Before your first real payroll with Agendrix Payroll, your implementation includes a trial payroll (also called a “dry run”). This is the step that lets you trust the numbers before switching systems.
The trial payroll: comparing, without paying anything
During the trial, you still process your payroll in your previous system. In parallel, the same pay period is calculated in Agendrix Payroll:
same employees, same hours, same earnings;
same withholdings and contributions (income taxes, QPP/CPP, EI, QPIP, etc.).
Our team then compares both results, to the cent, pay stub by pay stub. Every discrepancy is explained and corrected before you go live.
A trial payroll triggers nothing:
no deposits to employees;
no debit from your account;
no remittances to the governments;
no pay stub visible to your employees.
The live payroll: what happens when you submit
Once you are live, every payroll you submit is real.
After the deadline:
your account is debited (the cash requirements and the debit date are shown before you submit);
your employees receive their deposit on the pay date;
withholdings and contributions set to Automatic are remitted to the governments for you — the Remittances tab of the Review and submit page details them;
pay stubs become visible to your employees in My pay.
A safety net, even once you are live
Even for a live payroll, nothing is instant or irreversible the moment you click:
As long as the payroll is in the Draft status, you can change anything.
After submitting, you can still click Reopen payroll and make corrections, up until the deadline.
After the deadline, the payroll is final and moves to Processing.
In short: the trial payroll validates the calculations; the live payroll moves the money. Between the two, the deadline is your point of no return.