I hear commercials all the time for a payroll processor that "only taxes seconds" to run payroll. Here is what they are not telling you.
1) You are paying them for your work. Add up all the seconds of entering payroll, printing checks, entering data into your books, keeping up with paying taxes, filing forms, etc. Sounds like you are still doing payroll yourself.
2) YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE for accuracy and timely tax payments and filings. They may send you reminders if you set it up that way, but, ultimately, it is one your head.
3) If you have an issue with the IRS or other tax agencies, you have to spend the hours on the phone waiting for them to answer your call, making sure you have all the right information and authority to speak with them, knowing what is wrong, what needs to be fixed, doing the fix, sending in the fix, and keeping up with the problem to make sure it gets resolved properly.
4) You have to make your payroll fit their design. You know the old saying, "trying to stick a square peg in a round hole"? If you have special circumstances, special reports, customization to your needs, etc, you are out of luck unless you spend time manipulating the reports they give you.
5) Customer service, you wait in line, finally speaking to a first line of operators who take 10 minutes before passing you to a colleague to help you. Then it is can they help you, how long, how much will you have to do, and how much are they going to charge you?
6) Bombardment with additional services and products.
These are just some of the things we hear from customers looking for somewhere else to go or what we have found in our research. I am not trying to "bad mouth" this company, but I just want everybody to know what they are not telling you.
In the book "QuickBooks 2007 for Dummies" by Stephen L. Nelson, published by Wiley Publishing, Inc, page 18 and 19 talk about why companies should strongly consider outsourcing their payroll. Simplicity, Liability, and confidentiality of pay rates and raises.
With our payroll give us your hours and that is all.
-We take of the rest. We can even set up an import file to work with your books. How long does it take to send an email and import a file into QuickBooks? That is how long your payroll processing truly is.
-We guarantee payroll accuracy and timely tax payments and filings or we will pay the penalty and interest.
-We do not have you call and wait through several levels of customer service, remembering issue numbers assign to your case.
-Our logo is "PAYROLL TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS". We will do everything possible to get the payroll how you want it and the reports to how you need them.
-We make the calls to the tax agencies for you and to everything we can to get the payroll tax issues resolved for you.
-We do payroll processing only. We will not try and sell you other services or products. If you need them and ask us, we have preferred providers that we will put in contact with you. You do not have to go with are preferred providers. They are separate from TPS and we do not receive anything in compensation for you doing business with them.
Let us process your payroll and so you can avoid the burdens of running payroll and not have to be completely liable yourself. Give us a call at 765-288-PAID or visit us online at www.tpspayroll.com. We do process payrolls nationwide.
