Consolidated Department-wise Payroll Cost Summary Report

Consolidated Department-wise Payroll Cost Summary Report

Hello Zoho Payroll Team and Community,

I am writing to discuss a reporting requirement regarding department-level expense tracking within Zoho Payroll.

As we scale and manage salary distribution for employees across multiple departments, such as Accounts, Sales, AI, and Marketing—the need for high-level cost analysis becomes critical. We find Zoho Payroll excellent for individual processing, but we are facing a challenge with macro-level reporting.

We need the ability to view the total salary expense per department in a single, consolidated view. The goal is to see the overall cost incurred for each department side-by-side, without the need to drill down into individual employee details.

At present, there does not seem to be a native report that displays this data in one frame. To analyze these costs, we currently have to:
  • Open the reports.

  • Apply a filter for "Department A" to get the total.

  • Reset and apply a filter for "Department B" to get that total.

This manual process is time-consuming and not scalable for organizations with many departments.

Is there an existing workaround or a hidden report type that allows us to view a "Department vs. Total Cost" summary table?

If this is not currently available, please consider this a feature request. A report that lists all departments with their respective total payroll costs in one view would be a significant productivity booster for finance teams and management.

I look forward to hearing if anyone has solved this or if the product team can add this to the roadmap.

Best regards,

Abhishek Sharma

Seasoned Zoho Partner & MVP


Feel free to contact me if you have any queries

abhishek@encaptechno.com

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