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title: "Guide: Payroll and employee tasks"
slug: "guide-payroll-and-employee-tasks"
description: "Create and report on task checklists for a payroll period or an individual employee using Cintra iQ's Payroll Task functionality."
updated: 2026-06-10T11:18:59Z
published: 2026-06-10T11:18:59Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/guide-payroll-and-employee-tasks"
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# Guide: Payroll and employee tasks

Within Cintra iQ, you can create a task list for either a payroll period or an employee using the Payroll Task functionality. This lets you check that required tasks are performed for the payroll or employee.

### Payroll period

- [Set up tasks for a payroll period](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-and-apply-tasks-to-specific-payrolls-and-periods)
- [Set up tasks for all payroll periods within a payroll using a default task list](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-tasks-for-all-pay-periods-within-a-payroll)
- [Report on the tasks within a payroll period](/iq/docs/how-do-i-report-on-employee-tasks-due-within-a-payroll-period-date-range)

### Employee

- [Set up employee tasks with a given due date](/iq/docs/how-do-i-create-edit-delete-an-employee-task)
- [Report on employee tasks due within a date range or pay period](/iq/docs/how-do-i-report-on-employee-tasks-due-within-a-payroll-period-date-range)