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Altera Payroll
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Use Cases

Why integrate with Altera Payroll

Common scenarios for SaaS companies building Altera Payroll integrations for their customers.

Automate HR-driven device and app provisioning

IT onboarding and ITAM platforms can watch Altera Payroll employees, departments, and jobs to auto-provision laptops, SaaS licenses, and access the moment a new hire lands — and trigger retrieval workflows on termination.

Power earned wage access and financial wellness apps

EWA and financial wellness products can verify income using paychecks, paycheck details, and employee rates, then safely redirect a portion of upcoming pay via Altera's direct deposit endpoints for repayment.

Enable pay-as-you-go workers' compensation

Insurtech platforms can pull workers' comp codes, plans, rates, and per-pay-run workerscomps calculations to bill the exact real-time premium each payroll cycle instead of estimating annual payroll.

Streamline benefits and 401(k) deduction management

Benefits admin and retirement platforms can push new deduction codes, rates, and effective dates straight into Altera via employee_deductions, removing the manual HR keying step after open enrollment.

Sync granular payroll data to accounting and ERP systems

Accounting integrations can read paychecks, paycheck_details, and multi-level cost center attribution to generate accurate journal entries for NetSuite, QuickBooks, and other ledgers.

What You Can Build

Ship these features with Truto + Altera Payroll

Concrete product features your team can ship faster by leveraging Truto’s Altera Payroll integration instead of building from scratch.

New-hire employee sync with pending vs. direct creation

Create employees through either the staged PENDING onboarding flow or the DIRECT write path, and keep records updated with the employee update endpoint.

Department and job catalog mirroring

Pull and create departments and jobs so your product reflects Altera's org structure and routing logic, including cost center hierarchies up to CC5.

Direct deposit management for EWA and payroll apps

List, create, and look up direct deposits by account and routing number pairs — matching Altera's unique keying model — to safely route or split pay.

Deduction and benefits writer

Push employee_deductions with specific dCodes, override rates, and active dates to automate 401(k), HSA, and health plan changes directly into payroll.

Pay-as-you-go workers' comp billing engine

Read workerscomps, codes, plans, and rates per pay run to calculate exact premium owed by state and risk code, and provision new codes, plans, and rates as needed.

Payroll journal entry generator

Combine paychecks, paycheck_details, earnings, taxes, and accruals to generate cost-center-attributed GL entries for ERP sync.

SuperAI

Altera Payroll AI agent tools

Comprehensive AI agent toolset with fine-grained control. Integrates with MCP clients like Cursor and Claude, or frameworks like LangChain.

list_all_altera_payroll_validateauths

Validate the JWT in Altera Payroll and return the encoded claims information, including authorized provider and actions for the consumer. Returns: type, value. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_companies

List company records for a specific company in Altera Payroll by company_id. Returns: co, name, address1, address2, city, state, zip, county, country, dba, phone, fax and 161 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_employees

List employees in an Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) company, optionally filtered to active-only or recently terminated. Returns: co, id, clock, ssn, firstName, middleName, lastName, birthDate, gender, maritalStatus, payFrequency, cC1 and 70 more field(s). Required: active_only.

get_single_altera_payroll_employee_by_id

Get a single employee from Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) by company code and employee id. Returns: co, id, clock, ssn, firstName, middleName, lastName, birthDate, gender, maritalStatus, payFrequency, cC1 and 70 more field(s). Required: the record id in the request path.

create_a_altera_payroll_employee

Add an employee to Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) through the PENDING employee flow: the record is staged for onboarding and is not written straight into Employee records. Use employees.create_direct to skip staging. Returns: newEmployeePayrollID. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

altera_payroll_employees_create_direct

Add an employee to Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) DIRECTLY into Employee records, bypassing the pending-employee onboarding flow that employees.create uses. Both operations return the new payroll id. Returns: newEmployeePayrollID. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

update_a_altera_payroll_employee_by_id

Update an existing employee in Altera Payroll by id. Returns no documented response body. Required: the record id in the request path.

list_all_altera_payroll_departments

List company departments in Altera Payroll by company and department level. Returns: co, cDept, cc, cc1, cc2, cc3, cc4, cc5, name, address1, address2, city and 10 more field(s). Required: department_level.

get_single_altera_payroll_department_by_id

Get a single company department in Altera Payroll by CC code and department level. Returns: co, cDept, cc, cc1, cc2, cc3, cc4, cc5, name, address1, address2, city and 10 more field(s). Required: the record id in the request path, department_level.

