Payroll for Business in Bill Pay

Payroll is an optional add-on to the Bill Pay for Business suite that lets business customers pay employees directly from Bill Pay, using the same "I want to" workflow already used for bills and ACH payments. Employees are set up in a similar way to ACH payees and can be paid electronically by ACH or by paper check.

Payroll is built on the same foundation as the ACH Payment module, so the two work in much the same way for your customers. The main differences are:

• Payroll supports paper check payments in addition to ACH, while the ACH Payment module supports ACH only.
• Some on-screen labels differ between the two modules. Payroll uses labels like Add Employee, Employee Information, and Employee Email, where the ACH Payment module uses Add Payee, Payee Information, and Payee Email.

Accessing the Payroll module

Customers select Send Payroll Payment from the "I want to" drop-down to open the Payroll page. From there they can view existing employees, add new employees, and schedule payments.

How Payroll works

Like the ACH Payment module, Payroll supports outbound payments only. Funds move from the customer's account to the employee's account or to a mailed check.

• Employees appear in their own list on the Payroll page, separate from bill payees and ACH payees.
• Payments can be sent electronically by ACH or as a paper check, chosen per employee.
• Employees are managed independently from Bill Pay payees and ACH payees.
• Payroll payments follow the same scheduling, rush delivery, and recurring options available elsewhere in Bill Pay.

Read our other Payroll articles to learn about Managing Employees in Payroll and Managing Payments in Payroll