teamspace does not replace your payroll — but it prepares all the data for it. Instead of gathering figures from Excel lists, emails and scraps of paper, preparatory payroll delivers a structured dataset that is exported to payroll accounting or your tax advisor (usually DATEV). This article shows which data comes together and how the export works.
Which data comes together
Throughout the year, teamspace maintains all payroll-relevant figures and stores them with their validity periods — so salary and contract developments remain traceable at any time:
- Basic salary and salary components — fixed and variable parts, Christmas and holiday bonuses, company pension schemes (see Rates, salaries & remuneration).
- Booked time — attendance and project time as the basis for planned/actual comparisons.
- Overtime payouts — requested individually or paid out automatically at month-end (see Overtime account).
- Commissions and bonuses — calculated automatically by individual rules, leaving only the payout to release.
- Expenses, travel costs and meal allowances — checked and released (see Meal allowances).
- Leave and sickness reimbursements — assessed overtime-neutral.
All of this is bundled through employee payroll and prepared in a tax-compliant way — in their own statement, the employee sees which part is reimbursed and which is added to their taxable salary.
The path to payroll
There are two ways for the data to leave teamspace:
- DATEV interface. Via the DATEV connection, the prepared data transfers directly to your tax advisor — without redundant data storage and with fewer sources of error. At its core, the DATEV connection concerns financial accounting (the booking data service for incoming and outgoing invoices); the result data from preparatory payroll feeds in as a supplement.
- Excel export. If you do not use DATEV, export the filtered list as an Excel file via the three-dots menu and pass it on to payroll accounting — the same list you see in the browser.
ℹ Info: Setting up the DATEV interface is usually handled by the consulting team. The transfer status can be tracked, and you are notified on completion.
What this means for decision-makers
Because master data, contracts, time and payouts all sit in one system, the basis for payroll emerges as a by-product of daily work — not as a separate effort at month-end. This lowers the HR workload, reduces transfer errors and makes salary and cost developments analysable at any time — also for Controlling.