period earnings.
Severance Pay
What severance pay means in payroll, when it appears, and how it differs from ordinary ongoing compensation.
Split Deposit
What a split deposit means in payroll, how it works, and why payment distribution is separate from paycheck calculation.
Vacation Payout
What a vacation payout means in payroll, when it appears, and how it differs from ordinary vacation pay.
Voided Check
What a voided check means in payroll, when it happens, and why payroll must reverse the original payment status carefully.
Wage Advance
Payroll-related early payment made before the normal pay date, with later payroll records needing to account for it clearly.