{"id":5979,"date":"2026-03-08T21:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profitaa.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=5979"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T21:33:57","password":"","slug":"payroll-automation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/profitaa.com\/ng\/help\/accounts\/payroll-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Payroll Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In automating Payroll on Profitaa, its a series of simple steps that produced amazing results. There is no limit to how many payrolls that can be generated or the number of employees in your organisation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click the &#8220;NEW&#8221; button, select the period you are generating for e.g. January 2026, Payroll Configuration to use, Payroll Group, and define the calendar dates that entails your selected period &#8211; in some scenarios the selected period (e.g. January 2026) might have different working dates, so its important you select the date range for that period.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is also necessary for the computation of attendance &#8211; present and absent. Yes! Profitaa calculates your Employee attendances as part of payroll computation, deducting the days they are not &#8220;Present&#8221; at work. Refer to our Attendance system to understand how this work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click the &#8220;Proceed to Step 2&#8221; to continue the Payroll process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5982\" src=\"https:\/\/profitaa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/profitaa-accountingsoftware-payroll_process1-39-example.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/profitaa.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/profitaa-accountingsoftware-payroll_process1-39-example.png 646w, https:\/\/profitaa.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/profitaa-accountingsoftware-payroll_process1-39-example-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In automating Payroll on Profitaa, its a series of simple steps that produced amazing results. 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