Data Flow

Payroll System: Gross-to-Net Pay Calculation

Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) · made in Skemio

DFD showing timecards transformed into gross pay, tax deductions via tax tables, benefit deductions, and ACH bank disbursement.
DFD showing timecards transformed into gross pay, tax deductions via tax tables, benefit deductions, and ACH bank disbursement.

What it shows

  • Timecard records require wage tier multiplication before any deductions.
  • Statutory tax withholding relies on point-in-time tax tables for compliance.
  • Net disbursement requires balancing direct deposits against audit ledgers.

The takeaway

Deterministic gross-to-net transformation requires strict sequential deduction pipelining.

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