Payroll reports at your fingertips

Payroll software like Workstream usually generates reports such as payroll registers, employee wage summaries, tax liability reports, deduction and benefits summaries, time-off accrual reports, and labor cost reports by location, role, or department. Year-end reporting also includes W-2 previews, 1099 previews, and ACA 1095-C tracking for applicable large employers. Workstream allows operators to filter and group reports by location, EIN, role, pay date, and custom fields directly inside the platform.

In Workstream, custom payroll reports can be built by filtering and grouping payroll data by location, role, employee, pay date, EIN, or custom fields. Workstream also allows operators to save report configurations and automate report delivery after payroll runs or on recurring schedules. This removes the need for finance teams to manually export raw payroll data into spreadsheets for reporting.

Payroll data integrates with accounting software through general ledger exports or native accounting integrations. Workstream supports CSV GL exports mapped to your chart of accounts and direct integrations with QuickBooks, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, and Xero. Operators with custom financial systems can also use the Workstream REST API for custom integrations.

Workstream’s payroll reports can run across multiple EINs through consolidated or entity-specific reporting. Multi-EIN operators can generate reports across all legal entities together or isolate reports by individual entity for tax and accounting purposes. Workstream also supports permission-based access controls so franchisees only see reports tied to their own entities.

Labor cost reports by location can be generated by grouping payroll data by location, role, or both and filtering by a selected date range. Workstream also allows operators to compare labor costs against forecasted labor budgets. For operators connected to POS systems, labor costs can also be viewed as a percentage of sales, which is one of the core labor metrics restaurant operators use to manage profitability.

Payroll software like Workstream catches compliance errors before a pay run by automatically checking payroll data for overtime violations, minimum wage gaps, missed break premiums, and labor law anomalies before payroll closes. Workstream includes a built-in AI assistant that flags these issues early enough for managers to correct them during the same payroll cycle. This helps operators resolve smaller payroll issues before they become larger compliance penalties or audit findings later.