create_a_altera_payroll_department

Create a new company department in Altera Payroll by sending a populated department object. Returns: co, cDept, cc, cc1, cc2, cc3, cc4, cc5, name, address1, address2, city and 10 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_jobs

List CompanyJobs in Altera Payroll for a given company. Returns: co, jobCode, description, address1, address2, city, state, zip, county, country, projectNumber, title and 6 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

get_single_altera_payroll_job_by_id

Get a single CompanyJob in Altera Payroll by job code (id). Returns: co, jobCode, description, address1, address2, city, state, zip, county, country, projectNumber, title and 6 more field(s). Required: the record id in the request path.

create_a_altera_payroll_job

Create a new CompanyJob in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online). Returns: co, jobCode, description, address1, address2, city, state, zip, county, country, projectNumber, title and 6 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_earnings

List earning codes from ReadyPay Online for a specific company in Altera Payroll. Returns: eCode, description, shortDescription, active, rate, rateCode, overrideRate, addToRate, rateMultiplier. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

get_single_altera_payroll_earning_by_id

Get a single earning code detail from ReadyPay Online by company code and earning code in Altera Payroll. Returns: eCode, description, shortDescription, active, rate, rateCode, overrideRate, addToRate, rateMultiplier. Required: the record id in the request path.

list_all_altera_payroll_deductions

List deduction codes from Altera Payroll ReadyPay Online by company id. Returns: dCode, description, shortDescription, active. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

get_single_altera_payroll_deduction_by_id

Get a single deduction code from Altera Payroll ReadyPay Online by company id and deduction code. Returns: dCode, description, shortDescription, active. Required: the record id in the request path.

list_all_altera_payroll_contacts

List company contacts from Altera Payroll's ReadyPay Online by company code. Returns: active, allowTextMessages, cellPhone, cellPhoneProvider, co, contactType, employeeGuidField, fax, firstName, guidField, isPrimaryContact, lastName and 9 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

create_a_altera_payroll_contact

Add a new contact or update an existing contact in Altera Payroll's ReadyPay Online via upsert. Returns: active, allowTextMessages, cellPhone, cellPhoneProvider, co, contactType, employeeGuidField, fax, firstName, guidField, isPrimaryContact, lastName and 9 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_dependents

List employee dependents in Altera Payroll for a given company and employee. Returns: co, id, dependentId, lastName, firstName, middleName, address1, address2, city, state, zip, country and 12 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

get_single_altera_payroll_dependent_by_id

Get a single employee dependent in Altera Payroll by dependent id. Returns: co, id, dependentId, lastName, firstName, middleName, address1, address2, city, state, zip, country and 12 more field(s). Required: the record id in the request path, employee_id.

create_a_altera_payroll_dependent

Create or update (upsert) an employee dependent in Altera Payroll by submitting an APIEmployeeDependent JSON body. Returns: co, id, dependentId, lastName, firstName, middleName, address1, address2, city, state, zip, country and 12 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

list_all_altera_payroll_directdeposits

List an employee's current direct deposits in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) by company code and employee id. Returns: co, id, startDate, endDate, bankAccount, bankTransit, excludeFromSpecialPaychecks, flatAmount, isCheckingAccount, nameOnAccount, percentage, prenoteDate. Required: employee_id.

create_a_altera_payroll_directdeposit

Add or update an employee's direct deposit in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) via upsert. Returns: co, id, startDate, endDate, bankAccount, bankTransit, excludeFromSpecialPaychecks, flatAmount, isCheckingAccount, nameOnAccount, percentage, prenoteDate. Required: employee_id.

altera_payroll_directdeposits_get_by_account

Get one employee direct deposit from Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online). The vendor keys this record on the bank account number AND the bank transit number rather than on a single id, which is why it is a named method rather than a canonical get. Returns: co, id, startDate, endDate, bankAccount, bankTransit, excludeFromSpecialPaychecks, flatAmount, isCheckingAccount, nameOnAccount, percentage, prenoteDate. Required: employee_id, account, transit.

list_all_altera_payroll_employee_rates

List an employee's current rates in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) by company code and employee id. Returns: co, id, rateCode, rate, salary, startDate, endDate, ratePer. Required: employee_id.

get_single_altera_payroll_employee_rate_by_id

Get a single employee rate from Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) by company code, employee id, and rate code. Returns: co, id, rateCode, rate, salary, startDate, endDate, ratePer. Required: the record id in the request path, employee_id.

create_a_altera_payroll_employee_rate

Add a new rate or update an existing rate for an employee in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) via an upsert operation. Returns: co, id, rateCode, rate, salary, startDate, endDate, ratePer. Required: employee_id.

