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Handling the Limitations of Payroll Software

If your small business employs workers, you must have a reliable payroll system. If your company only has a few employees, you may be able to get by with a manual payroll process. However, once your business starts to grow, you may decide to use payroll software to handle your payroll tasks. (more…)

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4 Issues to Consider Before You Hire Employees

Is your small business finally taking off to the point where you need to hire employees? While this can be an exciting next step for any entrepreneur, it can also be a nerve-wracking change. After all, you’ll be delegating some business tasks you normally do. Plus, you’ll now being taking on the role of employer. (more…)

Posted in: Bookkeeping and Accounting, Operating a Small Business

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Bookkeeping is Customer Service at The Payroll Department

We’ve had a big change at The Payroll Department this past year and people are still a little surprised by it. To us, it just makes sense. Customer service becomes a new customer service at The Payroll Department. We see the addition of bookkeeping services as a truly natural extension of the services we offer, for a couple of reasons. (more…)

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3 New Payroll Regulation Changes You Need to Know

Payroll regulation changes are happening all the time. As a small business owner, you must stay up-to-date with these changes, so you can remain legally compliant. Otherwise, you could face hefty fines and other penalties. (more…)

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Failure to Send Payroll Taxes Could Result in 5-Year Prison Term

The IRS can be tough when it comes to collecting payroll taxes. Businesses are required to withhold taxes from employee wages and pay these funds to the IRS. However, if the IRS doesn’t get this money, the penalties can mount up quickly. It doesn’t matter what your reason could be for not paying this money – even if it’s a good one. Not only will the IRS target the business owner, but they’ll also go after the check signer and any other person responsible for failing to pay the taxes. If you’re convicted, you could go to prison for up to five years.   (more…)

Posted in: Payroll, Payroll Processing, Payroll Taxes

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In Small Business, A Little Savings Makes a Big Deal

You can get online and search for ways to manage your finances as a small business owner and find thousands of ideas. Most often, you will fall into a deep abyss immersed in lots of finance words like cash flow, bottom line, profits, tax credits, and reduction of expenses. There will be talk of investing in your business and keeping a close rein on accounts receivable and accounts payable. And that’s all great advise, however there is one aspect of small business finance that doesn’t get enough attention. In fact, I think that a recent article in Entrepreneur is the first time in a l-o-n-g time that I have heard it mentioned. Know what that is?

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The Small Business Owner’s Guide for a Worry-Free Vacation

If you’re a small business owner, do you plan on taking a vacation this year? If not, you’re not alone. Per a 2014 survey conducted by Ondeck Capital, 43% of business owners didn’t plan on taking a vacation that year. It’s not surprising when you consider that many entrepreneurs feel they can’t get away – otherwise, their small business might fall apart. Even among those who planned to take a vacation, 67% said they were going to check in with work at least once a day.
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If Outsourcing Your Payroll Processing Doesn’t Leave You Feeling Warm All Over …

There isn’t one small business owner who needs anything that adds frustrations to their day. Here at The Payroll Department we know that for a fact because we hear about it all the time – especially when we get a call from a business owner who wants to transfer their payroll processing from a national firm to The Payroll Department. (more…)

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Common Myths about Outsourcing Payroll, Part 4

 We’ve Reached the Last 2 Myths of 10 Total

 If you’re a small business owner and you have employees, you must do payroll. It’s a given. You can’t get out of it. Your employees expect to be paid for their work. However, that doesn’t mean YOU have to do your own payroll. You can outsource your payroll to a payroll service provider like The Payroll Department. But many small business owners won’t subcontract their payroll, because they believe all these myths about outsourcing payroll that they hear from other people. (more…)

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The Gig Economy is Changing the Way Small Business Works

There is little doubt that small business owners have to constantly adapt to the changes in the business arena. One area that is making an impact is the upsurge of freelancers and contract workers. A study by intuit reported that by 2020, more than 40% of the American workforce, or 60 million people, will be freelancers, contractors and temp workers. That can make a change in the workforce mix of your business, can’t it?
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