Sunday, February 1, 2009

Small Business Web Based Payroll

By Caressa Waechter

As a business with paid employees, you need to have the ability to run payroll on a set schedule. It used to be that you had two choices: You could hire someone to only do payroll, or you could have an outside company do it for you. However that has changed with the advent of online payroll services in that you can do payroll at your company, but the hard work is done by your provider.

With online payroll, you handle the initial setup and you run payroll every pay period, but the service takes care of the difficult task of payroll tax calculations. After you have your payroll setup with an online service, running each payroll is a simple task of entering each employee's hours and reviewing the payroll. This can take just minutes instead of the hours it once took.

Online payroll is a complete payroll service that lets you manage your payroll information easily and you have the option of paying employees via checks you print out, or via direct deposit. Everything is handled online, so there is no software to install. All you need to run payroll is an Internet connection.

Online payroll is very easy to use. You get the advantage of using a sophisticated payroll processing system without the complexity normally associated with such a system. All of the payroll tax computations are taken care of for you, including difficult year-end tasks.

With the features that come with your online payroll service, the process of running payroll is easy and very fast. Some of the features include the ability to chose between using direct deposit or printing out paychecks, email reminders of important events, easy and quickly update your employee withholding amounts and benefit amounts, as well as other powerful features.

Online payroll services are just another way that the Internet is making running a business easier. You can run your payroll in just a matter of a few minutes each week, and your data is completely secure and encrypted on the provider's computer network.

By logging securely onto your Internet payroll service, you can not only run your payroll, but you have access to a large variety of reports. You can also download your payroll data into your accounting software so you can keep your books current. And with some providers, your employees can log onto a special employee site to view their pay check information.

Online payroll is rising in popularity with small business owners because it takes care of many of the problems of normally associated with paying employees. These services are also much more affordable than using an accountant, or traditional payroll firm, to run payroll. Harness the power of the Internet and simplify your payroll process today by using an online payroll provider. - 15246

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