---
title: Payroll Summary
description: "Gross pay per employee for a period -- no tax withholding or filing."
url: "https://theasst.com/docs/payroll-summary/"
updated: "2026-10-06"
category: Reports
---

# Payroll Summary

The Payroll Summary totals gross pay per employee for a period, based on their [Personnel](https://theasst.com/docs/personnel-overview/) pay type, rate, and hours worked.

![Payroll Summary report with Period start/end fields and Employee / Type / Rate / Hours / Gross Pay columns](https://theasst.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/payrollsummary.webp)

## What This Is -- and Isn't

This report is **gross pay only** -- it does not calculate tax withholding, file payroll taxes, or handle direct deposit. TBA hands off actual payroll processing to a dedicated payroll partner; this report is for reviewing hours and gross pay before that handoff, not for running payroll itself.

## Options

Set **Period start** and **Period end**, then click **Run Report**. Each row shows an employee's pay type (Hourly/Salary), rate, hours, and gross pay for the period.

## The Columns and Drilldown

Columns: **Employee**, **Type**, **Rate**, **Hours**, and **Gross Pay**. Hours come from the same combined sources as the [Timesheet Report](https://theasst.com/docs/timesheet-report/), so overlapping clocked and order time is counted once. Click an employee for the **Daily Breakdown** (**Date**, **Clocked**, **Other (SO/Manual)**, **Payroll Hours**, and **Review?**). Rates and pay types are on the [Personnel](https://theasst.com/docs/personnel-overview/) Payroll tab. **Export PDF** and **Export XLSX** save a copy. To bring payroll totals from QuickBooks into your books, see [Payroll GL Import](https://theasst.com/docs/payroll-gl-import/).