A business owner discovers that 1.5 years of payroll records processed by an external bookkeeping company have incorrect pay period dates, rendering payroll cost documentation inaccurate and raising questions about how to correct past paystubs.

Workarounds Described

• Manually reviewed payroll records and identified date discrepancies
• Fixed future pay periods manually but did not address past records
• Relied on bookkeeping company without independent verification

Implied Software Gaps

• Payroll system with automatic validation of pay period dates against expected schedule
• Tool to batch-correct historical payroll data and regenerate paystubs
• Audit trail feature to document corrections for compliance

PayPeriod Guardian

PayPeriod Guardian is a payroll audit and correction tool that automatically verifies pay period dates against work logs and flags discrepancies. It provides a guided workflow to correct past payroll records while handling paystub updates and compliance requirements.