PayMaster Hospitality is Windows-based payroll software for restaurants, lodging operations, and other hospitality businesses. It manages wages, shift pay, and tips, allocating tips by gross receipts or hours. The software distinguishes directly tipped, indirectly tipped, non-tipped, and exempt employees for allocation, withholding, and reporting. It can produce tip reports and an annual Form 8027 report, as well as Form 941; W-2 and W-3 printing is supported. Hospitality reporting includes payroll totals by department or job title and tip handling for valets and bellhops. Totals can be grouped by job, department, or class and exported to Excel, with regular, overtime, vacation, sick, and holiday hours covered. The maker describes interfaces with Time & Attendance and spreadsheet exports; a 2004 newsletter mentions POS imports and time-clock connections. The manual describes MySQL settings, company-specific logins, and tools to create and restore backups. The maker offers custom W-2s, other payroll forms, and checks designed for the system. Pricing is available on request.
Who it is for
It suits hospitality businesses that need payroll and tip handling organized around roles, departments, and job titles. The maker identifies restaurants and lodging operations as intended users.
What is good
- Allocates tips by gross receipts or hours.
- Generates tip, Form 8027, and Form 941 reports.
- Supports W-2 and W-3 printing.
- Groups payroll totals and exports them to Excel.
- Manual describes company logins and backup tools.
What to know first
- Windows-based software only.
- Pricing is available on request.
- POS import details come from a 2004 newsletter.
Verdict
PayMaster Hospitality focuses on hospitality payroll, tip allocation, and related reporting. Ask the maker about current integration details and pricing before deciding whether it fits your operation.
Compared on restaurant payroll software
- Tip management
- Yes
- POS integrations
- Yes
- Multi-state payroll
- Yes
- Employee payment methods
- check
