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After onboarding onto Dripos Payroll, your shop will have the ability to run the following payroll types:

Regular Payroll

Run on regular weekly or bi-weekly pay cycles

Off-Cycle Payroll

Process payrolls outside of your regular pay schedule

Bonus Payroll

Pay one-time bonuses to employees

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Processing Timelines

Your processing timeline is how long it takes for Dripos to process your payroll and pay your employees via direct deposit.
This processing timeline applies to Regular, Off-Cycle, and Bonus payrolls.

3-Day

Most Dripos Payroll users will start with a 3-day processing timeline for Regular payroll.
For a Monday through Sunday pay schedule, payrolls must be run by Tuesday for a Friday payday.

2-Day

Dripos Payroll users that successfully complete 10 regular payruns may be upgraded to 2-day processing.
For a Monday through Sunday pay schedule, payrolls must be run by Wednesday for a Friday payday.

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Funding Requirements

If a payroll fails to fund, your account will be charged a $150 failed funding fee and receive a penalty. Accounts that reach six penalties will be permanently removed from Dripos Payroll.
Before submitting your payroll, you MUST have the Debit Amount settled in the bank account used for payroll. If there are insufficient funds or the account is closed, the payroll will fail to fund.Failed fundings will result in:
❗A $150 penalty fee to resolve to failed funding.
❗Employees not being paid on time.
❗Your payroll account in ‘bad standing’. This will block further payruns and prevent taxes from being remitted or filed properly on your behalf.
In case of a failed funding:
✅ Dripos will notify you via email and provide additional steps to fund the payroll and set your payroll account back to ‘good standing’.
Contact payroll@dripos.com for assistance funding the payroll and putting your account back in good standing.

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Payroll Dashboard

Navigate to your Payroll Dashboard to view your historical Payroll Liability, in addition to Quick Info on past and upcoming payroll dates.

Run Payroll

A Run Payroll button will appear when it is time to run your Regular payroll.

Approve Time Cards

Edit and approve time cards before running your Regular payroll.

View Payroll History

Review your historical payroll information.

Manage Employees

Add employees to payroll and check their onboarding status.

View Reports

Download Payroll Journal, Payroll Summary, Tax Deposit Breakdown, and other payroll files.

Get Help

Reference helpful payroll guides.

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Regular Payroll

Regular payroll refers to a standard weekly or biweekly pay schedule for paying employees.
When onboarding onto Dripos Payroll, your onboarding specialist will set your preferred pay schedule to weekly or biweekly.
If you have not reviewed and approved the time cards for this payroll, click Approve Time Cards on the Payroll Dashboard.
You can also approve time cards in the Approval Center. Learn more about the Approval Center here
Click Run Payroll on your Payroll Dashboard or select Run Payroll from the left sidebar menu.
Click Run Payroll under Regular Payroll to begin.
Confirm the hours and pay for each employee.
Review each employee to ensure their time cards and pay rates are accurate. To correct a payroll that is already processing, learn more here.
Use the dropdown arrow next to each employee’s name to view detailed time cards and pay rate information for this payroll.
Gross Pay: Consists of all earnings before deductions, including regular wages, overtime, bonuses, commissions, and tips
Use + Additional Tips to add Paycheck Tips or record Cash Tips.
  • Paycheck Tips: Tips to be paid out to this employee via payroll
  • Cash Tips: Tips that have already been paid out in cash and are only being reported on payroll for tax purposes. Adding cash tips does not pay your employee additional tips through payroll.

