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Who: the owner, with your payroll admin. When: once per legal entity. Garde Payroll lives in the same platform as your labor and accounting data — guided setup, automated tax calculations and filings, human support when you want it. (How it works under the hood: Payroll via CheckHQ.)

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Set up

Payroll onboarding: Start Fresh or Import from Previous Provider
  1. Go to Payroll → Onboarding and select the location.
  2. Choose your path:
    • Start Fresh — guided setup from scratch.
    • Import from Previous Provider — finish entity setup, authorize secure access to your old provider, and review what Garde imports.
  3. Confirm the legal entity: legal name, state tax withholding mode, authorized signer.
  4. Repeat per location until you see All locations set up!
Multiple locations on one legal entity needs assisted setup — contact support before you start.

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After onboarding

Finish the Getting Started checklist on Payroll → Home, then wire the connections:
  • Employees / Contractors — profiles, earning rates, withholding, benefits, PTO, documents, paystubs.
  • Departments, Payroll Employee Mappings, Job Mappings — connect POS jobs to payroll so hours flow automatically.
  • Accounting Mapping — payroll journals to the right accounts.
  • PTO Policy — accrual rules.