One seamless experience. One trusted provider.
Easily onboard hundreds of background actors quickly and compliantly.
- Collect payroll information and get employment forms in place before background actors step on set.
- Maintain a secure record of each engagement even after you wrap.
Dramatically reduce overtime with digital sign-in and wrap.
- Instantly sign-in and wrap background actors with SmartVoucher, saving your production time and money.
- Digital sign-in and wrap means no queues or paperwork, dramatically reducing production and background actor overtime while ensuring compliance with local laws and regulations.
- With everyone working from the same system, ADs get a real-time view of their shoot day, including call times, roles, rates and more all pre-populated by your casting team.
Eliminate payroll errors with automatic calculations.
- On wrap, SmartVoucher automatically calculates hours-to-gross wages in line with the relevant union agreement or rate card.
- Advanced hours-to-gross calculations (including overtime) eliminate manual data entry and payroll errors.
- Add fees, allowances or expenses individually or in bulk, processing hundreds of background vouchers in seconds.
Speed up payroll with built-in voucher reviews.
- Background actors review and approve their workday directly in SmartVoucher, streamlining the payment process.
- Instantly access timecards for approval, speeding up payroll.
- Track and manage background queries directly on platform and maintain a secure audit trail of voucher edits (including date and time stamps).
- Monitor every adjustment in real time.
- Add GL codes individually or batch apply to multiple background actors for precise cost reporting.
Get peace of mind with the global leader in background payroll.
- SmartVoucher is seamlessly integrated with EP Casting Payroll, the industry’s most-trusted background payroll provider.
- Full integration between SmartVoucher and EP Payroll means payroll begins processing from the minute vouchers are submitted. Data is entered once and flows seamlessly through the payroll process, significantly reducing payroll turnaround time, giving you more time to focus on your production.
- The most experienced team in the industry helps ensure you navigate local payroll laws and union regulations with confidence.
- With one trusted provider, you enjoy a seamless experience from sign-in to payment without the hassle or expense of juggling multiple vendors.
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Digital background vouchers
processed worldwide by
Entertainment Partners.
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Average overtime savings
on a 3K manday production
with SmartVoucher.
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Less manpower needed to
manage background actors
on studio productions
with SmartVoucher.
EP’s digital background payroll is trusted by the world’s biggest film & TV productions.
EP’s digital background payroll is trusted by the world’s biggest film & TV productions.
EP’s digital background payroll is trusted by the world’s biggest film & TV productions.
EP’s digital background payroll is trusted by the world’s biggest film & TV productions.
Why Choose EP Casting Payroll +SmartVoucher
EP Casting Payroll +SmartVoucher is the most-trusted, most-compliant digital voucher and payroll solution on the market. Proven on more than 6,000 of the biggest UK, U.S. and Canadian film and TV productions of the past decade, productions worldwide can onboard, sign-in and wrap and pay background actors quickly, accurately and in full compliance with local labor laws and union agreements. Backed by decades of innovation in background casting solutions and the global leader in entertainment payroll, no other provider delivers complete peace of mind and a truly seamless solution for managing background actors from set to paycheck.
For UK and U.S. productions, EP delivers an integrated background Payroll +SmartVoucher solution for onboarding, signing in, wrapping and paying background actors, speeding up payroll, reducing the need for manual data entry and hand-offs and eliminating costly errors. In Canada, productions can choose to use EP SmartVoucher independently or in combination with EP Casting Payroll for a seamless experience from one trusted provider.
EP Casting Payroll +SmartVoucher is available as part of Central Casting’s Premium Casting service or as a standalone package for film and TV productions across the U.S. Studios can choose to use Central Casting’s legendary casting directors for unmatched expertise and an integrated experience from booking to payment or EP Casting Payroll +SmartVoucher as a standalone solution to streamline onboarding, timekeeping and payroll for their existing casting and production teams.
EP's digital voucher technology—known as Chitless in the UK—is the industry-standard for paying background actors across UK film and TV projects, powering the biggest studio blockbusters and local productions of the past decade. Designed for UK productions, Chitless saves productions time, reduces overtime costs and ensures compliance with UK employment laws and union agreements.
Sign-in and wrap artists digitally, calculate pay automatically in line with the Pact/FAA or Pact/Equity agreement or your production’s rate card and ensure quick, accurate, HMRC-compliant payments to supporting artists with EP’s integrated UK payment service. Chitless is fully integrated with EP's premier end-to-end casting technology and is available exclusively to productions who use an EP Casting Portal-powered agent or agency.
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