Pay stubs: One in five contains errors

According to the 2026 Payroll Benchmark Report, one in five payroll statements in Germany contains errors—primarily caused by interface issues between HR, time-tracking, and payroll systems. As a solution, experts recommend better system integration—that is, handling more processes internally and relying less on external service providers, avoiding manual calculations of variable compensation (as is often the practice), and keeping track of tax changes or automating them…