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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Run Payroll Audits

Run Payroll Audits

  • Calculate payments for the period or pay group you want to audit.
  • Security:
    Reports: Pay Calculation Results for Pay Group (Audits)
     domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
You can run payroll audits for any pay results and review the audit exceptions to catch errors or discrepancies before completing payroll.
  1. Access the
    Run Payroll Audit
     task.
  2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Period
    When you run the
    Run Pay Calculation
     task for the same pay group and period, Workday delays the
    Run Payroll Audit
     task until the
    Run Pay Calculation
     task completes.
    Prior Period Comparison
    Workday only displays this prompt when you select an audit rule or an audit run group that compares a prior period.
    When the period contains more than 1 completed result, Workday populates this prompt with the most recently completed period for the pay group.
    Balance Period Cut Off Date
    Workday only displays this field when you select an audit rule or audit run group for a current period that uses a balance period. Select a date to cut off the balance period.
    Example: You run an audit with a YTD balance period, and you only want the rule to check results to 2019-08-01. You can select a balance period cutoff date of 2019-08-01 so Workday runs the audit rule for the YTD balance period but cuts off the payroll results after 2019-08-01.
View and track audit exceptions on the
Payroll Audit Exceptions
 report.