Use dated guides for selection, migration, implementation and evidence-sensitive requirements.
How to Choose Payroll Software for a US Business
Turn workforce, tax, integration, support, and ownership requirements into an evaluation plan.
How to Switch Payroll Providers Mid-Year
Plan prior payroll intake, quarter-to-date reconciliation, employee access, parallel checks, and cutover ownership.
Payroll Software Implementation Checklist
Define source data, approvals, tax accounts, integrations, test cases, and the first live payroll gate.
How to Compare the Total Cost of Payroll Software
Identify subscription, implementation, add-on, state, support, correction, and internal administration cost categories.
Multistate Payroll Software Evaluation Checklist
Map employee work locations, state and local accounts, reciprocity, unemployment, pay rules, and ownership.
Payroll Software vs PEO: Which Operating Model Fits?
Compare a software or payroll-service relationship with a co-employment operating model without treating them as substitutes.
Payroll for an S corp owner: reasonable salary and the cheapest way to run it
Know why an S corp owner who works in the business must be on payroll, how the IRS judges the salary, and which payroll fits a company of one
Payroll software prices compared: what 1, 5 and 20 employees pay
Compare published payroll prices on the same headcount before talking to sales
Do payroll yourself, use software, or hire a service?
Choose between doing payroll by hand, full-service software and a local service by counting the filings, deposit deadlines and penalties each route leaves with the owner
What a payroll provider files for you, and what stays yours
Know which filings a payroll provider takes on, why the IRS still holds the employer responsible, and how to check deposits yourself
Certified payroll software for Davis-Bacon jobs (WH-347)
Produce weekly certified payrolls with a signed statement of compliance on federally funded construction work
Free payroll software: what is actually free in the US
Know that no full-service payroll in the panel is free, which government tools are, and the cheapest published full-service price
How to set up payroll for the first time: a US checklist
Set up payroll in the right order (EIN, state accounts, new-hire paperwork, deposit schedule) before choosing software
Payroll with earned wage access: which providers offer it
Offer hourly workers early access to earned wages through payroll, knowing how each option is repaid and what the CFPB said in December 2025
Pay-as-you-go workers' comp through payroll
Pay workers' compensation premiums with each payroll instead of an annual deposit, and know the four states where only the state fund sells it