What information in GoCo will be synced to payroll?

If you opted into Auto Payroll Sync, GoCo's payroll team will ensure personnel changes in GoCo are updated in your cloud-based payroll system prior to payroll processing.

This article outlines what changes are updated in payroll for you, and which changes are not (thus you will need to manage those changes yourself, if applicable).

Items we Sync:

Fields we update	Field Category	When does this apply?
Employee Legal Name	Personal Info	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes
Employee Address	Personal Info	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes
Social Security Number	Personal Info	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes
Date of Birth	Personal Info	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes
Email (personal & work)	Personal Info	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes
Phone (personal & work)	Personal Info	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes
Legal Sex	Personal Info	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes
Direct Deposit	Payment & Tax	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes (add, remove, change)
State Tax Elections	Payment & Tax	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes (add, remove, change)
Federal Tax Elections	Payment & Tax	New hire onboarding Ongoing employee changes (add, change)
Wage Type	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Wage Rate	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Manager Name	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Work Location	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Title	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Hire Date	Employment Info	New hire onboarding
Termination Date	Employment Info	Employee termination
Termination Reason	Employment Info	Employee termination
Pay Frequency	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Division	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Department	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Employment Type	Employment Info	New hire onboarding Any time an employer makes a change to the employee's employment information (ie a promotion)
Benefit Deductions	Deduction	Any changes to an employees benefit deduction (ie adds, changes, or removes coverage)

Additional Considerations:

New Hires
- When adding new hires to payroll, we will always use the default hiring template (if applicable)
Terminations
- You can opt-out of termination processing. This is common for groups who handle multiple severance payments post-termination.
Benefit Deductions
- This only applies to benefits hosted in our Benefit Administration module.
- We can sync employer contributions when requested

Items we never sync:

Time off balances or requests
Hours worked / Timeclock
Benefits that are not on GoCo (ie 401k)
Documents
Custom fields (ie EEOC)
Local Taxes
Final Paychecks
We can terminate the employee in payroll, but we will not calculate the final paycheck based on hours worked, etc.

Even if GoCo is syncing your payroll, you can still view the Payroll Dashboard and review the items we are syncing over. To do that, go to the Payroll Sync tab on the left side menu or on the Company Page. To learn more about our payroll sync dashboard and how it works, check out this article.

Please contact help@goco.io if you have any questions.