This article explains how Global Payroll clients can submit a payroll report for all direct employees through the Deel platform.

How to Submit a Global Payroll Report

✅ Step 1 - Select Review Report for an entity waiting for Payroll Submission

Select the Payroll icon followed by the Global Payroll tab to see all organizations, payroll cycles, latest status, and more.

The entity list will be categorized in the following order:

Payroll Submission
Payroll Processing
Payroll Approval
Payroll Payment
Payment Receipt
Employee Pay Date

(The entity list can be filtered further by cycle period, country, step, or report due date.)

Select Review Payroll for the selected entity.

✅ Step 2 - Review payroll report

View report and edit payroll items

This is where a preliminary report is displayed for the current cycle.

Review the list carefully to ensure all earnings, deductions, and allowances are correct.
Edit or delete items in line by double-clicking a cell in the report. Clients can also add, edit, and delete items for individuals under Employee Details.

Review Employee Status Changes

Any changes to an employee's contract status will be listed and available for review.

The changes are separated by category, allowing clients to review updates to employees who just started, employees who have left, and any other contract updates that have taken place.

Click the employee's name to view the details of their payroll items on the report and make any necessary edits. Validate the information for all employee changes

If there are no employee changes on the report, clients may continue to the next stage of review. Select Continue to proceed.

Review Payroll Items Changes

This section highlights any updates to individual payroll items since the last cycle. These may include adjustments to salary, bonuses, deductions, or allowances.

Click on an employee's name to access the change details.
Clients should verify that the values are correct and align with approved requests or policies. If an item does not look correct, edit it directly in the report.

Review Backdated Items

Backdated items represent payroll changes applied retroactively.

These items are displayed separately to ensure visibility and prevent missed adjustments. Review each backdated entry to confirm the accuracy of dates, amounts, and employee details.

If a correction is required, update it now to avoid additional adjustments in the next cycle.

✅ Step 3 - Review payroll summary and submit

In this step, clients will see the Payroll Summary for their entity, which consolidates all payroll data for the cycle.

It shows headcount, total payroll cost, and total base pay, along with detailed payroll items by G2N Category. Each item displays current and previous totals plus variance, helping you spot unusual changes like spikes in bonuses or allowances.

Be sure to review the details carefully before submission! Once the client submits their report, any further changes will have to be entered using a separate on-demand payroll cycle (at an additional fee) or wait to be included in the following payroll cycle

Verify that all of the changes for this payroll report are correct before clicking Confirm Review.

Clients will be required to provide final approval of the payroll package once Deel returns it to them.

How to Edit Items on a Global Payroll Report

Items on the Payroll Report can be edited directly from the report before the client selects Review Payroll to perform a 5-step Payroll Review.

Edit or delete items in line by double-clicking a cell in the report. Clients can also add, edit, and delete items for individuals under Employee Details.

Click on Payroll Audit Log to access the payroll change log. Click “...” > Set recurring to configure a new recurring item. Use the Expand icon to open a full-screen view of the payroll details.

Add, Edit, & Delete Options:

[DROPDOWN] Select an option from the dropdown menu to review

[DROPDOWN-OPTION] Select an option

[DROPDOWN-OPTION] Editing Payroll Report Items In Line

Double click a cell to enable editing.
Select OK to confirm and continue to edit.

[DROPDOWN-OPTION] Deleting Payroll Report Items In Line

Clients can delete an item by selecting the cell and pressing the Delete or Backspace Key.

Select OK to confirm and delete the value for this payroll cycle.

Note: Recurring Items deleted on the Payroll Report will only be removed for this cycle. The item will appear on the next cycle’s report unless the client updates the employee's contact page. Navigate to the employee's Contract Agreement to edit recurring items for future cycles.

[DROPDOWN-OPTION] Managing Payroll Report Items Under Employee Details

Clients can add new or edit existing payroll items for an individual employee directly from the Payroll Report.
Select an Employee's Name in the Payroll Report to access Employee Details.

[DROPDOWN-OPTION] Add an Item Under Employee Details

Select Add Item to create a new payroll item for an individual employee.
Select a Payroll Item from the dropdown menu of G2N items
Enter an Amount. Then, select Add Item to submit.

[DROPDOWN-OPTION] Edit an Item Under Employee Details

Double click a field to enable editing. Type into the field to edit the value.

Note: The new amount entered will save automatically when the client clicks outside of the field.

If the item selected for editing is a Recurring Item, clients will receive a notice confirming that the changes will only apply to this cycle. If the client needs to change the rule for future cycles, they can do so on the employee’s contract page.

Select OK to confirm and continue to edit.

[DROPDOWN-OPTION] Delete an Item Under Employee Details

Select the Action Menu (Three Dots) Icon. Select Delete to remove an item.

If the item selected for deletion is a Recurring Item, clients will receive a notice confirming that the item will only be removed from this cycle. If they need to change the rule for future cycles, they can do so on the employee’s contract page.

Select OK to confirm and delete the value for this payroll cycle.

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How to Perform Bulk Edits to a Global Payroll Report

Clients can use the Bulk Edit option to change several payroll items on the report at once. Download the payroll report in a .CSV format and update the file to reflect the changes. Then upload the file back into Deel to apply edits to the Payroll Report before submission.

✅ Step 1 - Click Bulk Edit

Within the entity, click Bulk edit.

✅ Step 2 - Select Process Guidelines for File Upload

Clients will be prompted to edit in bulk by uploading a CSV file. Select one of the following options for file processing guidelines:

Default guidelines by Deel
Custom

Custom Guidelines make the Bulk Edit feature especially powerful by allowing you to map payroll data from any format, no matter which system the export comes from, directly into the fields required in the payroll report. This flexibility means clients don’t have to reformat data manually, saving time and reducing errors, while ensuring payroll inputs always align with Deel’s reporting structure.

Custom Guidelines

Select an existing custom process guideline from the dropdown box or select to create a custom rule from Organization Settings.

The client will then be prompted to complete the following steps:

Insert the Payroll Template Name
Select number separator
Specify the number of rows for the header
What row contains the header names?
Map columns between the desired template and the payroll item

Review the details and select Create Template to generate custom guidelines.

Return to the Payroll Report to resume the Bulk Edit process using the custom guidelines.

✅ Step 3 - Click Download to download and edit the CSV Template

Any variable payroll data can be bulk edited in the template, including monetary details and time off.

Clients can also edit the template to include only the specific payroll items they want.

Clients can submit updates for just a subset of direct employees by removing other employees from the template.

✅ Step 4 - Upload the edited CSV file

Clients can drag the file into the box or upload it from their computer.

Any empty cells in the file will not overwrite existing values; but a zero (0) or any other value will overwrite existing values.

Click Update.

✅ Step 5 - Submit the Payroll Report

Once the client submits their report, any changes will only be included in the following payroll cycle.

They must give final approval of the payroll package once Deel returns it to them.

Adding Entity-Specific Payroll Components in Payroll Report

✅ Step 1 - Edit Entity Details

From the Organization Settings, click the Entities option.

Select an available entity from the list. Select Manage under the Global Payroll tab > Payroll Report section.

✅ Step 2 - Review G2N Grouping

Clients will see a list of payroll components grouped by:

Global Deel G2N items
Entity-specific items

Select the items to be shown in the payroll report and click Next.

✅ Step 3 - Click Update

If the desired item is not available in the dropdown menu, clients can submit a request through the Payroll Request option on their homepage. To do this, click Submit a request and select Payroll item request from the dropdown list.

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