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

In this Article

How to submit a Deel Payroll report

How to perform bulk edits to a Deel Payroll report

Adding entity-specific payroll components in the payroll report

How to submit a Deel Payroll report

Step 1 - Navigate to the Payroll tab

• Navigate to Payroll in the left navigation menu and select Payroll cycles.
• Click on the active payroll cycle. You can see all organizations, payroll cycles, latest status, and more.
• Select the applicable upcoming entity in the submission phase.

Step 2 - Review changes

In the Overview tab, you can review the changes:

• People changes
• Payroll input changes etc.

Deel will prompt any checks to resolve changes on the report.

Step 3 - Review payroll summary and submit

The summary 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 such as 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 Submit.

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

How to edit items on a Deel Payroll report

• Items on the payroll report can be edited directly from the report before submission.
• Click on the Edit tab and make the required changes.

Clients can edit, make an item recurring, or delete items in line by double-clicking a cell in the report.

Click Payroll Audit Log at the top right to access the payroll change log.

How to perform bulk edits to a Deel Payroll report

Clients can use the Bulk Edit option to change several payroll items on the report at once. Download the payroll report in .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

In the top right corner, 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 - Download and edit the CSV template

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 the payroll report

Step 1 - Edit entity details

• From Organization Settings, click the Entities tab.
• Select an available entity from the list, click the Payroll tab, then click Manage in the 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. To do this, click Request it at the top left and select Payroll item request from the dropdown list.