payroll desktop software

Welcome!

This is not a very safe venue for asking that. We are simply other Apple users and not Apple employees. Nothing here can be considered "official" or "endorsed."

For something as important as payroll, I suggest your boss look to an IT or accounting consultant for a recommendation. There are millions of Apple users worldwide on these forums and it is possible that some scammer will see your post and respond with a glowing report of his software designed to steal your employees' personal information.

That's a door I do not wish unlocked.

Payroll Software For Mac with Demos available...

https://www.softwareadvice.com/hr/mac-payroll-comparison/

Have you looked in the Mac App Store, there are a number of them listed.

Dang, I didn't look close enough, those are all Cloud based! :(

Maybe this...

https://fitsmallbusiness.com/how-to-do-payroll-in-excel/

And the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files…

https://www.libreoffice.org/

You're welcome, might let us know how it turns out if you can. :)

OK.