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Now that you have signed up on the Bolto platform, please check out the steps below to get you started!

Payroll Setup

  1. Invite Employees:
As an admin, you will need to invite yourself as an employee, and invite any other employees to the Bolto platform.
  • You will do so by clicking on the “Overview” or “Employees” tab under Employees on the left of your admin page.
  • You will then select “Add Employee” and fill out the requested information.
    • To Note: If you invite yourself as an employee, use the same email as your admin account to allow yourself to toggle between the two.
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  1. Create a Pay Schedule:
You will need to create a pay schedule, or the cadence at which your employees will be paid through Bolto
  • You will start by clicking “Pay schedules” under the Payroll tab on the left side of your admin page.
  • You will then select “Create pay schedule” and input the desired pay cadence
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  1. Create a Payroll Group:
All employees must be placed into a payroll group in order to be paid
  • You will start by clicking “Payroll” under the Payroll tab on the left side of your admin page.
  • Next, select “Create New Payroll Group” and fill out the requested information including pay schedule, and adding employees.
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  1. Run Payroll:
Now that all employees are in a payroll group, you are ready to run payroll
  • You will start by clicking “Payroll” under the Payroll tab on the left side of your admin page.
  • Next, find the desired payroll group and select “Review Payroll”
  • Confirm all information looks correct, then preview and submit
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Set up any remaining items such as: