Full-service payroll for ordinary paydays and hard questions

Pay people correctly.Know exactly why.

Runbook is building full-service payroll that connects every payday, tax, approval, correction, accounting entry, and proof in one continuous record.

Start a payroll conversation See an ordinary payday

Employer preview Payday Statements in the Runbook app See full status

Prepared payday

July 16–31 payroll

Ready for review

Employee net pay · 12 people $36,914.22

Gross pay: $47,820.00
Taxes and withholding: −$8,905.78
Worker deductions: −$2,000.00
Planned debit date: July 29
Pay date: July 31
Employee-visible changes: 2

Ready for employer review Two employee-visible changes are called out before approval.

Synthetic, test-backed employer preview. Approval does not confirm deposit settlement. No live payroll is processed here.

The complete payroll lifecycle

One record from setup through accounting.

Runbook is building the full payroll job as one connected service. Each step below keeps its public availability boundary visible.

Set up

Available

Guided, non-sensitive setup helps an employer find the right payroll path.

Prepare

In development

Review people, pay, taxes, deductions, timing, and employee-visible changes.

Approve

In development

Keep approval readiness and the facts behind it in the payroll record.

Move money

Not available yet

Direct deposit, checks, and tax deposits remain outside the live product.

File

Not available yet

Tax returns, deposits, amendments, and year-end forms remain in development.

Available

Employer previews exist; private employee delivery is not active.

Record

Planned

Accounting entries, reports, and advisor handoffs stay connected to payroll.

Why one record matters

Every answer keeps its lineage.

Facts + rules

The source facts and effective rules stay attached to each calculated amount.

Approval + settlement

Approval records intent; deposit settlement remains a separate fact.

Correction + proof

A late fact creates a visible correction without rewriting the approved past.

Payday Statements · Employer preview available

A paycheck that explains itself.

Employer users can now preview Payday Statements in the Runbook app: an employee-facing explanation of what a worker earned, why take-home pay changed, what they contributed, and the employer-provided value already recorded in payroll. Private worker delivery remains in development.

Explain the change.Connect a different paycheck to the gross-pay, withholding, deduction, or correction facts behind it.
Show documented value.Keep worker contributions, employer retirement contributions, and employer-paid benefits visible and separate.
Preserve the record.Keep the legal paystub available while adding plain-language explanation and calculation lineage.

For employers

A clearer way to communicate compensation and benefits—designed to reduce routine paycheck questions without turning payroll into an engagement score.

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Alex Rivera · July 31, 2026

Payday Statement

Employee view preview

Net pay $1,489.70 Payroll statement amount · approval and deposit settlement are separate

Current paycheckAmountMeaning

Gross payCurrent pay period$2,200.00Earned

Taxes and withholdingThis Runbook job only−$480.30Withheld

Retirement and healthWorker deductions−$230.00Contributed

Net payGross less taxes and worker deductions$1,489.70Take-home

What changed since the prior payday

+$42.70

Gross pay: +$200.00
Taxes and withholding: −$127.30
Retirement and health: −$30.00

Employer-provided value recorded this payday

Employer 401(k) contribution: $60.00
Employer-paid health coverage: $300.00

Shown separately. Employer contributions are not take-home pay or worker-owned balances.

Synthetic, test-backed example. Employee delivery is not yet active. Missing benefits are not estimated.

When payroll stops being ordinary

Keep the hard moment in the same record.

The ordinary payday is the center of the product. Corrections, notices, provider switches, and historical reconstruction stay connected to it instead of becoming a separate proof product.

Trust the boundary, then inspect the evidence

See what is available. Ask about your payroll.

Runbook is in active development. Current status, pricing posture, the proof demo, and the conversation path remain explicit.

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