AgencyKit · Payroll

Payroll for your team, on one sheet a month.

AgencyKit is all-in-one payroll software for small agencies. Every month builds one sheet with each person’s base salary, their commission, any adjustment and the employer cost on top. Approve it once and your profit and loss report reads that same number.

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March 2026DraftPayday 5 Apr
Team memberBaseCommissionEmployer costLine total
Hana11,0001,10012,100
Karim14,0001,40015,400
Nour18,0002,4001,80022,200
Salma12,0001,20013,200
You25,0002,50027,500
March total
Nothing approved yet
90,400

What is AgencyKit Payroll?

AgencyKit Payroll is monthly payroll for a small agency’s own team. Each month produces one sheet holding every person’s base salary, commission, adjustments and employer cost, which you approve once. What you then pay out is recorded separately against that month, so a salary earned in March stays a March cost even when the money leaves the bank in April. Payroll is visible to the workspace owner alone, and it is on every AgencyKit plan, from $9 a month billed per account.

See it in action

Open the month, approve it, record what you paid.

Three steps, and the month is closed with a figure your reports agree with.

March 2026DraftPayday 5 Apr
Team memberBaseCommissionEmployer costLine total
Hana
Copywriter
11,0001,10012,100
Karim
Designer
14,0001,40015,400
Nour
Account manager
18,0002,4001,80022,200
Salma
Started 16 Mar
12,0001,20013,200
You
Owner
25,0002,50027,500
March total
Nothing approved yet
90,400
March 2026ApprovedPayday 5 Apr
Team memberBaseAdjustmentEmployer costLine total
Hana
Copywriter
11,0001,10012,100
Karim
Raise applies from March
14,0001,40015,400
Nour
Commission 2,400 on March collections
18,0001,80022,200
Salma
Half a month, pro-rated by hand
12,000-6,0006006,600
You
Owner
25,0002,50027,500
March total
The figure the P&L now reads
83,800
Paid against MarchApproved5 Apr
PaymentAmountPaid onMethodKind
Hana12,1005 AprBankSalary
Karim15,4005 AprBankSalary
Nour22,2005 AprBankSalary
Salma
Asked for it early
6,60028 MarCashAdvance
You27,5005 AprBankSalary
Paid out
March is still a March cost
83,800
Why it is built this way

A payroll sheet that your reports already agree with.

Built for an agency paying its own people, where the same figure has to hold up in the P&L, in a raise three months from now, and in a month you closed last year.

Earned and paid stay separate

A salary is earned across its month. The day it actually leaves the bank is recorded as its own fact, so paying on the 5th never drags March’s cost into April.

Commission finds its own owner

A client’s first month belongs to whoever closed them and every month after it to whoever manages them. You set the rate once, per person, and the sheet works out the rest.

Commission on money that arrived

Commission is earned on collection, not on invoicing. A client who signs and never pays earns nobody a commission, and an unpaid month pays nobody until it lands.

The employer’s own cost, on top

One percentage covers what the company pays above salary, added to every line on the base wage. Leave it blank and nothing is added, which is the truth for plenty of small agencies.

A raise does not rewrite history

Salaries are kept as dated history. A raise applies from the month you set it forward and leaves every month you have already reported exactly as you reported it.

Your own salary counts too

Put yourself on the sheet and your hours stop being free. Leave yourself off and a client you serve personally will always look more profitable than they really are.

One number, not two

Approve the month and your profit and loss report reads that approved run rather than recalculating from today’s roster. The sheet and the report cannot drift apart.

One currency, never a mixed total

A run is in one currency and commission is counted in that currency alone. Two currencies are never quietly added together, because a total made of two units is not a total.

Visible to the owner alone

Payroll is not a permission you can grant. For everyone but the workspace owner the page does not exist, which is a stronger guarantee than a hidden menu item.

Your team’s cost, already in your profit and loss.

Most small agencies keep payroll in a spreadsheet and then copy the total into the report that closes the month, which is two places to be wrong and no way to tell which one is. AgencyKit builds the sheet from the people and the salaries you already keep in the workspace, and once you approve a month the profit and loss report reads that run instead of being told the answer.

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Salaries 1 approved run Your P&L

No second tool, no copied total. The month you approve is the month your reports read.

Compared with a payroll spreadsheet

What a sheet in a spreadsheet cannot do.

AgencyKit Payroll replaces the spreadsheet you keep for your own team, and it is not a tax bureau. The last row of this table says so plainly.

CapabilityAgencyKit PayrollA payroll spreadsheet
The month builds itself from your teamYesYou build it
Commission worked out per personYesFormulas you maintain
Commission only on money that arrivedYesWhatever you remember
Your own salary counted in the costYesUsually left out
Employer cost added to every lineYesFormulas you maintain
A raise leaves reported months aloneYesOverwritten
What you paid recorded against the monthYesA second sheet
The same figure in your profit and lossYesCopied by hand
Advances kept apart from salaryYesUsually not
Visible to the owner onlyYesWhoever has the file
Statutory deductions and tax filingNoNo

Key takeaways

  • AgencyKit Payroll gives a small agency one sheet a month holding every person’s base salary, commission, adjustments and employer cost.
  • What is earned and what is paid are two separate records, so a March salary paid on 5 April is still a March cost and a closed month stays closed.
  • Once a month is approved, the profit and loss report reads that approved run, so the sheet and the report always show the same figure.
  • Payroll is visible to the workspace owner alone, and it is on every plan, starting at $9 a month billed per account.
  • Commission is earned on money that arrived, not on money invoiced, and a client’s first month goes to whoever closed them while every month after goes to whoever manages them.
  • AgencyKit Payroll does not calculate statutory deductions and does not file returns with any tax authority. The sheet tells you what your team costs and what you have paid against it.
FAQ

Agency payroll questions, answered.

AgencyKit Payroll is monthly payroll for a small agency’s own team. Each month produces one sheet holding every person’s base salary, commission, adjustments and employer cost, which you approve once. What you then pay out is recorded separately against that month, so a salary earned in March stays a March cost even when the money leaves the bank in April. Payroll is visible to the workspace owner alone, and it is on every AgencyKit plan, from $9 a month billed per account.
Only the workspace owner. Payroll is not a permission that can be handed to a team member: the page does not exist for them, and the server answers a request for it as if there were nothing there. What each person earns is the most sensitive figure in the product, so running payroll is held apart from the salary setting that governs the financial reports.
No. A salary is earned across its month and belongs to that month, and the day the money leaves the bank is recorded as a separate fact. Pay on the 5th of the following month and the cost still lands where the work was done, so a closed month stays closed and the month you paid in does not carry two payrolls.
No, and that is deliberate. Once a month’s run is approved, the profit and loss report reads that approved run instead of recalculating the figure from today’s roster. One number, on both screens, however many people have joined or left since.
You set a rate per person, separately for a client’s first month and for every month after it. The first month belongs to whoever closed that client and every month after it to whoever manages them, so the commission lands on the monthly sheet against the right person without anybody deciding it twice.
When the money arrives. A client who signs and never pays earns nobody a commission, and a month invoiced and still unpaid pays nobody until it lands. What counts is the month the payment was for, not the day it turned up, so a first month settled late is still the closer’s.
Yes, and it is worth doing. Enter a figure for yourself and you appear on the sheet like anyone else. Leave it empty and every hour you work costs the business nothing, which makes a client you serve personally look more profitable than they are. Nothing changes until you enter a figure, and it applies from the month you set, so months you have already reported are untouched.
A raise carries the month it starts from. Every month you have already reported keeps the figure you reported, and the new salary shows up from the month you set forward. Salaries are kept as dated history rather than as one field that overwrites the past.
Yes. One percentage for the workspace covers what the company pays above salary, and it is added to every line on the base wage only, not on commission. Leave it empty and nothing is added at all, which is the honest answer for plenty of small agencies.
A mid-month joiner is charged a whole month, which is what the profit and loss report has always done, and the sheet prints their start date on the line so nobody has to remember it. An adjustment column is there for anyone who would rather pro-rate.
A payroll run is in one currency, and commission is counted in that currency alone. Two currencies are never added into a single commission figure, because a total made of two different units is not a total.
No. AgencyKit Payroll tells you what your team costs each month and what you have paid against it. The product does not calculate statutory deductions, does not file returns with any tax authority, and does not issue payslips in a particular country’s legal format. If you need those, keep the bureau or accountant who does them.
Every plan. Payroll carries no tier limit, so it is there on Starter at $9 a month just as it is on Agency and Agency Pro. AgencyKit is billed per account rather than per user, so adding the people you are paying does not raise the bill.
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