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Q: Why do restaurants need payroll solutions designed specifically for the industry?

Restaurants operate with variable shifts, tipped employees, overtime and tip makeup calculations, and complex employment rules. Toast Payroll solutions for restaurants are built to handle it all, even as staff and schedules change weekly.

Q: How does integrated tip pooling help running payroll?

Toast Payroll and tip pooling solutions automate the calculation, distribution, and reporting of pooled tips. With tip tracking payroll software, you can allocate pooled tips fairly without manual spreadsheets, and avoid tip-related errors during payroll.

Q: How and when does Toast Payroll file my payroll taxes?

Toast Payroll Tax Center makes it easy for you to prepare for tax filings. You will get alerts when certain things look off so you can add missing information. Our support team also conducts proactive outreach to gather filing-critical tax information.

Q: Can I easily onboard new hires into Toast Payroll?

Yes! Onboarding employees with Toast Payroll is seamless. Employees can fill out their new hire paperwork instantly on their phones, so you get new hires on the floor faster and you can feel confident you have the information you need — in both POS and Payroll.

Q: What kind of support does Toast Payroll offer?

With Toast Payroll, you’ll also have access to our Payroll Care Team, available by chat or phone 7 days a week.

The median payroll processing time for Toast Payroll Suite customers is 15 minutes or less — and less than 5 minutes for restaurants with 10 or fewer employees.*

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Toast Payroll keeps operators and employees happy

Simplify shifts and tips

Toast Payroll is built for both retail- and restaurant-specific scenarios like overtime, tip‑outs, and employees working different roles with different pay rates.

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Quick onboarding

Give yourself one less thing to worry about while hiring. Plus, employees get visibility into pay, benefits, and tip info.

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Connected to your POS

Restaurant payroll shouldn’t require a separate system. Consolidate vendors with Toast.

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Thousands of businesses trust Toast to process payroll for more than half a million employees every month.

Complex shifts made simple

Handles multiple pay rates for the same employee
Think: your bartender calls out so a server steps behind the bar for the night. Toast Payroll can calculate the right pay, no problem.
Pay tips via payroll
Send pooled tips to employee paychecks in payroll to help avoid late-night cash closeout mistakes.
Track and calculate overtime
Toast Payroll tracks and calculates employee overtime across locations and multiple job types so you don’t have to do it manually.

Save time with hiring and team management

Mobile onboarding
With Toast Payroll, employees fill out their new hire paperwork on their phones, so you get new hires out of the back office and onto the floor fast.
Keep your staff around for the long haul
Toast Payroll integrates with Vestwell 401(k) to automate deductions.
Offer employees visibility into pay and tip info
Give employees a detailed view of their paystub, benefits, and tips per shift with MyToast, our mobile app for employees.
HR Toolkit, powered by Mineral
Access restaurant‑focused HR content, including employee handbook templates, alerts for new regulations, and FAQs.

Reliable from clock-in to payday

Fully integrated with your POS
Toast Payroll is fully integrated with your Toast point-of-sale, so timesheets are embedded in payroll.
Proactive alerts built in
Toast Payroll flags things like missing SSNs, auto clock‑outs, and unapproved tips.
Chat and phone support, 7 days a week
Toast’s Payroll Care Team is available by chat or phone every day of the week.

What is Toast Payroll and who is it for?

Toast Payroll & Team Management is Toast's product for restaurants that need to pay employees, manage labor data, and connect payroll workflows with restaurant operations. It is built for US restaurants using Toast’s platform, especially operators that want payroll tied to time tracking, tips, and employee payment options. Within the Toast suite, it works alongside Toast POS, Toast Tips Manager, and Toast Pay Card and PayOut to connect sales, labor, tips, and payroll in one system.

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Free resources to help you hire and manage great teams

Overtime Laws for Restaurant Employees

Learn about federal and state overtime laws for restaurants, including employee eligibility requirements, compliance best practices, and legal considerations for restaurant owners.

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How to Calculate Overtime for Restaurant Employees

Overtime doesn’t have to be tricky — read on for a step-by-step guide to getting it right, including formulas and best practices.

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What is Tip Pooling?

With varying views on tip pooling and tip pooling laws, it’s important to understand how your staff feels about pooling tips so you can implement it effectively.

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Toast Payroll FAQs

What are the benefits of using restaurant payroll software that's integrated with POS?

Toast Payroll with schedules and time tracking helps simplify payroll by automatically syncing hours worked, shift edits, breaks, and tips from Toast POS system. This not only reduces manual entry, saving you time with each payroll run, but it also helps minimize errors so that you can get the right pay for your employees.

Why do restaurants need payroll solutions designed specifically for the industry?

How does integrated tip pooling help running payroll?

How and when does Toast Payroll file my payroll taxes?

Can I easily onboard new hires into Toast Payroll?

What kind of support does Toast Payroll offer?

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