Full-service payroll with every answer attached
See the whole payday before you approve it. Give every worker a statement that explains their pay. Keep the record that proves both.
Run 9 · Marlow Goods · 3 workers Gross $8,257.16 Net pay $6,027.09 Employer cost $10,404.39
In the product, every line opens to its source, the rule that applied, and the calculation. Follow this payday from preparation to proof →
Demo record · no customer data · exact-cent values recomputed by Runbook · no approval or money movement occurs hereThe complete payroll lifecycle
Runbook connects the ordinary work before, during, and after payday. The public Status page carries the detailed capability boundary.
Bring together workers, earnings, deductions, taxes, timing, and anything that needs attention.
Show exactly what will happen, what changed, and which facts support the employer’s decision.
Keep payment, taxes, filings, accounting, worker explanations, corrections, and proof connected.
The problem
The failures are not in the ordinary paycheck. They are in corrections, provider switches, year-to-date reconstruction, tax notices, and the inability of any party to prove what happened.
New York measured a 10% exception rate for filers whose payroll ran through the largest payroll providers. For employers filing on their own, the rate was 5.7%.
NY Department of Financial Services, payroll service provider report, September 8, 2022Paychex reports payroll client retention of 82% to 83% of its beginning client base for fiscal 2026. Roughly one client in six left.
Paychex Form 10-K, fiscal year ended May 31, 2026The IRS assessed 4,457,891 employment-tax civil penalties in fiscal year 2025, including 1.2 million for federal tax deposits.
IRS Data Book 2025, Table 4-2That is the unsolved problem.
Figures reviewed September 2, 2026 against the cited primary sources. They describe the payroll industry, not Runbook results.
When payroll stops being ordinary
Corrections, notices, provider switches, and historical reconstruction stay connected to the payday they affect.
See the product. Keep the boundary clear.
The product walkthrough, proof demo, and verifier are available now. Live payroll processing, direct deposit, tax payments, and tax filing are not yet available.