Processing film and TV production payroll, accounts payable and cost reporting is a necessary and complicated process that we all need to engage. And we need to do it in a way that is transparent, high quality and equitable for both the producer and the payroll service. The Entertainment Payroll Services are, however, offering an expensive solution that does not include AI, responsive customer service, competent paymasters, or flexible digital processing of paper and payments – just to name a few. Their tech stack is, at best, a clown show.