Payroll calculations
Pay that doesn't match your own rules and rates, in either direction.
Fixed fee · no platform required
Find the money you're leaking.
- A fixed-fee sweep of your payroll, subscriptions and vendor spend.
- Every finding comes with the math behind it, largest first.
- Fixed fee
- Days, not weeks
- Nothing to commit to after
What we look for
Three places money leaks.
Before you commit to anything bigger.
Licenses and subscriptions
Seats nobody uses, tools that do the same job twice, and plans bigger than you need.
Vendor spend
Duplicate charges, rising prices and vendors you no longer use.
What a findings list looks like
| Where | What we found | The math | A year | Who acts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licenses | 14 seats with no sign-in in 90 days | 14 seats × $45 a month × 12 | $7,560 | Finance cancels the seats |
| Payroll | A raise keyed twice: 3 people paid $1.10 an hour above their rate | 3 people × $1.10 an hour × 1,560 hours | $5,148 | Payroll corrects the rate |
| Subscriptions | Two scheduling tools billed for the same team | $310 a month × 12 | $3,720 | Operations picks one |
| Vendor spend | A cleaning vendor still billed for a closed location | $240 a month × 12 | $2,880 | Finance ends the contract |
For California wage rules and penalty exposure, see the wage and hour exposure audit.
Production case study · multi-state fitness
What we found at one business.
$120ka year in split-shift payroll, fixed
$6.7ka year in unused licenses, cancelled
Measured from that business's production data. The payroll figure annualizes a six-month window. See the full case study
How it works
Days, not weeks.
Send the exports
Payroll and accounting exports for the period we review. No system access, no setup.
We sweep
Every line checked against your pay rules, your rates and your past charges.
You get the list
Findings ranked by dollars a year, each with the math and who should act on it.
Questions
What do you need from us?
Payroll and accounting exports for the period we review, and a list of the tools you pay for if you have one. We don't need access to your systems.
How is this different from the wage and hour audit?
The wage and hour audit checks California premium and penalty rules for exposure. This audit looks for money going out that shouldn't: pay that doesn't match your rules, unused tools and vendor charges.
What happens after?
You keep the findings and act on them however you choose. Nothing else is required.
What does it cost?
A fixed fee, quoted before we start, based on how many entities and systems we review.
Talk to us about a savings audit.
Tell us what you'd like us to look at. We'll reply with what we'd need and how it would work.