Payroll mistakes rarely show up as a single line item, which is exactly why they're so expensive. Between correction time, re-runs, penalty interest, and the erosion of employee trust, the real cost dwarfs the amount miscalculated.
Getting to zero is less about working harder and more about removing manual steps: a rules-based engine for tax, gratuity and overtime, validation before posting, and locked periods that prevent silent edits. When the maths is deterministic, errors stop being a monthly surprise.