First Time Setup

Paymate Acclaim is designed to install easily on any Windows Computer. Following the few simple guidelines listed below should have you up and running in a matter of minutes. Please read the instructions below to ensure a smooth and trouble free installation of your Paymate for Windows products.

This step-by-step guide will help you get off the ground and setup your company with Acclaim for the first time. Please ensure you have already downloaded and installed Acclaim successfully before starting with this guide.

Payroll Groups are the used to organize employees together. Typically, payroll groups are setup so that those who have similar traits are grouped together for each pay run.

Your payroll categories are the building blocks of your payroll. Everything that affects your employees' pay, taxes, and others (even if it doesn't appear on their paystub) should be created as a payroll category. Note: Acclaim comes preloaded with certain payroll categories. Ensure that you have reviewed them and are not creating duplicate categories.

In order to properly export to your GL, your accounts, your departments and accounts tab needs to be setup with the correct GL numbers. This will ensure the correct department is reporting to the correct number in your accounting software.

In order to run payroll in Acclaim, you need to enter employees into the system.