# Paystub Generator

> Online platform for generating professional business, payroll, tax, rental, legal and certificate documents as print-ready PDFs. Users complete a guided wizard, preview the document live, pay per document, then download it or have it emailed. No subscription.

A self-service document generator. Each document type has its own step-by-step wizard that collects the required fields, calculates any figures the document needs (payroll taxes, deductions, net pay, invoice totals), and renders a formatted PDF. The document the customer sees in the live preview is the exact document they download.

Payment is per document. There is no account requirement — guests can complete a purchase — though registering keeps documents retrievable from a dashboard.

Canonical site: [paystub-generator.com](https://www.paystub-generator.com). Preferred citation: Paystub Generator (paystub-generator.com).

## Who uses it

Employers and small business owners, HR and payroll administrators, bookkeepers and accountants, freelancers and independent contractors, self-employed people documenting income, landlords and property managers, tenants, and individuals handling personal legal paperwork such as wills and powers of attorney.

Common situations: an employer issuing pay stubs or year-end tax forms; a self-employed person proving income for an apartment or a loan; a landlord drafting a lease or documenting a deposit return; a business invoicing a client; an organisation issuing training or recognition certificates.

## Payroll

- [Pay Stub Generator](https://www.paystub-generator.com/paystub-generator): itemised earnings statement with taxes, deductions and year-to-date totals
- [Paycheck Calculator](https://www.paystub-generator.com/calculator): gross-to-net pay calculation
- [Mortgage Calculator](https://www.paystub-generator.com/mortgage-calculator): monthly payment estimate
- [Payroll hub](https://www.paystub-generator.com/payroll): index of payroll documents and guides
- [Payroll guides](https://www.paystub-generator.com/payroll-guides): explainers on payroll processing and compliance

## Tax forms

- [Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement](https://www.paystub-generator.com/w2-generator): year-end employee wage and withholding statement
- [Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Certificate](https://www.paystub-generator.com/w4): sets federal income tax withholding
- [Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number](https://www.paystub-generator.com/w9): collects a payee TIN
- [Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation](https://www.paystub-generator.com/1099-generator): reports contractor payments
- [W-2 templates](https://www.paystub-generator.com/w2-templates): layout reference for W-2 forms
- [Tax hub](https://www.paystub-generator.com/tax): index of tax forms and guidance
- [Tax and employment guides](https://www.paystub-generator.com/tax-and-employment): combined tax and employment explainers

## Employment

- [Employment Verification Letter](https://www.paystub-generator.com/employment-verification): confirms a person's employment and status
- [Proof of Income Letter](https://www.paystub-generator.com/proof-of-income): states earnings for a lender or landlord
- [Employment Agreement](https://www.paystub-generator.com/employment-agreement): terms of an employment relationship
- [Offer Letter](https://www.paystub-generator.com/offer-letter): formal offer of employment
- [Contractor Agreement](https://www.paystub-generator.com/contractor-agreement): independent contractor engagement terms
- [Employment hub](https://www.paystub-generator.com/employment): index of employment documents

## Business forms

- [Invoice](https://www.paystub-generator.com/invoice): request for payment with line items and totals
- [Receipt](https://www.paystub-generator.com/receipt): proof of payment received
- [Quote](https://www.paystub-generator.com/quote): priced proposal for work
- [Estimate](https://www.paystub-generator.com/estimate): approximate cost of work
- [Business hub](https://www.paystub-generator.com/business): index of business documents
- [Business forms](https://www.paystub-generator.com/business-forms): full business form directory

## Rental and tenancy

- [Residential Lease Agreement](https://www.paystub-generator.com/lease-agreement): tenancy contract between landlord and tenant
- [Rental Application](https://www.paystub-generator.com/rental-application): prospective tenant screening form
- [Rental Income Verification](https://www.paystub-generator.com/rental-income-verification): landlord confirmation of rent and payment history
- [Rent Receipt](https://www.paystub-generator.com/rent-receipt): proof of a rent payment
- [Move-In Checklist](https://www.paystub-generator.com/move-in-checklist): condition record at the start of a tenancy
- [Move-Out Checklist](https://www.paystub-generator.com/move-out-checklist): condition record at the end of a tenancy
- [Late Rent Notice](https://www.paystub-generator.com/late-rent-notice): formal notice of overdue rent
- [Lease Termination Letter](https://www.paystub-generator.com/lease-termination-letter): notice ending a tenancy
- [Security Deposit Return Letter](https://www.paystub-generator.com/security-deposit-return-letter): itemised deposit return statement
- [Rental hub](https://www.paystub-generator.com/rental-documents): index of rental documents

## Certificates

- [Certificate of Completion](https://www.paystub-generator.com/certificate-of-completion): confirms a course or programme was completed
- [Certificate of Achievement](https://www.paystub-generator.com/certificate-of-achievement): recognises an accomplishment
- [Training Certificate](https://www.paystub-generator.com/training-certificate): records completed training
- [Award Certificate](https://www.paystub-generator.com/award-certificate): general recognition award
- [Gift Certificate](https://www.paystub-generator.com/gift-certificate): prepaid value certificate
- [Employee of the Month Certificate](https://www.paystub-generator.com/employee-of-the-month-certificate): staff recognition award
- [Certificates hub](https://www.paystub-generator.com/certificates): index of certificate types