Click + Additional Tips

Select Paycheck or Cash Tips

Click + Other Earnings to include:
  • Bonus: Extra compensation given on top of regular wages
  • Commission: Pay earned based on the amount of sales or performance achieved
  • Group Term Life: Employer-provided life insurance that offers coverage to employees for a set term
  • Severance: Payment given to an employee when they are laid off or let go, typically based on tenure
  • Non Hourly Regular: Additional fixed amount paid to an employee, regardless of hours worked
  • Other Imputed: The taxable value of a benefit provided to an employee. This amount is added to gross taxable wages so that taxes are withheld and reported correctly. It is not paid to the employee and does not affect net pay.
  • Tip Credit Adjustment: The difference between an employee’s tips and the minimum wage they must receive
  • Meal Period Premium Pay: Supplemental, specifically categorized compensation required by California law when an employer fails to provide an employee with a compliant meal period
Use + Reimbursements to make a payment to an employee through payroll as repayment for out-of-pocket business expenses. If properly documented, it is not considered wages. As long as the reimbursement meets certain IRS guidelines, they are not taxed (e.g., part of an accountable plan).
Time off requests that have been approved will automatically display here. For any additional Paid Time Off or Sick Leave hours, click + Add.
Select the applicable Employee Policy, input the number of Hours, and select a Pay Rate for Employee’s PTO.
Review the following information before clicking Submit.
  • Total Payroll: Total cost of payroll for the employer
  • Debit Amount: Amount of funds that will be debited from your bank account to fund this payroll
  • Paper Check Amount: Amount to pay employees via paper check, if any
  • Subtotal: Subtotal that the employee is paying for each employee - this is not the employee’s next pay
  • Benefits: Any benefits applied to an employee. Learn more about employee benefits here
  • What Gets Taxed and Debited: Total amount of taxes that will be withheld from employee paychecks. Total amount of taxes to be paid by the company.
Click Confirm after ensuring your bank account has sufficient funds to cover this payroll.
If a payroll fails to fund, your account will be charged a $150 failed funding fee and receive a penalty. Accounts that reach six penalties will be permanently removed from Dripos Payroll.
A final confirmation page will appear after successfully running payroll.
To view an employee’s paystub, click the download button.
Paystubs will open as a PDF in a new tab. If the tab does not open, please check if you have pop-ups blocked on your web browser.

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Off-Cycle Payroll

Off-cycle payrolls can be run at anytime from your Payroll Dashboard.
Various off-cycle payroll uses cases include:
  • Missed pay: An employee was not included in a regular payroll run
  • New hire start: A new employee started after the regular payroll was processed
  • Termination payout: A final paycheck is due upon an employee’s departure
  • Bonus or commission: Paying discretionary or performance-based earnings separately
  • Correction: Fixing payroll errors from a previous run (e.g. wrong hours, incorrect pay rate)
  • Reimbursement: Issuing business expense reimbursements quickly
  • Manual adjustment: Adjusting for a retroactive raise or change in withholdings
  • State requirements: Some states may require faster payouts after termination
  • Holiday conflicts: Payroll needs to be moved due to bank or office closures
  • Tip payouts: Issuing tips more frequently than the regular pay schedule
On your Payroll Dashboard, click Run Payroll from the left sidebar. Select Off-Cycle from Other Payroll Options.
Method of Payment
  • Employee Preference: Employees will be paid using their chosen payment method (direct deposit or manual pay).
  • Manual: Employees will be paid manually. The employer is responsible for paying employees directly.
Work Period: Select the date range to pay employees for. Unpaid time cards within the selected work period will automatically be included in the off-cycle payroll.Payday: The next available payday within your processing timeline will automatically be selected. You may also choose a custom date that falls after the next available payday.
If Manual is selected for Method of Payment, you may choose any date in the future. This date will be used for tax record purposes and you are responsible for paying your employees directly.
Unpaid time cards for the selected Work Period will appear under Employees - With Pay.
To show all active employees, change view to Employees - With Pay to All Active.
Click + Add to input Regular Pay for employees.

Click + Add

Input Hours and Amount

Use + Additional Tips to add Paycheck Tips or record Cash Tips.
  • Paycheck Tips: Tips to be paid out to this employee via payroll
  • Cash Tips: Tips that have already been paid out in cash and are only being reported on payroll for tax purposes. Adding cash tips does not pay your employee additional tips through payroll.

