Payroll ops

Reconciliation

Payday Jul 17 (CO practices) — native estimates vs engine finals, control totals first, drill on any variance.

Control totals

Control	Native estimate	Engine final	Δ	State
Gross wages	$96,410.22	$96,410.22	0.00	Match
Employee taxes withheld	$21,510.87	$21,510.87	0.00	Match
Employer taxes	$8,934.15	$8,934.15	0.00	Match
Benefit deductions	$4,182.40	$4,160.00	-$22.40	Explained
Net pay (ACH total)	$61,782.80	$61,805.20	$22.40	Explained

Explained variances

Retro benefits term — Delta Dental — Prairie Women’s Health: one termed dependent billed one extra cycle; credit memo applied next invoice ($22.40) Explained · closed

Cause classifier: benefits timing. The same $22.40 appears in both the benefit-deduction and net-pay deltas — one root cause, two control lines, closed with a carrier credit memo.