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Employee Profile Images

April 17, 2026

Running payroll means seeing the same list of names week after week. But names on a screen don’t tell you much about the people behind them — and as your team grows, keeping everyone straight gets harder. That’s why we’re excited to roll out employee profile pictures. It’s a small change with a surprisingly big […]

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Edit, Void, or Delete Beginning Balances

January 25, 2021

Accounting software customers, this one’s for you. We’ve followed your comments and requests and appreciate that you might want a “do-over” with your beginning balances in the accounting software. Whether you made a mistake or just want to go back a little further, you have the ability to edit, void, or delete your beginning balances in the accounting software. It’s not jumping in a time machine, but it’s close.

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Edit, void, or delete beginning balances screenshot in Patriot Software

Form W-3 Report for Employer Records

January 4, 2021

Payroll customers, this one’s for you! Although Full Service customers don’t need to file W-3s (Patriot handles it for you), and Basic customers file Form W-3 electronically, we heard you. You want to see what the actual Form W-3 looks like for your records, so we’ve given you the ability to download and print an employer copy of Form W-3 in the software.

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Form W-3 (2020) screenshot

PPP Forgiveness Report

December 8, 2020

At Patriot, we pride ourselves on making complex tasks easy. That’s why when the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness applications came out, we knew we could help. Our PPP Forgiveness Report easily calculates complex numbers to help simplify the PPP forgiveness application. Just fill in three simple questions, and Patriot does the heavy lifting.

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Paycheck Protection Program forgiveness report in Patriot Software

Update 1099 Type Tool

November 23, 2020

It’s easy to make mistakes in accounting. Correcting them? Not always easy … until now. When Accounting customers make a vendor/contractor payment with an incorrect “1099 Type” selected, nobody needs to know … because it’s easy to fix!

Patriot’s new “Update 1099 Type” tool gives Accounting customers the flexibility to update 1099 types for contractor payments, all from within their accounts. Just one more way we help customers get in, get out, and get on with their day.

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screenshot of Patriot Software's new Update 1099 Type Tool in action

Custom Overtime Rules

November 12, 2020

Benjamin Franklin said, “Time is money” … and when it comes to overtime, this couldn’t be more true!

It’s important to get overtime right! That’s why we’re pleased to announce a new feature to customize overtime rules in Patriot’s Time & Attendance software to meet your state or company-specific overtime requirements.

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Screenshot of adding overtime rule in Patriot Software

TSheets Integration

November 6, 2020

Attention Patriot payroll customers: the moment you’ve all been waiting for is here (drum roll, please). Patriot’s Basic and Full Service Payroll software now integrates with Quickbooks time (formally known as TSheets).

Payroll customers can now integrate their Quickbooks Time account directly in Patriot Software in a few easy steps, making tracking and managing employees’ time a breeze. With Patriot’s Quickbooks Time integration, you can kick manual time entries to the curb and get back to your business.

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TSheets integration page in Patriot Software

Invoice List Improvements

October 29, 2020

We’re all about making our software more convenient and user-friendly to help our customers save their oh-so-precious time. Our newest invoice list improvements focus on just that. Accounting customers will see a big overhaul that consists of many handy changes to make information that is needed upfront and more visible.

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invoice list improvements in Patriot Software

Employee Social Security Tax Deferrals

October 20, 2020

Eligible employees can defer their portion of Social Security tax through the end of 2020. But here’s the catch: employers are the ones who have to opt-in (because they’re the ones on the hook for any unpaid taxes).

That’s why Patriot has given employers full control over whether they want to opt into the employee Social Security tax deferral and—if they do—which employees will have the deferrals.

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Employee setting for deferral of social security tax in Patriot Software

New 941 for 2020 Q3 Released

October 19, 2020

Form 941 once again got a makeover—this time to accommodate employee Social Security tax deferrals.

Sound scary? Don’t worry—Patriot has handled the hard part for you. We’ve updated our software to include the IRS’s newly released 2020 Quarter 3 941.

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form 941 employer information section