Payroll Guides

Running Payroll the Right Way

Payroll is everything that happens between an employee working and an employee being paid: setting a pay frequency, calculating gross wages, withholding the right taxes, funding the payment and keeping records that hold up if anyone asks. Most expensive payroll mistakes are small ones that repeat every pay period.

These articles look at the practical decisions an employer has to make, from choosing a payroll service to paying people by direct deposit or payroll card. Withholding is the part that changes most often, so our payroll tax withholding guides cover the current federal and state rules. Every pay run should also produce a wage statement for each employee. Our guides on what a pay stub must show explain the fields employees expect to see.