list_all_altera_payroll_taxes

List an employee's current taxes in Altera Payroll by company code and employee id. Returns: co, id, taxCode, startDate, endDate, filingStatus, primaryExemptions, secondaryExemptions, additionalAmount, additionalPercentage, percentOfGross, addlIncome and 2 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

get_single_altera_payroll_tax_by_id

Get a single employee tax from Altera Payroll by company code, employee id, and tax code. Returns: co, id, taxCode, startDate, endDate, filingStatus, primaryExemptions, secondaryExemptions, additionalAmount, additionalPercentage, percentOfGross, addlIncome and 2 more field(s). Required: the record id in the request path, employee_id.

create_a_altera_payroll_tax

Add a new tax or update an existing tax (upsert) for an employee in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, id, taxCode, startDate, endDate, filingStatus, primaryExemptions, secondaryExemptions, additionalAmount, additionalPercentage, percentOfGross, addlIncome and 2 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

list_all_altera_payroll_accruals

List an employee's accruals in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online). Returns: co, id, accrualCode, startDate, endDate, lengthOfService, rate, amount, hours, maximum, carryOverMaximum, overrideRate and 19 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

get_single_altera_payroll_accrual_by_id

Get a single employee accrual in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online) by accrual code. Returns: co, id, accrualCode, startDate, endDate, lengthOfService, rate, amount, hours, maximum, carryOverMaximum, overrideRate and 19 more field(s). Required: the record id in the request path, employee_id.

create_a_altera_payroll_accrual

Add or update (upsert) an employee accrual in Altera Payroll (ReadyPay Online). Returns: co, id, accrualCode, startDate, endDate, lengthOfService, rate, amount, hours, maximum, carryOverMaximum, overrideRate and 19 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

list_all_altera_payroll_paychecks

List an employee's paychecks for a given year in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, id, trans, checkDate, beginDate, endDate, cc1, cc2, cc3, cc4, cc5, jobCode and 18 more field(s). Required: employee_id, year.

get_single_altera_payroll_paycheck_by_id

Get a single employee paycheck by id in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, id, rateCode, rate, salary, startDate, endDate, ratePer. Required: the record id in the request path, employee_id.

list_all_altera_payroll_paycheck_details

Get an employee's paycheck check details in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, id, rateCode, rate, salary, startDate, endDate, ratePer. Required: employee_id, check_id.

list_all_altera_payroll_employee_deductions

List an employee's current deductions from Altera Payroll ReadyPay Online by company code and employee id. Returns: co, id, deductionCode, calcCode, tabled, units, rate, amount, startDate, endDate, cC1, cC2 and 22 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

get_single_altera_payroll_employee_deduction_by_id

Get a single employee deduction from Altera Payroll ReadyPay Online by company code, employee id, and deduction code. Returns: co, id, deductionCode, calcCode, tabled, units, rate, amount, startDate, endDate, cC1, cC2 and 22 more field(s). Required: the record id in the request path, employee_id.

create_a_altera_payroll_employee_deduction

Add a new deduction record to an employee in Altera Payroll ReadyPay Online. Returns: co, id, deductionCode, calcCode, tabled, units, rate, amount, startDate, endDate, cC1, cC2 and 22 more field(s). Required: employee_id.

list_all_altera_payroll_workerscomps

List workers comp records in Altera Payroll for a specific company and check date. Returns: cc, cc1, cc2, cc3, cc4, cc5, wcc, trans, jobCode, state, totalHours, totalWages and 22 more field(s). Required: check_date.

list_all_altera_payroll_workerscomp_codes

List a company's workers' compensation codes in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, wcc, description, guidField, secondaryCode, isSecondaryCode, thresholdRate. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

create_a_altera_payroll_workerscomp_code

Add or update (upsert) a workers' compensation code for a company in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, wcc, description, guidField, secondaryCode, isSecondaryCode, thresholdRate. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_workerscomp_plans

List workers' comp plans for a company in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, policyNumber, description, insuranceCompany, policyStartMonth, policyStartDay, policyEndMonth, policyEndDay, guidField, broker, isRequired, defaultWcc. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

create_a_altera_payroll_workerscomp_plan

Add or update (upsert) a workers' comp plan for a company in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, policyNumber, description, insuranceCompany, policyStartMonth, policyStartDay, policyEndMonth, policyEndDay, guidField, broker, isRequired, defaultWcc. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_workerscomp_rates

