so I have a small biz and pay $100/month to a company to do payroll for me. I have been busy building up my biz so I don't mind paying someone to do it. The other day I was at office max to buy some supplies and ran across this payroll software. Does anyone have any experience with this or what software do you guys use?
thanks.

 

oh... I didn't buy it yet. I just saw it and it piqued my interest.

 

quickbooks is simple. payroll itself is simple if you are a bean counter.....but you have to file 941's qtrly, 940 $ Quarterly, State returns monthly or Qtrly, Local returns Qtrly, State Unemployment Quarterly......

it is truly a pain in the ass to explain to somehow how gross payroll, less FICA (SS and Medicare), federal, State, State Unemp, Local, FUta, any garnishments = $net payroll.

then to try to explain when to file the payroll taxes with the bank is a pain too... frequency depends on the size of the payroll.... so it may be monthly, quarterly, etc.....

$100 a month is probably the easier way to go......

I would be more than happy to try to walk you through it if you are interested.... (for a small fee.... )

 

I use Quickbooks, it's the most comprehensive software I have found. You can usually get a deal on the software if you buy it at Costco. You do have to pay extra to enable the functionality of generating tax-accurate paychecks.

 

Ya, i think quickbooks is only about $100 after rebates at Costco isn't it? Probably $50 a year to update the tax tables?

 

[QUOTE=Scot,Mar 30 2007, 12:28 PM] quickbooks is simple.

 

hmmm... I figure the software will explain how/where/how much/etc the various taxes will be.
I will probably buy the software and test it against the company's number before doing it myself.
thanks everyone for helping.