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# Understanding the Employer Pay Summary

## Each time you process a pay with Thankyou Payroll, you will be emailed an Employer Pay Summary along with the employee payslips.

*Updated: May 2026*

**In this article**

- [Looking at the Employer Summary section](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/employer-pay-summary#EmployerSummary).
- <https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/employer-pay-summary#HowTheUpdatePayDate>[Looking at the Employee Details section.](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/employer-pay-summary#EmployeeDetailsSection)
- [Accessing the Employer Summary and payslips from the Thankyou Payroll Dashboard.](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/employer-pay-summary#PayslipsDashboard)
- [Feeling stuck?](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/employer-pay-summary#FeelingStuck)

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There are two sections  - the Employer Summary and the Employee Details.

### **The Employer Summary**

This provides a high-level summary of the payments/costs per employee. Totals are shown for each employee in the pay run.

> ![EmployerPayslipSummary\_emailed\_Screenshot-1](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/ProcessingPays/EmployerPayslipSummary_emailed_Screenshot-1.png?width=608&height=205&name=EmployerPayslipSummary_emailed_Screenshot-1.png)

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### **The Employee Details Summary**

Breaks down the pay type details by employee, displaying each employee’s, pay type, pay rate, units, quantity, gross and total. 

> ![EmployeeDetails\_EmployerSummary\_emailed\_Screenshot-1](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/ProcessingPays/EmployeeDetails_EmployerSummary_emailed_Screenshot-1.png?width=608&height=261&name=EmployeeDetails_EmployerSummary_emailed_Screenshot-1.png)
> 
> The amount under **Total** is the payment amount needed to fund the pay.

![Info - Blue Block (1)](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/CalloutIcons/Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png?width=40&height=40&name=Info%20-%20Blue%20Block%20(1).png)Employees will receive their payslips showing a breakdown of their pay via email when we process a pay for them. They can also view this in the [Thankyou Payroll Employee App](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/en/employee-app?hsLang=en).

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### How to access the Pay Summary and Payslips from the Thankyou Payroll Dashboard.

There are two ways  view the pay summary and payslips from the **dashboard.**

1/ Click on the arrow to the left of the pay number and then on the Summary and Payslips button 

![](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-20-2026-10-54-52-0738-PM.png?width=243&height=79&name=image-png-May-20-2026-10-54-52-0738-PM.png)

![](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-20-2026-10-53-55-7935-PM.png?width=243&height=49&name=image-png-May-20-2026-10-53-55-7935-PM.png)

Or for older pays

2/ By scrolling down to ‘**Pays for the current month**’ and clicking ‘**See full {date} summary**’

> ![Dashboard\_FullPaySummary\_Screenshot-1](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/ProcessingPays/Dashboard_FullPaySummary_Screenshot-1.png?width=608&height=608&name=Dashboard_FullPaySummary_Screenshot-1.png)
> 
>  Click ‘**Tools**’ (1) by the pay number you wish to see the pay summary and payslips for and then, ‘**See payslips**’(2).
> 
> ![ViewPayslipsDashboard](https://help.thankyoupayroll.co.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/KnowledgeBase/screensteps/ProcessingPays/ViewPayslipsDashboard.png?width=670&height=577&name=ViewPayslipsDashboard.png)

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