Monday, August 18, 2008

New User

I will be leaving on vacation. A new user to the Payroll Software will run my payroll while I'm gone. I plan on returning before checks go out so I will double check the completed payroll before releasing the checks. I am completely confident that with very little explanation she will be able to use the program. Time for sun, sand and no worries.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Payroll Software- Deposit Requirements

I mentioned the reports this Payroll Program supports. This Payroll Software has nine different reports. These forms are built into the program at no additional cost. They are included in the $99. The reports can be used for many purposes. You can view as many or as few employees’ details at once. You can choose to view per pay period or a longer time frame. Each report gives different information, one may give a complete break down of all withholdings, another may give totals for the time period selected. There is no shortage of report options to select from.

I will be using the Deposit Requirement Report to fill in my monthly state tax form. The Deposit Requirement Report breaks down all the tax and deduction amounts individually. I can bring up the report for any time period I choose. So the report can give me totals for one month, quarterly or longer. Using this report gives me the tax information I need to fill in my monthly state forms.

I can also see my 941 total. This Payroll Software does support the 941 form, which I think I wrote about previously. I find using this report to view my monthly liability easier than using the totals directly from the 941 form. I do like to see the breakdown and the total on one page.

I cannot stress more, to the small business owner, the ease of this Payroll Program. I mention small business owner or larger companies because that is what I consider myself. I'm sure this software has benefits for all sized companies. In the past I have used software or services that have cost me much more than this program.

I want to share with you, the name of the solution to your needs, is Payroll Mate, and you can download a free demo if you want to from the link below:Payroll Software Download

Monday, August 4, 2008

Editing a Check

Just a quick note regarding editing a previously created check. In Payroll Mate there are two things that cannot be edited, the check number and the pay date. An employer can have many different scenarios as to why a check may need to be edited.

Sometimes it can be a bad idea to change a check that has already been created, especially if the employee has been paid. Changing tax withholdings paid by the employee should not be done. Creating a new income, deduction or tax category and adding that to the previously created checks can also not be done.

A scenario that editing a check may be beneficial pertains to employer withholdings. In this Payroll Program if a mistake has been made concerning, lets say, unemployment withholdings editing the check becomes helpful. I recently wrote about my unemployment not calculating. The situation was rectified but I had created some checks before noticing my mistake. Did I need to delete these checks? Did I need to recreate the checks? The easiest solution was to edit the check. When editing this withholding I was not changing anything for the employee portion of the check. Neither the net pay nor the gross pay of the check was affected. The only thing this changed was my own employer records. Using the edit function in the Payroll Software in this manner was extremely beneficial to me.

This change was instantly seen in the reports supported by the Payroll Software. The many reports supported by Payroll Mate will be something discussed in the future. If you’d like to view the forms or the software for yourself you can download a free demo if you want to from the link below:
Payroll Software Download