Overview of Payroll Processes

Purpose

With Aspire being a production-based software system, this means your company will be managing your accounting and payroll outside of the Aspire system. However, the information that Aspire provides is crucial to making sure your employees are getting paid on time and your accounts are accurate.

Especially if you are new to our Aspire software, getting used to the Payroll process will take some time to learn, just like other aspects of Aspire. Nevertheless, we provide you with a clear, defined pathway that will set you up for success alongside your Accounting Specialist!

Payroll Process Overview

To better understand the process of Payroll during implementation and beyond, see the below workflow. Regardless of your payroll system, you will perform these steps!

Depending on your Payroll System, we provide two tracks for learning. You can click on either link or scroll further down to see an overview of the steps.

Choose Your Track!

Quickbooks Desktop

Other Payroll Systems

(Including Quickbooks Online)

Steps for Quickbooks Desktop

If you are using Quickbooks Desktop as your Payroll Provider, you will want to follow this path! Each link is an article you will then follow to progress through your first payroll.

Step 1: Payroll Setup	Read Payroll Setup for Quickbooks Desktop
Step 2: Accounting System Sync	Read Syncing Aspire to Quickbooks Desktop
Step 3: Review and Exporting Payroll Hours	Read Exporting Payroll Hours to Quickbooks Desktop
Step 4: Payroll Reconciliation	Read Payroll Reconciliation with Quickbooks Desktop
Step 5: Expense payroll as a Journal Entry	Read Expensing Payroll for QuickBooks Desktop

Steps for Other Payroll Systems

If you are using QuickBooks Online or a completely different system as your Payroll Provider, you will want to follow this path! Each link is an article you will then follow to progress through your first payroll.

Step 1: Payroll Setup	Read Payroll Setup for Other Payroll System
Step 2: Accounting System Sync	Depending on your Accounting System, read: Syncing Aspire to Quickbooks Desktop or Syncing Aspire to Other Accounting Systems
Step 3: Exporting Payroll Hours	Read Exporting Payroll Hours to Other Payroll Systems
Step 4: Payroll Reconciliation	Read Payroll Reconciliation with Other Payroll Systems
Step 5:	Expense payroll as a journal entry.