Solution · Payroll
Payroll you can run, review and lock with confidence
Every pay input feeds one payroll run that produces payslips, payment batches and accounting entries, then locks so a finalized period cannot be silently changed.
Problems this solves
Reconciling many sources
Pay inputs come from several places and must be matched by hand.
Tax and statutory rules that change
Rules differ by country and need to stay current.
Payroll to ledger re-keying
Payroll totals are typed into accounting instead of posted.
Who it is for
- Payroll and finance teams
- Companies paying staff in more than one country
- Auditors who need a clear trail
What it includes
Real, shipped capabilities from the HCM modules behind this solution.
Payroll
Salary Components & Structures
Build pay from real, versioned components (Basic, HRA, PF, and more) combined into reusable structures you assign to employees.
Payroll
Payroll Runs
The real calculation engine — pulls every component, bonus, incentive, and tax rule together into one run per period.
Payroll
Payslips, Bank Transfer & Accounting
Immutable payslip PDFs, real disbursement batches with reconciliation, and balanced accounting journals — all generated from the same finalized run.
Payroll
Payroll Lock
Lock a finalized period so it can't be silently edited — reopening it goes through a real, time-boxed unlock approval, not a plain toggle.
Payroll
Tax Management
Real tax slabs and regimes, sourced from your active Country Packs — not a flat zero placeholder.
Payroll
Cross-Country Rollup
Run payroll in more than one country and see total cost consolidated into one real number, calculated live.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation Cycles
The real annual/periodic process every Compensation screen runs inside of, tracked from Draft through Closed.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary Planning, Review & Merit Increase
New salary and compa-ratio are calculated for you from the proposed increase — not entered separately.
Compensation & Benefits
Bonus & Incentive Plans
Real weighted plans across company, team, and individual performance, with budget and payout caps.
Modules behind this solution:Payroll, Compensation & Benefits, Country Packs.
Frequently asked questions
Which countries are supported?
Payroll rules come from activated country packs. See the country pages for the packs and topics that exist today.
Is tax calculation real, or a placeholder?
Real — computed from real tax slabs and regimes sourced from your active Country Packs, not a flat zero.
Can a finalized payroll run be edited after the fact?
It's locked. Reopening a locked period needs a real, time-boxed unlock approval — it isn't a plain status toggle anyone can flip.
Do I have to calculate the new compa-ratio myself when proposing an increase?
No — Salary Planning, Salary Review, and Merit Increase all calculate the resulting salary and compa-ratio for you from the proposed percentage.
Are benefit claims tracked all the way to what was actually paid?
Yes — a claim tracks Eligible Amount, Approved Amount, Employer/Employee Share, and Settlement Amount separately, so you can see exactly what was approved versus paid.
Is a rate change applied retroactively, overwriting history?
No — every rule row carries its own Effective From/To dates. A rate change is a new row, so past payroll runs keep calculating against the rates that were actually in effect at the time.
Related reading
See payroll in Spark ERP
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