List a company's worker's compensation rates in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, wcc, state, startDate, endDate, rate, experienceRate, limit, eeRate, hours, impound, codeGroup and 17 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

create_a_altera_payroll_workerscomp_rate

Add or update (upsert) a company's worker's compensation plan rates in Altera Payroll. Returns: co, wcc, state, startDate, endDate, rate, experienceRate, limit, eeRate, hours, impound, codeGroup and 17 more field(s). Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_rate_configs

Get rate configuration and rate codes for an Altera Payroll company by company code. Returns: co, effectiveDate, rateCodes. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_tax_configs

Get tax configuration and the list of current taxes for an Altera Payroll company by company code. Returns: co, effectiveDate, taxTypes, taxes. Takes no caller parameters; the company is taken from the company_id credential.

list_all_altera_payroll_payroll_records

Retrieves all employee payroll records for all companies within the specified date range. Both dates are required and use the yyyy-MM-dd format. The vendor declares the 200 body as an untyped object with no example, so the response shape is unverified until a live authenticated call is made. This is also the only endpoint in the API that declares a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable. Returns no documented response body. Required: fromDate, toDate.

Why Truto

Why use Truto’s MCP server for Altera Payroll

Other MCP servers give you a static tool list for one app. Truto gives you a managed, multi-tenant MCP infrastructure across 800+ integrations.

Auto-generated, always up to date

Tools are dynamically generated from curated documentation — not hand-coded. As integrations evolve, tools stay current without manual maintenance.

Fine-grained access control

Scope each MCP server to read-only, write-only, specific methods, or tagged tool groups. Expose only what your AI agent needs — nothing more.

Multi-tenant by design

Each MCP server is scoped to a single connected account with its own credentials. The URL itself is the auth token — no shared secrets, no credential leaking across tenants.

Works with every MCP client

Standard JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol. Paste the URL into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible agent framework — tools are discovered automatically.

Built-in auth, rate limits, and error handling

Tool calls execute through Truto’s proxy layer with automatic OAuth refresh, rate-limit handling, and normalized error responses. No raw API plumbing in your agent.

Expiring and auditable servers

Create time-limited MCP servers for contractors or automated workflows. Optional dual-auth requires both the URL and a Truto API token for high-security environments.

How It Works

From zero to integrated

Go live with Altera Payroll in under an hour. No boilerplate, no maintenance burden.

Link your customer’s Altera Payroll account

Use Truto’s frontend SDK to connect your customer’s Altera Payroll account. We handle all OAuth and API key flows — you don’t need to create the OAuth app.

We handle authentication

Don’t spend time refreshing access tokens or figuring out secure storage. We handle it and inject credentials into every API request.

Call our API, we call Altera Payroll

Truto’s Proxy API is a 1-to-1 mapping of the Altera Payroll API. You call us, we call Altera Payroll, and pass the response back in the same cycle.

Unified response format

Every response follows a single format across all integrations. We translate Altera Payroll’s pagination into unified cursor-based pagination. Data is always in the result attribute.

FAQs

Common questions about Altera Payroll on Truto

Authentication, rate limits, data freshness, and everything else you need to know before you integrate.

How do end users authenticate their Altera Payroll account?

Truto handles the Altera Payroll auth handshake for you. Your users connect through Truto's hosted link or your embedded flow, and you can confirm active connections using the validateauths endpoint without managing credentials or token refresh yourself.

Can we create employees without immediately activating them?

Yes. Altera supports two creation paths: a PENDING staging flow where HR reviews and completes onboarding, and a DIRECT path that writes straight into active employee records. Truto exposes both via create_a_altera_payroll_employee and altera_payroll_employees_create_direct.

How are direct deposits uniquely identified?

Altera keys direct deposit records by the combination of bank account number and bank transit (routing) number rather than a UUID. Truto exposes a dedicated altera_payroll_directdeposits_get_by_account lookup that mirrors this behavior, so upserts and reads work correctly.

What payroll-level financial data can we read?

You can pull paychecks, paycheck_details, earnings, deductions, taxes, accruals, employee_rates, and payroll_records. These give you line-item visibility into gross pay, withholdings, PTO balances, and cost-center-attributed amounts for each pay run.

Does the integration support workers' comp data?

Yes. There are dedicated endpoints for workerscomp_codes, workerscomp_plans, workerscomp_rates, and the historical workerscomps calculations (total wages and hours per state and WCC), with create operations available for codes, plans, and rates.

Is Altera Payroll suitable for non-US employees?

No. Altera Payroll is built around US payroll (SSNs, state and county tax geometry, W-4 filing statuses) and is used by US-based SMBs. Plan your product's rollout for US customers when offering this integration.

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