Case Study: Tonal achieves 94% faster payroll and $250K in tax relief with Paylocity

How leading fitness platform Tonal is shaping a better HR future with Paylocity

Tonal, the smart home-gym pioneer with 210+ employees across six US and Canadian locations, needed to take HR and payroll in-house after leaving PEO TriNet. The move exposed complex challenges: a distributed, cross-border workforce (about 25% in Toronto) that required multi-state and Canadian tax compliance, slow and inflexible reporting from the previous provider, and fragmented point solutions like Deputy that increased cost and administrative burden. Tonal selected Paylocity to support the transition and broaden its HR capabilities.

Paylocity implemented its payroll and Global Payroll modules, Time & Attendance with geofenced clocks and a Mobile App, Onboarding, and Insights & Recommendations, plus integrations with benefits providers. With Paylocity’s support and PEAK resources, Tonal reduced payroll processing from three days to four hours (a 94% improvement), recovered $250K in R&D tax credits, created 12 tailored onboarding packages, consolidated payroll schedules, and dramatically sped up reporting and self-service access for employees.

Tonal

Chrissy Angiola

Payroll Controller