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Payroll for small business software from QuickBooks: take the hassle out of pay day

2010-08-27

Payroll for small business ventures is perceived as a daunting and time-consuming task, especially for first-time business owners. Whether you choose to operate your payroll system on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis – the task is cumbersome without the help of specialised payroll software. Streamline the time you would spend in long meetings with accountants and legal professionals with the QuickBooks payroll for small business products.

QuickBooks payroll system software is a solution South African small business owners can trust to simplify their payroll process. Streamline your payroll calculations, leave registers and even report writing regardless of the number of employees. Whether you have one employee or over a hundred, QuickBooks packages can cater for your unique small business payroll needs.

Entrepreneurs may feel that outsourcing payroll tasks to professionals outside of their companies is worth the money spent to avoid doing the confusing and time-consuming task themselves. With the innovation of payroll software, QuickBooks has emerged as an industry leader in taking the hassle out of your payroll system: saving you money on paying for external assistance. Contact QuickBooks for more information on the payroll and payroll lite software packages.

QuickBooks makes payroll for small businesses easy

The first step to optimising your payroll system is to understand the responsibilities that you have to your government as well as your employees. You should always ensure that your payroll duties are compliant with legal requirements. Some areas on which you may want to concentrate when using your payroll for small business solution are:

  • the portions being withheld from each employee’s paycheque for income tax payments to SARS (South African Revenue Service)
  • the benefits being awarded to each employee (such as medical aid and unemployment insurance)
  • reporting tax liabilities to appropriate bodies such as SARS (as required by law)
  • leave payouts (most applicable when an employee is leaving your company)
  • relevant report generation (for internal analysis and SARS)

QuickBooks payroll software simply manages all aspects of your payroll system, ensuring that all of your obligations are met to both governing agencies and your employees by providing you with relevant reports and snapshots. The payroll for small business software automatically provides new tax law or statutory upgrades as they arise, ensuring that you are always up to date with changing laws.

The flexible QuickBooks payroll software can be used in any industry and provides the ability to perform payroll calculations, draw up leave registers, write reports, and even tax year-end duties at the click of a button. The most difficult task required from you by the software is to ensure that all employee data is carefully and accurately captured. Keeping this data up to date and correct ensures that your payroll for small business software generates precise and truthful reporting. Contact QuickBooks to purchase the payroll and payroll lite software packages that will streamline your payroll system.

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