For CPA firms
A Payroll Team for CPA Firms, Working Under Your Firm’s Name
A team of payroll professionals works as your firm’s payroll department, under your firm’s name, and runs payroll directly with your clients.
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At a glance
A full payroll team behind your firm
Every client payroll checked twice
Backup coverage when someone is out
Your clients approve every run
Payroll at a CPA firm
Why is payroll hard for a CPA firm to staff?
Payroll runs on fixed dates. Every pay run and tax deposit has a deadline, and a mistake lands on your client’s employees.
Staffing it in-house means hiring and training payroll specialists, then covering them when they are out.
What we handle under your name:
Every pay run, start to finish
Federal, state and local payroll tax filings
State payroll tax registrations
Agency notices and corrections
Garnishments and deductions
W-2s, 1099s and 941 reconciliations
New hires and terminations
Employee paycheck questions
See how we run each payroll:
See payroll processingUnder your name
We work as a member of your firm
Our team works under your firm’s name and works directly with your clients. Each client approves every run, and you keep the relationship.
Your client
Deals with your firm
Approves every payroll run.
Your CPA firm
Payroll under your firm’s name
payroll@yourfirm.comInside your firm
A PayAdvisors payroll team works as a member of your firm and runs each client payroll.
Your firm keeps its focus on accounting and advisory work.
How it starts
1.
Book a call with our team to talk through your clients and how you want to work.
2.
Your firm signs with PayAdvisors, and we learn each client’s payroll, pay calendar and approvals.
3.
We work directly with each client under your firm’s name and run every payroll. The client approves each run.
Why a team
A payroll team, not a single payroll hire
Buffer time before every deadline
Each client payroll gets a dual audit, with buffer time built in before every submission deadline.
Backup across the team
Several team members know each client’s payroll, so a vacation or a resignation does not stop a pay run.
A dedicated Client Success Manager
One point of contact for each client payroll.
What your clients can get
Payroll help your clients can get from one team
Each client starts with the help it needs today.
Ongoing managed payroll
Every pay run, tax filing and paycheck question handled by the client’s payroll team.
State payroll tax registration
Withholding and unemployment accounts when a client adds employees in a new state.
Emergency payroll support
A client’s payroll person quit or the system failed before a pay date: we step in.
Our team
Why PayAdvisors
PayAdvisors is a team of 25+ payroll and HR professionals. Businesses bring us in when payroll has outgrown one person, and we become their payroll department.
Decades of combined payroll experience
What our clients say
“Of all the consultants that I’ve actually had, I’d say PayAdvisors has been the best. And I think one of the reasons is that it’s not just a single person, it’s a team behind me.”
Melanie T.
President, The Hopkins Group
Questions CPA firms ask
How does a payroll partnership with PayAdvisors work?
It starts with a call with our team. Your firm signs with us, and we work as your firm’s payroll department, under your name, for the clients you bring us.
Will our clients know they are working with PayAdvisors?
Clients see your firm’s name, not ours. We work as a member of your firm, from an address such as payroll@yourfirm.com, so clients do not see a separate company.
Will our clients need to change payroll systems?
No. Each client keeps the system it already uses.
Do you work in all states?
Yes. We run payroll and register employers in all 50 states.
What do you handle for each client?
Every pay run, federal, state and local payroll tax filings, state registrations, agency notices, garnishments and deductions, and employee paycheck questions.
Who approves each payroll?
Your client approves every run before it goes out.
Can you help if a client’s payroll person quits?
Yes. We can start with the client’s next pay run and stay on as their payroll team.
Is there a contract or minimum term?
No. There is no minimum term. Service is month to month.
Keep reading
Related payroll services
Payroll partnership for CPA firms
How a payroll partnership works, a simple handoff workflow and the scope boundaries that protect your firm.
Payroll tax filing and compliance
State withholding and unemployment registrations in all 50 states, and filings on time.
Payroll audits and system evaluations
A thorough audit and a clear remediation roadmap for a client whose payroll has problems.
Have our team contact you
Tell us about your firm and the clients who need payroll.
What happens next
1.
Send the form with your name, email, phone, company and company website.
2.
We will contact you soon.
3.
If payroll cannot wait, call 866-839-3322, Monday through Friday.
Other ways to reach us
Monday through Friday
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Next step
Offer payroll without building a payroll team
Book a call with our team to talk through the clients who need payroll help. There is no obligation.