PayMaster Hospitality
PayMaster Hospitality is Windows-based payroll software for hospitality businesses, including restaurants and lodging operations.
What PayMaster Hospitality is
PayMaster Hospitality is Windows-based payroll software for hospitality businesses, including restaurants and lodging operations. It manages wages, shift pay, and tips, allocating tips by gross receipts or hours. The software distinguishes directly tipped, indirectly tipped, non-tipped, and exempt employees for allocation, withholding, and reporting. It can produce tip reports and an annual Form 8027 report, and handles tips for valets and bellhops. Payroll reporting includes totals by department or job title, Form 941, and W-2 and W-3 printing. Totals can be grouped by job, department, or class and exported to Excel; reports cover regular, overtime, vacation, sick, and holiday hours. The maker describes interfaces with Time & Attendance and exports to common spreadsheets. A 2004 maker newsletter also mentions POS imports and time-clock interfaces. The manual describes MySQL database settings, company-specific logins, and tools to create and restore backups. The software supports multi-state payroll and employee payment by check. Pricing is available on request.
Good
- Allocates tips by gross receipts or hours.
- Produces Form 8027 and Form 941 reports.
- Totals can be grouped and exported to Excel.
- Includes backup creation and restoration tools.
Watch out
- Windows-based software only.
- Pricing is available on request.
- Employee payment method listed is check.
Who it suits
PayMaster Hospitality is aimed at hospitality businesses that need payroll and tip allocation, including restaurants and lodging operations. It is Windows-based and supports employee payment by check.
Verdict
PayMaster Hospitality combines hospitality-focused tip handling with payroll reports and spreadsheet exports. Businesses should confirm pricing and fit with their Windows-based operations directly with the maker.
The facts
Each one read from PayMaster Hospitality's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backups
- The manual says users can create and restore company data backups and maintain the underlying database.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Checks and forms
- PayMasterPro offers custom W-2s and other payroll forms, along with checks designed to work with its system.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Database
- The login instructions describe a MySQL database and say standalone installs usually use localhost on port 3306.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Database and access
- The manual describes MySQL database server settings and a username and password login for each company.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Exports
- The maker says it exports to common spreadsheets and programs such as Microsoft Excel.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Hospitality roles
- Hospitality features include payroll totals by department or job title and tip handling for valets and bellhops.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The maker’s brochure says the software interfaces with Time & Attendance and exports to common spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- The maker presents the software for hospitality businesses, including restaurants and lodging operations.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Operating system
- The maker describes PayMaster Hospitality as Windows-based.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Payroll reporting
- The software generates Form 941 and supports W-2 and W-3 printing.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Product purpose
- PayMaster Hospitality manages payroll, tips, wages, and shift pay for hospitality businesses.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- PayMaster Hospitality manages hospitality payroll, tips, wages and shift pay.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Reporting
- Its totals report covers regular, overtime, vacation, sick and holiday hours and can be exported to Excel.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Reports and exports
- Totals reports can be grouped by job, department, or class and exported to Excel.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Support
- The maker’s brochure offers a free online demonstration and lists sales and support phone numbers.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Tax reports
- The manual lists tip reports, an annual Form 8027 report, and reports for government formats.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Tip allocation
- It allocates tips using gross receipts or hours and can produce tip reports and an annual Form 8027 report.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Tip handling
- It distinguishes directly tipped, indirectly tipped, non-tipped, and exempt employees for tip allocation, withholding, and reporting.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Company identity
- The product manual identifies the maker as PayMaster Pro LLC.checked 7 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- POS imports
- A 2004 maker newsletter says PayMaster imports from popular POS systems and interfaces with time clock products.checked 7 Oct 2001
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