The payroll object

Represents a company's pay obligations for a payroll period.

Contains the total amount of money to withdraw from the company's account as part of paying employees and each employee’s compensation components.

Use the payroll object to tell Check about wages earned by employees in a given pay period for a specific payday. Preview the payroll to see employee net pay, after taxes, benefit deductions, and post tax deductions. Approve the payroll to confirm the calculations, and transition the payroll into the pending status. For more details, check out the Life of a Payroll guide.

{
  "id": "pay_Z26PNMC7Ky1wfFQzVqfF",
  "company": "com_sx3svU6K8c5ZkSFlOh5p",
  "period_start": "2019-06-16",
  "period_end": "2019-06-29",
  "approval_deadline": "2019-07-02T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "approved_at": "2019-06-29T18:26:56.848920Z",
  "payday": "2019-07-05",
  "status": "paid",
  "type": "regular",
  "pay_frequency": "biweekly",
  "funding_payment_method": "ach",
  "processing_period": "four_day",  
  "off_cycle_options": null,
  "managed": true,
  "totals": {
    "employee_gross": "961.54",
    "employee_reimbursements": "0.00",
    "employee_taxes": "249.23",
    "employee_benefits": "0.00",
    "post_tax_deductions": "0.00",
    "employee_net": "712.31",
    "contractor_gross": "100.00",
    "contractor_reimbursements": "15.00",
    "contractor_net": "115.00",
    "company_taxes": "73.56",
    "company_benefits": "0.00",
    "liability": "1150.10",
    "cash_requirement": "1150.10"
  },
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "itm_yvmmsVGFxLoBaMIkqzea",
      "payroll": "pay_Z26PNMC7Ky1wfFQzVqfF",
      "employee": "emp_zGGp6wYcxAeu1Ng8IA7v",
      "status": "draft",
      "payment_method": "direct_deposit",
      "net_pay": "712.31",
      "earnings": [
        {
          "amount": "961.54",
          "hours": 40.0,
          "type": "hourly",
          "workplace": "wrk_cxcG4vjGKcSXZk1fgKai",
          "code": null,
          "description": null
        }
      ],
      "reimbursements": [],
      "taxes": [
        {
          "tax": "tax_I1Z9zqbBGWIbvlZpN2Vq",
          "description": "New York SDI",
          "amount": "0.60",
          "payer": "employee"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_ImvSF9CTuMdokf0uwx5x",
          "description": "Employer FICA Tax",
          "amount": "59.62",
          "payer": "company"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_yjNkKk061BTipYv7G4Ti",
          "description": "New York City Tax",
          "amount": "31.04",
          "payer": "employee"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_S1krAkh75RzdWu5J53HA",
          "description": "New York State Tax",
          "amount": "44.20",
          "payer": "employee"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_UJrIQbtVErbdez0bYTVN",
          "description": "New York Family Leave Benefits",
          "amount": "1.47",
          "payer": "employee"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_1XHqR9Qf5t18SD2sfYEe",
          "description": "Medicare",
          "amount": "13.94",
          "payer": "employee"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_8L3JLfsH4X6dp0maBWfW",
          "description": "Federal Income Tax",
          "amount": "98.36",
          "payer": "employee"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_ibU8cGhC5OlpOjoQFIXV",
          "description": "FICA",
          "amount": "59.62",
          "payer": "employee"
        },
        {
          "tax": "tax_O3f21hkS1cvHBZTa61BO",
          "description": "Employer Medicare Tax",
          "amount": "13.94",
          "payer": "company"
        }
      ],
      "benefits": [],
      "benefit_overrides": [],
      "post_tax_deductions": [],
      "post_tax_deduction_overrides": [],
      "warnings": []
    }
  ],
  "contractor_payments": [
    {
      "contractor": "ctr_90QzaH9xPRI7JRLXnRoU",
      "payment_method": "manual",
      "amount": "100.00",
      "reimbursement_amount": "15.00",
      "net_pay": "115.00"
    }
  ],
  "is_void": false,
  "metadata": {}
}
AttributeDescription
id
string
Unique identifier for the payroll.
company
string
ID of the company that the payroll relates to.
period_start
YYYY-MM-DD
Start of the date range that the payroll covers.
period_end
YYYY-MM-DD
End of the date range that the payroll covers.
approval_deadline
datetime
Datetime by which the payroll must be approved.
approved_at
datetime
Datetime at which the payroll was approved.

null for payrolls with a status of draft.
payday
YYYY-MM-DD
Date on which employees will be paid for the payroll.

A list of valid paydays for payrolls paid via direct deposit is available in the /paydays endpoint.
status
string
Status of the payroll in its lifecycle.

One of draft, pending, processing, failed, partially_paid, or paid.
type
string
Indicates whether the payroll is a regular, off-cycle, or amendment payroll.

One of regular,off_cycle, amendment, or third_party_sick_pay.
pay_frequency
string
Frequency by which employees get paid.

One of weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, quarterly, or annually.
funding_payment_method
string
Payment method for funding the payroll.

One of ach or wire.
pay_schedule
string
ID of the pay schedule that the payroll relates to.
processing_period
string
The processing period for this payroll. If not explicitly set, this value is set to the company's processing period at the time when the payroll is created.

For two_day-approved companies, the processing period for the particular payroll can be upgraded to one_day without restriction. On the other hand, the request would fail for four_day-approved companies.
off_cycle_options
off-cycle options object
Additional configuration options controlling off-cycle payroll behavior.

null for payrolls of type regular.
managed
boolean
Indicates whether the payroll's lifecycle is being managed by Check.
totals
totals object
Calculated totals for various payroll categories.

null for payrolls with a status of draft outside of the preview endpoint.
items
array of payroll item objects
The set of payroll items associated with the payroll.
contractor_payments
array of contractor payment objects
The set of contractor payments associated with the payroll.
is_void
boolean
Indicates whether a payroll is a void.
metadata
object
Additional loosely structured information to associate with the payroll.