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Payroll and payslips
The free payslip generator, payroll calculations and what a payslip is and is not.
- Canadian payroll terminologyCPP and QPP, EI, federal and provincial tax, TD1 forms and the Québec differences that appear on a Canadian pay statement. Conceptual only; no rates.Updated 13 October 2026
- Earnings and deductions explainedThe lines that appear on a payslip: the kinds of earnings that make up gross pay and the kinds of deductions that reduce it to net pay.Updated 13 October 2026
- Gross pay versus net payGross pay is what an employee earns before deductions; net pay is what they receive after them. The difference is the deductions shown on the payslip.Updated 13 October 2026
- How payroll calculations workThe order in which a payroll calculation runs: gross pay, pre-tax deductions, statutory deductions, post-tax deductions, net pay; and why each country needs a verified rule pack.Updated 13 October 2026
- How to create a free payslipThe intended journey for the Free Payroll & Payslip Generator: choose a country, enter employer, employee and pay details, review the figures, preview and download a PDF. In development.Updated 13 October 2026
- Payslip generation versus payroll tax filingA payslip documents a payment. Reporting and paying tax to HMRC, the IRS or the CRA is a separate obligation that LexSalim's free generator does not perform.Updated 13 October 2026
- Payslip privacy and data handlingWhat the marketing website never collects, where payroll processing will happen, what remains to be confirmed about retention, and why Lana cannot see payroll data.Updated 13 October 2026
- UK PAYE and National Insurance: an overviewWhat Pay As You Earn and National Insurance are, how tax codes fit in, and why rates and thresholds are not listed here. Conceptual only; no figures.Updated 13 October 2026
- US payroll terminologyPay stub, W-4, federal withholding, FICA, state withholding and the other words that appear on an American pay statement. Conceptual only; no rates.Updated 13 October 2026
- What is a payslip?A payslip is a record of one payment to an employee: what was earned, what was deducted and what was paid. It is not a tax return and not a government filing.Updated 13 October 2026