Corporate Payroll Services is responsible for the timely and accurate payment of salaries and wages and for the processing of all of Duke's payroll disbursements and related deductions. With an excess of 565,000 checks issued annually to faculty, staff, and students and with an annual payroll exceeding $1.3 billion, it is necessary that strict regulation of the payroll process - through reporting deadlines, maintenance of records, and compliance with federal, state, and Duke-specific regulations - be maintained in order to process paychecks in a timely and accurate fashion.