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Download and review payroll reports

Payroll reports provide review outputs, payment outputs, statutory views, exception reports, and combined workbook exports. Review the right reports before authorization, payment, and month-end close.

WiseWage SupportUpdated September 20263 min readCompany Admin, assigned company administrator, authorized platform administratorPayroll, Enterprise
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WiseWage payroll reports dashboard
  1. 1Select the payroll run and reporting period
  2. 2Download payroll and ledger outputs
  3. 3Use exception reports for investigation
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Access required

Company-wide reports require company administration access. Consultants can report only on assigned companies unless explicitly granted all-company access. Ordinary employees and viewers use their permitted Employee portal reports.

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Reports to review before authorization

Payroll Journal is the core review report, but it is not the only pre-authorization check. Use the reports available to your role and company report-access settings before authorizing the run.

  1. 1

    Payroll Provision - CFS: review gross pay, deductions, reliefs, PAYE, net pay, and employee-level payroll computation.

    • Component columns with no values for anyone in the selected run are omitted, and each employee net pay is never shown below zero.
    • When used in the selected period, Prior-period net-pay recovery appears as a separate labelled post-tax deduction.
  2. 2

    General Ledger by All Departments, Department, Location, or State where enabled: confirm payroll cost allocation before authorization.

    • A used Prior-period net-pay recovery appears as a separate labelled post-tax deduction, and net pay is reduced by the same amount.
    • Its tax-calculation fields (Rent Relief, Employee Pension, and Taxable Pay) appear immediately before PAYE.
  3. 3

    Salary Changes: compare the selected run against the prior approved month at component level.

    • It shows changed, new, and removed employees while excluding unchanged employees.
    • A used Prior-period net-pay recovery is shown separately for reconciliation.
  4. 4

    Custom Component Report: use Generate Preview first, then Export XLSX after reviewing the in-app preview.

    When recovery was used in the period, select Prior-period net-pay recovery to review it as a system-controlled post-tax deduction.

  5. 5

    Variable Ledger: review variable income and deduction usage uploaded for the run, including resolved formula and percentage amounts for variable components.

  6. 6

    Payslip and PAYE Tax Computation: click View, then select the department scope.

    • - Use Find employee to search by name or Staff ID, then choose the employee from Employee.
    • - Choose View employee or Download employee for that person only in the selected payroll period.
    • The preview's Download keeps the same employee selection.
    • - Leave Employee on All employees in selected departments for the existing department output.
    • - Download ZIP keeps the employee selection.
    • PAYE ZIP files contain PAYE computations; Payslip ZIP files contain payslips.
    • - If a selected employee is unavailable after changing period or departments, choose an eligible employee or explicitly select All employees before continuing.
  7. 7

    Exception and departure warnings: check missing setup, post-departure inclusion, and same-period proration warnings before authorizing.

  8. 8

    Payslip or PAYE preview outputs where your workflow requires an additional payroll review before final authorization.

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Custom Component Report: Generate Preview then Export XLSX

Custom Component Report uses a generate-first workflow because reviewers choose the component, reporting treatment, employee filters, and whether zero or inactive employees should be included.

  1. 1

    Open Payroll > Payroll Reports and select the payroll run or period.

  2. 2

    Choose Custom Component Report.

  3. 3

    Select the component and filters required for the review.

  4. 4

    Click Generate Preview to review the report in WiseWage before downloading.

  5. 5

    For formula components, review the source component columns, final output, and calculation note.

  6. 6

    Click Export XLSX when the preview matches the report you need.

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Reports to review before payment

  1. 1

    Bank Schedule: save the shared Company Account Number in Firm Settings first, then confirm the Bank Schedule tab's editable Schedule Name and payment rows.

    • Bank Name appears immediately after Schedule Name and uses saved employee bank details; missing names stay blank.
    • Check the debit account, credit account and Credit Bank Code before uploading to your bank.

    The Summary - Bank Schedule tab updates automatically when Schedule Names change, and the output reflects the same final net pay after approved variables, deductions, and any Prior-period net-pay recovery as the payroll journal, general ledger, and payslips.

  2. 2

    Payslip review.

  3. 3

    Open PAYE Tax Computation and review Taxable Pay, the amount used to calculate PAYE.

    • - The note below Taxable Pay explains its purpose.
    • - Read the taxable pay range first, then the amount taxed in that band, its rate and PAYE for that band.
    • Ranges follow the selected monthly or weekly basis; Over excludes the previous band's upper limit.
    • - PAYE Tax Payable appears separately below the tax calculations, with the selected monthly or weekly basis.
    • - Review both amounts in the preview or PDF before sharing the report.
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Month-end and reconciliation

  1. 1

    Payroll Journal and General Ledger reports.

  2. 2

    Salary Changes for explaining component-level movement from the prior approved month.

  3. 3

    Pension Contribution includes a plain Pension Schedule worksheet with the employer code, contribution month/year, staff ID, RSA PIN, employee name, statutory contributions, total and PFA name.

    • Set Pension employer code in Settings > Firm and save before downloading.
    • PFA Code comes from Employee Details > Pensions; voluntary/other contribution fields remain blank when not recorded; review these before submission.
    • PAYE Report by State is also available.

    In a Multi-Sheet Report, PAYE includes a PAYE - All States sheet and a separate PAYE - State Name sheet for every state represented in the payroll run.

  4. 4

    Select Multi-Sheet Report in Payroll > Payroll Reports, choose the reports and supported filters, then start the download.

    • Progress names the reports being generated or read, followed by Combining and Finalizing. Source-file counts may differ from worksheet counts because some reports contain several sheets.
    • Keep the page open until the download starts. If a report fails, the combined workbook is not downloaded; review the error and retry.
    • Reports remain in your selected order. This download requires no additional approval.
    • In the self-guided demo, Preview export progress shows a simulation without requesting reports, downloading files, or changing records.
  5. 5

    Year to Date and exception reports.

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