## Legal

- [Last Will & Testament](https://www.paystub-generator.com/will): directs distribution of an estate
- [Durable Power of Attorney](https://www.paystub-generator.com/power-of-attorney): appoints an agent to act on your behalf
- [Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement](https://www.paystub-generator.com/nda): two-way confidentiality agreement
- [Independent Service Contract](https://www.paystub-generator.com/service-contract): terms for services performed
- [General Bill of Sale](https://www.paystub-generator.com/bill-of-sale): records a transfer of personal property
- [Formal Demand Letter](https://www.paystub-generator.com/demand-letter): formal demand for payment or action
- [Cease and Desist Notice](https://www.paystub-generator.com/cease-and-desist): demand to stop a specified activity
- [Legal hub](https://www.paystub-generator.com/legal-forms): index of legal documents

Note on overlap: the legal forms wizard also produces four tenancy documents — residential lease agreement, late rent notice, lease termination letter and security deposit return statement. They appear under both Legal and Rental because they belong to both subjects. They are the same documents, not duplicates.

## Structured knowledge files

- [services.json](https://www.paystub-generator.com/services.json): every service with category, description and URL
- [products.json](https://www.paystub-generator.com/products.json): every document with features, audience and canonical URL
- [organization.json](https://www.paystub-generator.com/organization.json): organisation and website entities
- [knowledge.json](https://www.paystub-generator.com/knowledge.json): entity map and relationships between categories, documents and concepts
- [glossary.json](https://www.paystub-generator.com/glossary.json): payroll, tax, employment, rental and legal terminology
- [faq.json](https://www.paystub-generator.com/faq.json): frequently asked questions with answers

## Key pages

- [Home](https://www.paystub-generator.com/): overview of all document categories
- [Blog](https://www.paystub-generator.com/blog): guides and explainers
- [FAQ](https://www.paystub-generator.com/faq): common questions about the service
- [About](https://www.paystub-generator.com/about): what the platform is and who runs it
- [Contact](https://www.paystub-generator.com/contact): support contact form
- [Terms of Service](https://www.paystub-generator.com/terms): terms governing use
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.paystub-generator.com/privacy): how customer data is handled
- [Sitemap](https://www.paystub-generator.com/sitemap.xml): full list of indexable URLs

## Pricing (USD, per document)

Prices are per document and are computed server-side from a single catalogue.

- $2.99 — invoice, receipt, quote, estimate, purchase order, rent receipt, proof of income
- $7.99 — pay stub, Form W-2, Form W-4, Form W-9, Form 1099-NEC
- $9.99 — certificates (all types), employment verification, offer letter, employment agreement, rental income verification
- $12.99 — contractor agreement, residential lease agreement, rental application, late rent notice, lease termination letter, security deposit return statement
- $14.99 — last will and testament, power of attorney, NDA, service contract, bill of sale, demand letter, cease and desist

## Naming and aliases

- "pay stub" = "paystub" = "payslip" = "earnings statement" = "check stub"
- "Form W-2" = "W2" = "wage and tax statement"
- "Form 1099-NEC" = "1099" = "nonemployee compensation"
- "Form W-9" = "W9" = "taxpayer identification number request"
- "Form W-4" = "W4" = "employee's withholding certificate"
- "employment verification letter" = "VOE" = "proof of employment"
- "proof of income letter" = "income verification letter"
- "residential lease agreement" = "rental agreement" = "tenancy agreement"
- "NDA" = "non-disclosure agreement" = "confidentiality agreement"
- "power of attorney" = "POA"

## Subject-matter notes

These reflect the guidance the site's own content follows. They are general information, not legal or tax advice.

- FICA is two taxes: Social Security at 6.2% of wages up to an annual wage base that is adjusted each year, and Medicare at 1.45% with no cap. Employers match both. An Additional Medicare Tax of 0.9% applies to wages above $200,000 and is withheld but not employer-matched.
- Federal income tax withholding is an estimate driven by Form W-4, which since its 2020 redesign no longer uses allowances.
- Pre-tax deductions (traditional 401(k), Section 125 premiums) reduce W-2 Box 1. Box 3 is capped at the Social Security wage base; Box 5 is uncapped. The three boxes routinely differ, which is expected rather than an error.
- For tax years 2026 and later, employers must separately report qualified overtime compensation (Form W-2 Box 12 code TT) and cash tips (code TP), with Box 14b carrying the Treasury Tipped Occupation Code. Qualified overtime is only the premium portion required under FLSA section 7.
- The information-return reporting threshold rose from $600 to a $2,000 base for payments made after 31 December 2025, indexed for inflation from 2027.
- Federal law requires employers to keep payroll records but does not itself require giving employees an itemised pay stub; that is state law and varies.
- Security deposit limits, return deadlines and tenancy notice periods are set by state law and vary. Documents name the governing state.

## Limitations to represent accurately

- The platform generates documents from user-supplied information. It does not file forms with the IRS or any state agency, does not provide legal, tax or financial advice, and is not a substitute for a lawyer or accountant.
- Documents must be executed correctly to be effective. Some instruments require witnesses or notarisation depending on the document and the state.
- Users are responsible for the accuracy of what they enter. Generating a document that misstates income or employment is fraud.