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Your payslip - explained

Concepts of Finance 🧠 • 179 implied HN points • 24 May 23
💰 Finance Personal Finance Income Taxes Payroll Financial Education
  1. Many people struggle to understand their payslip, which is a common document. Knowing how to read it can reduce anxiety about money matters.
  2. A payslip contains important information like your gross pay, deductions, and net pay. Gross pay is what you earn before deductions, and net pay is what you take home.
  3. Payslips often include abbreviation codes for pay and deductions. It's helpful to know these terms to fully understand your earnings and any deductions from your pay.

March Payroll Preview

Ironsides Macroeconomics 'It's Never Different This Time' • 98 implied HN points • 04 Apr 23
💰 Finance Employment Labor Market Payroll Small business Economic Analysis
  1. The strong headline payroll gains in January and February may be misleading, as demand for labor is slowing.
  2. There are concerns about the labor market catching up due to manufacturing and housing contractions, slowing services demand, and potential issues with small business employment measurement.
  3. The consistency in patterns shown by ADP and NFIB reports compared to the BLS model raises skepticism about the strength in headline payrolls for January and February.

Joe Biden’s Fat White House Payroll Spikes to Historic Highs—Includes 524 Employees Costing Taxpayers $52+ Million

OpenTheBooks Substack • 228 implied HN points • 30 Jun 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Government White House Biden administration Payroll
  1. President Joe Biden's White House has seen a significant increase in staff and payroll costs since taking office.
  2. The turnover rate in the White House staff has been high, with a notable increase in employees from the previous year.
  3. Top-paid White House staffers include individuals in key roles such as policy advisors, with varying salaries and responsibilities.

Payroll is Big Business

Equal Ventures • 59 implied HN points • 20 Apr 23
💼 Business Payroll Entrepreneurship Market Analysis Financial Services
  1. Verticalized payroll offerings can provide industry-specific features and better service than horizontal players, creating additional monetizable opportunities.
  2. Industries with complex compensation structures, like real estate and insurance, are potential fits for vertical payroll models due to the unique payment systems.
  3. Traits that make a market ripe for a vertical payroll business vary, but complexity in payment structures and workforce dynamics are often attractive qualities.

Papaya Global's Eynat Guez on the Magic of AI in Payroll, Owning the Payment Rails and Why Younger Generations Are "Unbanking"

James Ledbetter's FIN • 0 implied HN points • 11 Nov 24
💼 Business Fintech Payroll AI Payments Global Trade
  1. AI is really changing how payroll works by helping to easily extract data from documents. This makes processing payroll much quicker and easier for companies all over the world.
  2. Younger employees want more digital benefits and flexibility in how they get paid. Companies like Papaya Global are trying to meet these demands with new features like employee wallets for better control of their money.
  3. Many traditional companies are still using outdated spreadsheets for payroll. They need to adapt quickly to new technology and regulations to keep up with modern business demands.
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