Click + Additional Tips

Select Paycheck or Cash Tips

Click + Other Earnings to include:
  • Bonus: Extra compensation given on top of regular wages
  • Commission: Pay earned based on the amount of sales or performance achieved
  • Group Term Life: Employer-provided life insurance that offers coverage to employees for a set term
  • Severance: Payment given to an employee when they are laid off or let go, typically based on tenure
  • Non Hourly Regular: Additional fixed amount paid to an employee, regardless of hours worked
  • Other Imputed: The taxable value of a benefit provided to an employee. This amount is added to gross taxable wages so that taxes are withheld and reported correctly. It is not paid to the employee and does not affect net pay.
  • Tip Credit Adjustment: The difference between an employee’s tips and the minimum wage they must receive
  • Meal Period Premium Pay: Supplemental, specifically categorized compensation required by California law when an employer fails to provide an employee with a compliant meal period
Use + Reimbursements to make a payment to an employee through payroll as repayment for out-of-pocket business expenses. If properly documented, it is not considered wages. As long as the reimbursement meets certain IRS guidelines, they are not taxed (e.g., part of an accountable plan).
Time off requests that have been approved will automatically display here. For any additional Paid Time Off or Sick Leave hours, click + Add.
Select the applicable Employee Policy, input the number of Hours, and select a Pay Rate for Employee’s PTO.
  • Total Payroll: Total cost of payroll for the employer
  • Debit Amount: Amount of funds that will be debited from your bank account to fund this payroll
  • Paper Check Amount: Amount to pay employees via paper check, if any
  • Subtotal: Subtotal that the employee is paying for each employee - this is not the employee’s next pay
  • Benefits: Any benefits applied to an employee. Learn more about employee benefits here
  • What Gets Taxed and Debited: Total amount of taxes that will be withheld from employee paychecks. Total amount of taxes to be paid by the company.
Click Confirm after ensuring your bank account has sufficient funds to cover this payroll.
If a payroll fails to fund, your account will be charged a $150 failed funding fee and receive a penalty. Accounts that reach six penalties will be permanently removed from Dripos Payroll.
A final confirmation page will appear after successfully running payroll.
To view an employee’s paystub, click the download button.
Paystubs will open as a PDF in a new tab. If the tab does not open, please check if you have pop-ups blocked on your web browser.

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Bonus Payroll

Bonus payrolls can be run at anytime from your Payroll Dashboard.
On your Payroll Dashboard, click Run Payroll from the left sidebar. Select Bonus from Other Payroll Options.
Method of Payment
  • Employee Preference: Employees will be paid using their chosen payment method (direct deposit or manual pay).
  • Manual: Employees will be paid manually. The employer is responsible for paying employees directly.
Work Period: Select the date range to pay employees for. Unpaid time cards within the selected work period will automatically be included in the off-cycle payroll.Payday: The next available payday within your processing timeline will automatically be selected. You may also choose a custom date that falls after the next available payday.
If Manual is selected for Method of Payment, you may choose any date in the future. This date will be used for tax record purposes and you are responsible for paying your employees directly.
Click + Other Earnings. Select Bonus as the Type and input the Amount.

Click + Other Earnings

Input Bonus Amount

Review the following information for the bonus payroll.
Click Confirm after ensuring your bank account has sufficient funds to cover this payroll.
If a payroll fails to fund, your account will be charged a $150 failed funding fee and receive a penalty. Accounts that reach six penalties will be permanently removed from Dripos Payroll.
A final confirmation page will appear after successfully running payroll.

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Pay Contractors

Contractors can be paid at anytime from your Payroll Dashboard. To begin, onboard contractors to payroll via the Contractor section in the left sidebar.
Once the contractor has been onboarded, navigate to your Payroll Dashboard and click Run Payroll from the left sidebar. Select Create Payment from Pay Contractors.
Select your payment date.
Click + Enter Payment next to the contractor you would like to pay and enter in the Payment Amount, Reimbursement Amount (Optional) and Payment Method.
Review the following information for the contractors to be paid.Click Confirm after ensuring your bank account has sufficient funds to cover this payroll.
If a payroll fails to fund, your account will be charged a $150 failed funding fee and receive a penalty. Accounts that reach six penalties will be permanently removed from Dripos Payroll.
A final confirmation page will appear after successfully confirming the payment amount to your contractors.

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Payroll History

Select View Payroll History from your Payroll Dashboard or click Run Payroll from the left sidebar.
The Labor % column sits between Total Liability and Status and shows that payroll’s total labor cost as a percentage of the net sales your shop made over the same period, rounded to one decimal place.Net sales are pulled from the exact dates shown in the Period column. If there were no net sales for the period, the column shows a dash instead of a percentage.
Click View next to a payroll to see additional details.
To view an employee’s paystub, click the download button.
Paystubs will open as a PDF in a new tab. If the tab does not open, please check if you have pop-ups blocked on your web browser.