# Follow the monthly payroll step by step

> In Weplanify, the Monthly payroll page shows where payroll stands: the next step, what is left to settle, the provisional figures and the five steps.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Payroll
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cycle-mensuel?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cycle-mensuel.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, the **Monthly payroll** page guides the payroll month from start to finish. Its overview says what to do next.

![The November payroll overview: next step, points left, provisional figures](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fpaie%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fpa-mois-c4b353db.webp?alt=media&token=6dd3305b-ba36-4114-8542-278c5986d823)

## Steps

1. Open **Payroll and costs → Monthly payroll** and choose the month at the top of the screen.
2. Read the **Overview**: the next step, what is left to do (sorted from most to least urgent), the **Provisional figures** and what changes payslips **Before closing** (departures, arrivals…).
3. Click a step card to open it: [Time and absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.presence?lang=en), [Variable elements](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.variables?lang=en), [Control](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.anomalies?lang=en), [Payslips](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.bulletins?lang=en), [Closing and payment](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cloture?lang=en).
4. A green tick marks a finished step; the number on the next card shows where you are.

## Good to know

- The pill shows the month's state: **In preparation**, then **Approved** once the month is closed; a closed month is read-only.
- While the month is in preparation, the figures are provisional: nothing is paid before the closing.
- Only one payroll is open at a time; the next month is prepared automatically at [closing](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cloture?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Prepare the month's time and absences](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.presence?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Time and absences step gives each employee's paid days, leave, absences and overtime, taken from the source chosen for their site.
- [Check the month's variable elements](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.variables?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Variable elements step sums up the bonuses, benefits in kind, advance deductions and expense claims that will be on the month's payslips.
- [Control payroll before approving payslips](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.anomalies?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Control step lists what can make a payslip wrong: blocking points, variations to check and information, with the cause of each change.
- [Check, approve and print payslips](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.bulletins?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Payslips step shows the month's payslips: totals, each person's gross and net, preview, recompute, approval and printing in one PDF.
- [Close the month, pay salaries and declare](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.cloture?lang=en) — In Weplanify, closing locks the payroll month, publishes payslips to employees and prepares the next month; the step then helps you pay and declare.
- [Payroll in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the monthly payroll is prepared in five steps, from time, absences and variable elements up to the payslips, the payment and the closing.
- [Declare a departure on leave or a final departure](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart?lang=en) — In Weplanify, declare a departure on leave or a final departure from the employee's record, Contracts tab, so that payroll prepares what is due to them.
- [Prepare a departure on leave](https://weplanify.io/docs/paie.depart-conges?lang=en) — In Weplanify, prepare an employee's departure on leave from their record: days counted, balance, leave request and allowance, then validate the departure.
- [Follow the monthly payroll from the dashboard](https://weplanify.io/docs/tableau-de-bord.paie?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the dashboard Payroll card shows where the month's payroll stands, step by step, what blocks the payslips and the time left before closing.