Choosing An Online Payroll Service

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Choosing An Online Payroll Service
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• Have you just started your own business and are
  about to take on a set of employees, or perhaps
  youre the owner of an established business but
  are struggling to keep on top of your payroll?
  Whichever applies to you, here is a short guide
  to choosing an online payroll service that will
  do everything you need it to
• What is an online payroll service?
• Operating in the virtual cloud, online payroll
  services allow business big and small, to manage
  and operate their payroll from anywhere in the
  world. Of course, your full and part time staff
  can be paid this way, just as any contract or
  freelance workers that you engage with, can.

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• What services do online payroll services offer?
• Payroll processing
• An online payroll service will automatically
  calculate the wages of each employee, every pay
  period. The service accounts for differing shift
  patterns, overtime, taxes and holiday pay, along
  with Social Security and any other benefit
  deductions. Payments are then made to employees
  by direct deposit or check.

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• Filing and paying payroll taxes
• Most online payroll services are capable of
  withholding employee taxes, filing quarterly
  payroll tax reports and even pay taxes to the
  relevant state and federal agencies. They can
  also issue W-2 and 1099 forms to employees at the
  end of the year.
• Integration
• If your business is already using payroll related
  systems like accounting or human resources
  software, or even a time and attendance system,
  an online payroll service can happily integrate
  with them, making life even easier for the
  business owner.

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• Employee self service
• In general, employees are given access to the
  online payroll system to view pay stubs, end of
  year tax forms and PTO balances.
• New intake reporting
• Most of the payroll services operating online
  will report any new staff that you employ to the
  government, on your behalf.

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• Managing vacation and sick hours
• Any online payroll service worth its salt will
  keep an accurate record of vacation and sick
  hours that employees have built up, and keep
  track of how much theyve used, to avoid costly
  mistakes for business owners or disgruntled staff
  disputing how many of these days theyve earned.
• Payroll reports
• Detailed and accurate wage and labor reports
  should be provided by any good online payroll
  service, enabling business owners to have a
  deeper insight into how their business is
  functioning.

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• Access from a mobile
• To keep up with the latest technology, modern
  online payroll services will have an app or a
  mobile friendly website that allows business
  owners to manage things from wherever they happen
  to be, and on whatever device or mobile platform
  they happen to be using.

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• What are the advantages of using an online
  payroll service?
• Speed and ease
• The main advantage of using an online payroll
  service means that payroll can typically be run
  in a matter of minutes, and will include all the
  work that you would otherwise had to have
  completed yourself, such as payroll calculations,
  payroll tax payments and end of year tax forms.
• Using an online payroll service gives you peace
  of mind in so many ways, but saving you time and
  effort is surely the greatest advantage.

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• More security
• Often, an online payroll service is more secure
  than an in-house payroll management system, and
  better at keeping up to date with state and
  federal rules and regulations, and ensuring that
  you comply with them.
• Money saving
• You will of course have to pay for an online
  payroll service, but it means that any employees
  previously working in payroll, would be free to
  work in other areas of your business, preventing
  you from having to take on new staff and perhaps
  even increasing efficiency.

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• Apollo Payroll is one of the premier small
  business payroll services companies in Coral
  Gables, Miami. Apollo Payroll is dedicated to
  delivering expert advice, responsive service, and
  highly accurate payroll processing and reporting
  to ensure the success and growth of the business
  that we serve. Our services include comprehensive
  online payroll services, employee background
  check and employee timekeeping services.