Small business owners often wear many hats – but with the help of Intuit payroll, human resources and benefits services, you can more often don the owner hat and employ a team to help you run your business.
Intuit Payroll Services handles payroll on your company's schedule, for as few as one employee. You can choose three levels of service, depending on your business needs:
1. Complete Payroll for QuickBooks Online Edition is accessible from anywhere you have an Internet connection, this Intuit Payroll solution is the most flexible for mobile business owners.
2. Quickbooks Do-It-Yourself Payroll now offers E-file and Pay for taxes, this Intuit Payroll software is for the hands-on owner who wants to handle payroll, but needs support, automatic updates and great report capabilities.
3. Complete Payroll is a version that comes with Intuit HR Services, for employers (and their employees) who have managerial questions and need constant support for HR and benefit services compliance.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Audit your current payroll process to determine if Intuit benefits your business
Business owners who manually handle weekly payroll may be a rarity, but they do still exist. Intuit Payroll, HR and benefit services offers these managers the most freedom, but owners who employ a manager for these services can also benefit.
I recommend: Visit Work.com's
Guide to Finding a Payroll Processing Service to verify that Intuit Payroll, HR and benefit services is what you need.
Register with HR World to complete an outsourcing checklist.
Hire Intuit HR Services to handle employee questions and legal issues
Don't fire your lawyer, but Intuit HR Assistant comes standard with Complete Payroll, and automatically sends you employment law updates. The feature can also help simplify the hiring process, and offers e-mail consultation should you discover issues the program doesn't already address.
I recommend: Tour an online demonstration of
Intuit HR Assistant.
Explore available Intuit benefits add-ins and training
Even veteran QuickBooks Payroll users often don't have a clue that HR Assistant and the online Payroll support services exist. Take advantage of Intuit's online training, and enlist your accountant to help you setup your software and utilize it to its fullest.
I recommend: Intuit offers
training videos and a complete HR Q&A site.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Intuit Payroll solutions require and interact with QuickBooks, but Intuit's Online Payroll is a stand-alone service.
- QuickBooks Simple Start is a free version of the software and supports any of the Intuit Payroll solutions.
- Direct deposit comes with each version of Intuit Payroll software, and requires activation and a per-deposit fee.
- Intuit Payroll solutions requires Internet access for automatic updating, including tax laws, rates, and workers' compensation rates.
The official source of Intuit Payroll, HR and Benefit Services is
the Intuit Payroll, HR and Benefit Services page at Business.com
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