Payroll

Usually we work with it. Gusto, ADP, Paychex and Rippling are all perfectly good, and switching platforms is disruptive. What tends to be missing is not the software but the layer above it: someone making sure registrations are right, filings are made, classifications are defensible and new states are handled when you hire into them. That is where we sit.

In most cases you have created a payroll tax registration obligation in that state, and sometimes an income tax nexus for the business itself. Tell us before the first payroll run if you can. Registering properly at the outset is straightforward; unwinding several quarters of unregistered payroll in another state is not.

If you work on a California public works project, you and each of your subcontractors must register with the Department of Industrial Relations and file weekly certified payroll records through the DIR's eCPR system. The registration thresholds are projects over $25,000 for construction and over $15,000 for maintenance. Full detail is on our certified payroll page.

Usually, yes. Amended returns, corrected W-2s and voluntary disclosure programmes exist precisely because this happens. The outcome is almost always better when you come forward than when an agency finds it. Come and talk to us before assuming the worst: the exposure is frequently smaller than people fear.

Payroll is often the largest expense line in an organisation, so auditors test it. Clean records, defensible classifications and consistent allocation across programmes or contracts make that testing quick. For nonprofits, payroll drives functional expense allocation. For government contractors, timekeeping is one of the first things a DCAA reviewer looks at.

Book a scoping call using the form on this page, or call us. We will ask what you need, who is asking you for it, and what condition your records are in, then tell you what the engagement involves and what it will cost before anything begins.