text: Could mean a lot of different things depending on the context. It could be that the office where your company's payroll gets processed is closing temporarily, like for a holiday. Or maybe you have multiple locations where payroll is processed and they're downsizing by closing a few (but not all) of the locations. Or it could be in reference to the end of the year--- they are closing the year so you need to submit your payroll information a little earlier than usual so they can pay everyone on time and still finish out the annual bookkeeping.  Could you please give more detail about how this statement was made?