payroll record

Staff compensation log

A payroll record is documentation of employee compensation—wages, hours worked, deductions, and taxes withheld.

Employers maintain payroll records for accounting purposes and legal compliance: The auditor requested three years of payroll records.

The term usually appears in plural form, referring to the complete set of such documents.

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deductions · tax withholding · taxes · withholding · social security · employees · human resources · hours · overtime · direct deposit · direct deposit form · stub · earnings · W-2 · benefits · accounting · ledger · punch clock

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documentation status

payroll recordunreported income

Money not disclosed officially

ghost employee

transaction direction

payroll recordaccounts receivable

Debts owed to business

sales receipt · invoice · income statement · receipt

Family

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