Payroll Questions

I am setting up payroll for the first time. So far in my research I have discovered that the state of Arizona requires: I must pay employees within 5 days of the pay period. I must schedule pay...

Employees Payroll Pay Paycheck

asked Sep 26 '12 at 19:13

Clint
695 points

I have tried (and been rejected by) a few online payroll solutions. As I am about to start (very soon) working with real employees, I need to find a way to do payroll more or less manually (though...

Getting Started Employees Employers Tax Payroll

asked Mar 30 '12 at 01:53

Michael Trausch
135 points

I have been working on a startup for 5 months. The startup has some outside investment and money in the bank. My co-founder is CEO and never set up payroll. Instead, he had us taking money directly...

Tax Payroll

asked Nov 22 '13 at 09:16

David P6
1 point

I am currently working a lot with a freelancer from the US. I am based in Germany. Now we are currently finishing our first project and I need to pay him. I would like to avoid cost of paypal if...

Employees Payroll

asked Aug 2 '13 at 23:22

Christian
3,590 points

All, I am a cofounder at a startup and we are still in the process of setting up payroll. For the time being, we have estimated taxes and are paying both my cofounder and myself the after-tax...

USA Payroll

asked Jul 13 '13 at 01:49

James
133 points

This may sound like a very naive question for a site on Startups, but...how do payroll taxes work? From what I can tell from doing database work at a company they seem to consist of percentages of...

Tax USA Payroll

asked Apr 9 '13 at 05:54

Leeand00
108 points

I'm starting a self-employed S-Corp to perform software development services for which I will charge an hourly rate. I'm setting myself up as the sole employee of the S-Corp and will pay myself...

Health Insurance Salary Payroll S Corp

asked Mar 1 '13 at 08:46

User25256
6 points

I'm a software developer and for the past 15 years I've been moonlighting in addition to my fulltime job. Back in 2009 my wife formed a single member LLC and we started running our side jobs (she's...

LLC Payroll

asked Dec 8 '12 at 03:50

Dar Lom
113 points

This question is not directly related to a creating or running a startup, but I guess this is one of the things that can happen at a startup and I'd love to hear responses from both sides of the...

Management Employees Employers Payroll

asked May 8 '12 at 08:32

Peter
111 points

We tend to think that the fair value of a work is the price of it, but it's hard to appreciate. As a web startup, what do you think is the best strategy, keep the pay a little too less to keep the...

Employees Salary Web Dev Payroll

asked Mar 22 '12 at 01:12

Hartator
116 points

I'm not sure what the name of the service or person(s) I'm looking for, so I'm asking here hoping I can find the right thing to search for, and maybe even some recommendations. We need someone we...

Tax Payroll

asked Feb 6 '12 at 19:08

Chris Moschini
121 points

I recently created an LLC and was curious to how I should take a paycheck from the business account. Up until this point, I haven't taken a paycheck and will need to soon. The business has a bank...

LLC Tax Payroll

asked Nov 30 '11 at 09:54

Zakman411
174 points

As a technical person, you see this a lot: "I've got this great idea to be the next $BIG_SITE. I need you to build a site for me - it should only take 3 months or so. Meanwhile, you can crash on...

Equity Legal Salary Payroll

asked Nov 15 '11 at 10:12

Ryan Wilcox
183 points

My wife and I have a very small catering company. We have recently gotten all of the business licenses and tax identification and things set up that we need. We have no full time employees, but we...

Hiring Payroll

asked Sep 1 '11 at 12:23

Cmp
111 points

We're at a point where we need to hire at 1-2 employees, and I'm not sure how much cash to have on hand. We're a SaaS product, with growing traction and on target to be cash-flow neutral next year....

Hiring Finance Entrepreneurs Employees Payroll

asked Jul 8 '11 at 23:13

Nicko
840 points

Due to the new "Wage and Hour Law " in New York State, employers are required to have all new employees fill out a form at hire time and ALSO once a year. New York defers to federal regulation for...

Payroll New York

asked Jun 1 '11 at 06:19

Michael Pryor
2,250 points

Has anyone used the online payroll system called "SurePayroll"? If so what were the pros and cons? Please tell the good, bad, and the ugly.

Costs Payroll

asked May 21 '11 at 23:48

Mc Cants
16 points

I am in a single person LLC, so I am allowed to file my taxes on my personal return and I don't have to cut myself paychecks. I would prefer to take all of the money out at the end of the year....

Solo Entrepreneur LLC Accounting Payroll

asked Apr 28 '11 at 08:38

Skaz
254 points

My business partner and I currently work as independent contractors in California writing software and have decided to turn it into a real company. Ownership will be 50/50. All revenue will come...

Getting Started LLC Incorporation Tax Payroll

asked Apr 16 '11 at 08:35

Todd H
196 points

I was doing the books for an LLC last year and our accountants told us that paying one of the members via payroll was not the correct way to pay them and that the member should be paid via a...

LLC Payroll

asked Mar 1 '11 at 07:56

Michael Pryor
2,250 points