Are you spending too much of your company’s hard-earned revenue on payroll expenses? You can use the payroll-to-revenue ratio to find out.
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Cell Phone Reimbursement: Is it Taxable?
As many as 98% of organizations provide full or partial cell phone reimbursement to employees for their mobile phone expenses.
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Should You Take Out a Payroll Loan If You Can’t Make Payroll?
There might come a time when you don’t have enough money to pay your employees. Cash flow might be slow, or a three-paycheck month may surprise you. To help your business make ends meet, you might consider taking out a payroll loan.
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Visualize the Way You Pay Your Employees With a Payroll Process Flowchart
According to a 2019 Bank of America study, 68% of small business owners think payroll is their most difficult management task. Do you? If so, an easy-to-digest payroll process flowchart can help you gain confidence in running payroll.
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8 Simple Steps to Process Payroll
Part of your title as “employer” also includes “payroll processor.” When you hire employees, you have to add them to payroll, withhold the proper taxes, and pay employees. It’s all part of the job. But if you’re new to this employer role, you may not be exactly sure how to process payroll. We’ve written down […]
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Should You Run Weekly Payroll or Biweekly?
Most businesses—70%—pay employees weekly or biweekly. But between weekly payroll and biweekly payroll, which is best for your business?
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Do Night Shift Workers Get Paid for Daylight Savings? And More Payroll Questions
Seven out of 10 Americans aren’t fans of changing the clocks at the start and end of daylight saving time (DST). And if you have employees who work the graveyard shift, you might not like the payroll issues that come with DST. So, how does daylight savings time work when employees are on the clock? […]
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How to Do Payroll Yourself: A Quick and Comprehensive Guide
If you’re thinking about hiring employees, you need a plan for payroll. But with the added expense of wages and benefits, you might not be too keen on the high price tag that comes with outsourcing payroll. Fear not—you can learn how to do payroll yourself.
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How to Generate Pay Stubs for Employees
When payday rolls around, employees receive their wages for hours worked. They may also receive a digital or paper pay stub, which breaks down their earnings and payroll deductions. As an employer, you must know how to generate pay stubs.
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Can You Cancel Payroll After You’ve Run It?
You ran payroll … and realized you made a mistake. Great. If you catch the mistake quickly enough, you may be able to void or cancel payroll. But, there are several factors at play.
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