Payroll insights, tax updates, and tips for accounting professionals
Two of the biggest lines on your pay stub are not fees and they are not optional. Here is what Social Security and Medicare actually are, how much you pay, and what you get back for it.
Your salary and your take-home are two different numbers, and the gap can be a third of the total. Here is exactly what comes out between the two, with a worked example using real 2026 tax figures.
The old advice to "claim 0 or 1" describes a form that stopped existing in 2020. The modern W-4 asks about dependents and dollar amounts instead. Here is how to actually fill it out.
Most people glance at the net pay and file the stub away. But every line on it is there for a reason, and the year-to-date column is where you catch mistakes. Here is what each section means.
A 50-client firm and a 500-client firm do not do the same work scaled ten times. They do different work. The 50-client firm processes payroll. The 500-client firm operates payroll — and that transition is what most firms miss.
Quarter-end is not where payroll failures originate. They originate during the quarter, in the small things that did not get reconciled — and they surface all at once when the deadline forces them out.
Payroll has a reputation among accounting firms as a low-margin service. It is not — when it is priced and operated correctly. It becomes low-margin when the firm absorbs work the client should be paying for, and when one flat fee is asked to cover everything from a 2-employee one-state client to a 30-employee multi-state one.
Most payroll platforms were priced for a single business buying for itself. Run one across 50 clients and you pay that single-business premium 50 times over. Here is the math — and the mechanism behind it.
Best practices for accountants managing payroll for multiple clients efficiently.
The IRS has updated e-filing thresholds. Here's what it means for your practice.
Our new geofencing feature helps field teams clock in from job sites accurately.
Mark your calendar with these important quarterly filing deadlines.
Learn from the most frequent payroll errors we see and how to prevent them.
A complete guide to minimum wage changes across all 50 states.
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