{"id":8919,"date":"2021-06-22T15:44:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qne.cloud\/ph\/?p=8919"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:32:07","slug":"philippine-payroll-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qne.cloud\/ph\/philippine-payroll-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Philippine Payroll Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8919\" class=\"elementor elementor-8919\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d27e45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d27e45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22664bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"22664bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca8ebce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca8ebce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding Philippine Payroll Process<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a448f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5a448f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b73d51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b73d51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f5c8b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f5c8b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Payroll, the favorite time of the month for employees that also causes the headaches of many employers. But Payroll is not as easy as just giving money to employees. This important yet meticulous process requires loads of hours to finish, comply with different labor and governmental policies, and making sure that employees get what they worked hard for the previous month. But how Philippine Payroll Process works? What are the elements that makes it up? And how to do payroll efficiently?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90a7ac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90a7ac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qne.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/06\/Philippine-Payroll-Process-2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Philippine Payroll Process\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f41c089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f41c089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>THE PHILIPPINE PAYROLL PROCESS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To simplify the process, here are five steps that a HR master should follow:<\/span><\/p><ol style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Employee Data Collection<\/strong> \u2013 the first step in ensuring the correct and accurate employee information for easier encoding and tracking.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Identifying and Calculating Net Pay<\/strong> \u2013 after identifying the employee\u2019s salary, the employer must now calculate the deductions and withholdings to come up with the net pay.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Payroll Releasing <\/strong>\u2013 now is the favorite part of the employees, payroll release. Employers must now deposit or transfer their employees\u2019 salaries to their respected bank accounts.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Tax Reporting<\/strong> \u2013 the payroll master must now report to the BIR the taxes for proper complying with the government agency.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Employer Filling <\/strong>\u2013 the employer must now guarantee that the deductions, taxes, and benefits are correctly filed to avoid any conflict in the future.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ol><h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>THE PHILIPPINE PAYROLL PROCESS ELEMENTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Preparing such would not work if any of the following is missing:<\/span><\/p><ol style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Employee and Employee Information<\/strong> \u2013 of course, without the employee itself or even their records, there will be nothing to process.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Salary <\/strong>\u2013 the fixed amount that an employee will get by working for the company.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Wages<\/strong> \u2013 the rate that employers would pay an employee based on their time worked.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Employee Time <\/strong>\u2013 pertains to the amount of time that an employee worked for a period of time or pay.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Overtime Pay <\/strong>\u2013 are hours that employees worked past the daily or weekly set working hours.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Additional Pay <\/strong>\u2013 this comprises commissions, tips, and bonuses that an employee receives other than their salary or wage.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Net Pay <\/strong>\u2013 the employee\u2019s total take home pay after all the deductions and taxes are removed.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Gross Pay <\/strong>\u2013 the total amount that an employee gets without deductions and taxes removed.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Benefits <\/strong>\u2013 are types of compensation that a company provides to its employees and can vary from Medical Benefits, Educational Assistance, Health Insurance, Employee Discount and other benefits.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Contribution<\/strong> \u2013 these are also a type of benefit that a company gives to its employees like SSS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philhealth.gov.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philhealth<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pagibigfund.gov.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PAGIBIG<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Deductions <\/strong>\u2013 are amount of money that are being subtracted to the gross pay whether for taxes, contributions, loans, and etc.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Taxes <\/strong>\u2013 each employees have different taxes according to the amount of net pay they receive.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ol><h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><b>DOING IT EFFICIENTLY<\/b><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Doing payroll is complicated. While there are companies that still conduct it manually, there are <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Payroll Software\u00a0<\/span>available that will help HR masters do it quickly and easily. Surely, a properly implemented <strong>payroll system<\/strong> will help a company produce timely, accurate and government compliant reports and faster and easier process.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding Philippine Payroll Process Payroll, the favorite time of the month for employees that also causes the headaches of many employers. 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