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Automotive Flat-Rate Payroll. Mathematically Perfect. 100% Compliant.

Compatible with any modern DMS spreadsheet export. Automatically parse flag hours, calculate complex California piece-rate breaks, and safeguard your dealership against costly wage-and-hour audits.

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Current Rooftop
Mercedes-Benz West
Payroll Period
May 16 - 31
Technician Directory Summary
Tech Name Flag Hrs Hourly Pay Rev Bonus Total Comp
Marcus Vance 82.0 $3,280.00 $350.00 $3,630.00
Serena Cole 95.5 $4,297.50 $600.00 $4,897.50
David Miller 70.0 $2,450.00 $150.00 $2,600.00

Designed Exclusively for Automotive Service Departments

Flat Rate Pro cuts out the friction of manual Excel formulas and compliance audits in three core areas.

Universal DMS Data Engine

Compatible with all major Dealership Management Systems. Simply export your technician flat-rate hours ledger into Excel or CSV format and drag it in—our universal parsing engine reads and organizes the variables instantly. Zero complex APIs required.

California Piece-Rate Compliance

Never fear a wage-and-hour audit. Flat Rate Pro calculates mandatory California rest-and-recovery break pay, parses productive vs. non-productive time, and automatically triggers minimum wage top-offs based on local service standards.

Mathematical Accuracy & Profit Protection

Eliminate double payments and formulas that break. Custom flat rate tiers, technician vacation rates, deductions, and team leader bonuses are calculated flawlessly in seconds, keeping service department accounts bulletproof.

The 4-Step Zero-Friction Payroll Workflow

How Flat Rate Pro turns a 2-day manual compliance headache into a 15-minute task.

1

DMS Export

Export your flat-rate technician flag hours report from CDK, Reynolds, or Tekion as Excel/CSV.

2

Drag & Drop

Upload the document directly into our data parser. The engine automatically reads names, employee IDs, and hours.

3

Auto Compliance

The compliance rules engine breaks out California rest periods, stand-by time, and triggers base rate guarantees.

4

Export Payroll

Generate clean vendor-compatible upload sheets, dealer group summary logs, and detailed individual technician stubs.

Guaranteed Time Savings & Mathematical Accuracy

Flat Rate Pro is engineered to eliminate manual calculation errors and free up hours of administration time for service directors and controllers.

95% Administration Time Saved

Turn a grueling 2-day manual Excel sheet calculation process into a 15-minute drag-and-drop import.

100% Formula Accuracy

Eliminate human error, broken spreadsheet formulas, and double-payments with our automated rules engine.

Zero-Friction DMS Integrations

Works natively with report exports from CDK, Reynolds & Reynolds, Tekion, and other major platforms.

15 min
Average time to run payroll for 50 technicians.

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Schedule a 15-minute guided walkthrough. See how Flat Rate Pro integrates with your spreadsheets.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about compatibility, setups, or state audits? Here are our answers.

Which Dealership Management Systems (DMS) do you support?

Flat Rate Pro supports Excel and CSV report exports from all major DMS platforms, including CDK Global, Reynolds & Reynolds, Dealertrack, Tekion, PBS, Autosoft, and DealerBuilt. As long as you can pull a spreadsheet of flagged flat-rate lines or tech rosters, our system can parse it.

How does the California Piece-Rate compliance engine work?

Under California Assembly Bill 1513, flat-rate (piece-rate) employees must be compensated separately for rest-and-recovery periods and other non-productive (standby) time at specified hourly rates. Our parser calculates the average productive hourly rate for the current pay period and applies it automatically to their rest break hours, ensuring 100% compliance with zero manual calculations.

Can we customize flag rate tiers and technician bonuses?

Yes! You can define custom progressive flag rate tiers (e.g. higher rates if the tech flags over 80 hours), set standby rate values, set specific vacation rates, and apply shop performance bonuses directly within your profile configurations.

How do we export calculations to our payroll provider?

Our application outputs pre-formatted, vendor-compatible CSV sheets ready for 1-click import into standard corporate systems. No more manual entry of gross figures.