Approve payroll
OPTIONAL: If you added new hires last pay period
- Log into your Wagepoint account
- Confirm your employee has been added to the system. If not, you can add their info yourself or ask Cycle CPA to do it for you
- Review employee/contractor information is correct
- Ensure the pay rate is correct
- Confirm the new employee uploaded bank information
Complete payroll in Wagepoint
- Login to www.wagepoint.com
- Click on “Payroll” in the menu, select the pay group (monthly or biweekly) that you want to process, and press “Next”
- Check the first, last, and pay date are all correct. Then press “Next”
- We recommend a Saturday for first day of pay cycle, Friday (14 days later) for last day of pay cycle, and pay date 4 days after the last day.
- For example: First (July 3rd), Last (July 16), Pay Date (July 20)
- Hours
- Click “Import Hours” to pull the hours you had approved in Track into Wagepoint.
- Review the Hours, Overtime (OT) hours, and vacation hours for all hourly employees and contractors
- If you are not paying an employee/contractor, we recommend turn the button under “Pay?” to off for that person to save the processing fee for them
- Press next when you’re satisfied that the numbers are correct
- Salary
- Review the Hours, Pay, and Vacation hours of each salaried employee
- Press “Next” when you’re satisfied that the numbers are correct
- Process
- OPTIONAL: Click on “View” beside each employee/contractor to review their calculation OR click “View All” to see the income, deductions and total net pay for all employees
- Click the box beside “I confirm” and click “Approve Payroll” when you’re satisfied and want to complete the payroll payments
- Once you do this, Wagepoint will start the process to withdraw money from your bank account
- Confirm
- You’ll see a confirmation screen