I am a small business owner with 12 employees and doing payroll took so much time that could have been spent doing something else. Then I talked to a friend that had been using Intuit Payroll for their business and I decided that trying it would be worthwhile and that was three months ago and is this a great way to take care of payroll. There are so many great things about this payroll service, starting with how inexpensive it is to use it, unlike many other payroll services. There are advantages for me and for my employees like:

• Creating paychecks in minutes online, which means I can do it while I am at work or at home in the evening on days when it is busy. Plus, there is no need to calculate each employees pay, their taxes or hours, because it is all there in just a few easy steps.

• The employees have a choice of being paid by a paycheck or direct deposit and doing both for me is fast and simple.

• The state and federal taxes are calculated for my using Intuit Payroll service and that means no mistakes. The W-2’s are ready when needed and without a lot of work on my part or hiring an accountant. This alone saves me a lot of time and money each year when it is time to hand out W-2’s. Just a few clicks and it can all be printed out, how easy is that to deal with tax time.

• Using Intuit Payroll there can be unlimited payroll dates each month, which is great, since employees come and go, there are more pay dates in some months than others. Some people on my payroll are independent contractors, so they are often paid at different times than my regular employees.

• Time cards are no longer needed when using Intuit Payroll, because there is an easier way to deal with this for my hourly employees. There is a multi-user online time clock for employees to clock in and out of work or there are online time sheets that are on a password protected website. This helps to keep time card errors from occurring and it makes payday a snap, since it is integrated into the payroll.

• There is no need to reenter information for the employees each payday, which is a time saver over doing payroll by hand for sure and some computer programs that are not a service can be difficult to use and time consuming.

• Employee hours are easy to correct if there is a mistake and there is a time clock authentication, which prevents employees from taking advantage. One of the other great things is with the time being calculated it also means that any overtime is also calculated and taxed correctly.

• Year end and quarterly taxes are calculated for my business and it just takes a few clicks to pay and file taxes. That is terrific, because normally it would mean calling in the accountant and hours of time.

These are the benefits I have found using Intuit Payroll in the short time I have been using it for my business and my employees. I certainly will tell any business owner this has been so cost effective and a real time saver. Plus there is no worry when it comes to filing taxes or providing employees with W-2’s for their taxes. That takes a lot of stress out of tax time for me and with everything calculated there is less room for errors to be made.