We are the small business authority on the following:
PAYROLL PROCESSING
Our goal is to make payroll processing easy, timely and convenient for both you and your employees. Your needs are at the center of everything we do!
Choose the level of support you need— With Payroll Central as your payroll processor, you can choose the suite of payroll services that fit the size, needs and complexity of your business. Both Platinum Pay Pro and Platinum Pay Express (PPx/PP Pro) are streamlined web-based, user-friendly payroll systems. Depending on your business’ size and needs, they make it possible to run payroll in as little three minutes. Both make it easy to manage payroll by enabling you to view Gross to Net Checks, print manual checks and manage employee data.
Each alternative allows you to access your payroll account on our secure, centralized hub. You can visit it anytime to make employee changes or review activity. Each solution also includes electronic reporting and paycheck stub delivery. Payroll deductions, PTO accruals, ACA-required insurance hours-tracking, 401(k) contributions and customized reporting are all available.
Services tailored to you—Because every company is different, we let you choose how you want to transmit payroll information to us. You can go “paperless” with online or email. We take fax transmissions, too.
When you hire new employees, Payroll Central will help with their payroll onboarding and reporting. You can also depend on us for quarterly and year-end tax form processing, including W-2s and 1099s—and we’ll deliver them using the method you choose. If you use Quickbooks® or Quickbooks Online (QBO), a file can be provided to you to import payroll checks and/or a general ledger journal entry.
Employee-friendly options—To save on check costs, we can help arrange direct deposit for your employees—and then push email and text alerts to let them know when their pay will be deposited in their accounts. For unbanked employees, we can arrange to have their pay automatically deposited on a reloadable Mastercard or Visa Payroll Card, which functions like a debit card and is much more secure than carrying cash. All can conveniently access their paystubs and W-2s at an online employee portal.
If an employee needs an advance before payday, we can help with that, too! Through ZayZoon, our Wages-on-Demand partner, we make it possible for employees to access money they’ve already earned—just a little early—for a low transaction fee.
TAX FILING
You’ll never worry about getting your payroll taxes paid accurately or on-time again when you turn these responsibilities over to Payroll Central. We guarantee it!
Our professionals will take charge of drafting taxes from your account every payroll. We take care of all form preparation and tax filings for you. To help ensure you pay taxes when they are due, we’ll provide instructions, forms and payments for all appropriate agencies.
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TIMEKEEPING
Our time-keeping solutions are as technologically sophisticated as you want them to be. In addition to physical time clocks that employees can punch in and out, we offer the latest automated solutions. Digital time clocks and time sheets, the latest swipe and biometric hardware, geo-fencing tools and hardware-free web clocks—we offer them all. Employees can even clock in and out using a mobile app on their phone if you choose! Each method can be easily adapted, scaled and customized to meet your company’s needs.
Once you approve employee work hours, we’ll pull them directly into our system, with no extra work from you. Because they are seamlessly integrated with our payroll systems, you can be assured of both accuracy and efficiency.
BACKGROUND CHECKS
Background checks of current and prospective employees are mandated for certain occupations. But they can also provide peace of mind to many small business owners. We partner with National Crime Search to provide both simple and extensive background checks, including instant access to credit reports, Social Security number validation and multi-state criminal, sex- and violent-offender searches.
HR RESOURCES
If you’ve ever thought about outsourcing your HR services, look no further than Payroll Central. We partner with a national HR company that helps us customize and implement a wide array of HR services that can stand alone or be integrated with our online hub. That includes an electronic employee onboarding program that consolidates all the administrative paperwork completed by your new hires in one convenient place. The less time you spend onboarding, the quicker new employees can become productive. And that’s just the beginning. We can also help implement 401(k) plans that integrate with our payroll software, create employee handbooks, complete EEO-1 reporting and provide guidance on the latest federal and state employment laws. Whether you need an easy way to track vacation days, sick days and PTO, or are in search of a labor poster program to inform employees of their rights, we can help with that, too.
PAY-AS-YOU-GO WORKERS’ COMP
Pay-as-you-go is a billing program that lets you send premium payments to your workers’ comp carrier based on your actual payroll data. No more guesswork! It plugs directly into your payroll program and automatically deducts what you owe your worker’s comp company. Because you pay only what you owe, as you owe it, big pre-payments and year-end surprises are eliminated, and your cash flow becomes more predictable.
Payroll Central offers this service as a trusted partner with Intego AP Insurance Group, which works with several workers’ comp insurance carriers.