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Payroll

Payroll that runs on time, without living in your head

Payroll is the one thing in a small business that absolutely cannot slip. Your team notices immediately, and so does the IRS. It's a good candidate for handing off.

What's handled

Everything from the run to the filings

I set most clients up on Gusto, which I'm a preferred partner for, then handle the running of it so you don't have to learn another system.

Payroll run on schedule

Your team gets paid on the same day every time, without you blocking out an evening to make it happen.

Tax filings handled

Federal, state, and local payroll tax filings and deposits submitted on time, which is the part that gets expensive when it slips.

Subcontractor 1099s

W-9s collected up front and payments tracked all year, so January is a non-event instead of a scramble.

Light HR assistance

New hire paperwork, classification, a pay stub someone doesn't understand, a handbook question. I help where I can, and I'll tell you plainly when something needs an HR professional or an attorney.

PTO and sick time tracking

Accruals, balances, and what's been used, tracked per employee so nobody's guessing at year end and state sick leave rules are actually followed.

Tied into your books

Payroll flows straight into your bookkeeping and, for contractors, into job costing, so labor lands on the right job.

Why it's worth handing off

The mistakes here are the expensive kind

Most payroll problems I see aren't carelessness. They're a busy owner doing payroll at 9pm between other jobs. That's exactly when small errors slip through.
  • Payroll tax penalties are avoidable and genuinely expensive
  • Worker classification mistakes get costly the longer they run
  • Untracked PTO turns into a dispute the day someone leaves
  • Labor is usually your biggest cost and belongs in job costing
  • Your team noticing payroll problems is bad for morale

For contractors

Labor is the number that decides your margin

On a construction job, labor is usually the largest and least predictable cost. If payroll isn't flowing into job costing, your margins are guesses. I connect the two, so the hours your crew works land on the job they worked on.

Let's take payroll off your plate

15 minutes on my calendar. Bring your questions or just your suspicion that something's off. No prep needed, no obligation.