Payroll Processing

This section explains the operational language of payroll: payroll runs, payroll registers, direct-deposit handling, review steps, and the controls that turn calculations into actual payment.

Use it when the main question is how payroll gets processed, reviewed, and released rather than what a paycheck term means by itself.

Current pages:

• Direct Deposit explains the electronic payment method used after payroll calculates net pay.
• Paper Check explains the physical paycheck method used instead of electronic deposit.
• Split Deposit explains how one net-pay amount can be distributed across multiple deposit destinations.
• Manual Check explains exception payments issued outside the ordinary automated flow.
• Voided Check explains how payroll cancels a check that should no longer be treated as valid.
• Replacement Check explains the new valid payment issued after an earlier check can no longer be used.
• Payroll Adjustment explains payroll corrections and updates after review.
• Payroll Funding explains the employer-side step that makes payroll payment possible before release.
• Negative Net Pay explains the exception result where reductions exceed available pay.
• Gross-to-Net Pay explains the full calculation path from gross pay to final net pay.
• Gross-Up explains the reverse payroll calculation method used to reach a target net result.
• Net-to-Gross explains the reverse payroll math used to derive gross from a desired net amount.
• Payroll Register explains the internal report payroll teams use to review and reconcile a payroll run.
• Final Paycheck explains the employee’s last payroll payment after employment ends.
• Wage Advance explains the early payroll-related payment made ahead of the ordinary cycle.
• Payroll Reconciliation explains the review process used to confirm payroll totals and records make sense.

In this section

• 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.
• 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 Reconciliation
  What payroll reconciliation means, how payroll teams use it, and why it matters before and after payroll is finalized.
• Payroll Register
  What a payroll register is, how payroll teams use it, and how it differs from an employee pay stub.
• Replacement Check
  What a replacement check means in payroll, when it is used, and how payroll keeps the original and replacement events straight.
• Split Deposit
  What a split deposit means in payroll, how it works, and why payment distribution is separate from paycheck calculation.
• 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.