Are you feeling stressed when it’s time to complete your payroll? Take advantage of the tools available within payroll software to eliminate your stress and shorten your payroll processing time. Here are some time-savers that can make a drastic impact on your payroll processing.
1. Ditch the Spreadsheets.
Most businesses do keep track of pay codes within their payroll software system. Pay earning codes store the formula used to calculate each employee’s pay. On the other hand, pay deduction codes are used to calculate things like vacation, paid time off, wage garnishment and a whole host of other functions. Many employers opt to keep track of deduction codes in separate spreadsheet. The general belief is that the payroll system cannot calculate their specific deduction needs because they are too complex. The truth is, there are payroll software systems that can handle a wide variety of deduction codes, including the complex. It’s worth checking into. Once deduction codes are set up, the system handles the calculating, and you don’t need to bring in that information by hand.
2. Pay via Direct Deposit.
You might be surprised how much time you spend printing checks, stuffing envelopes, and managing printer and paper supplies. These can all be gone if you choose to pay employees via direct deposit. Instead of printing, stuffing, and delivering, checks are distributed in one short step to the bank account of the employee’s choice. You save time, and employees get their pay faster.
3. View Pay Data Online.
If you pay employees via direct deposit, you can cut out the step of printing and distributing the pay advice slip – a document that contains information about employee pay. Put the pay information online, in a secure environment, where employees can log in anytime to get the pay information they desire. As an added benefit, if an employee calls years later looking for pay information, you can simply get them their password, instead of scouring through old files to find things like their W-2.
4. Copy Pay Runs.
If you don’t want to recreate your payroll entirely, use the ‘copy pay’ function to copy pay from a previous pay run, for those whose salary remains the same, such as salaried employees. Using this function can save you many manual time entries!
5. File Taxes Electronically.
There are so many unnecessary steps when it comes to filing payroll taxes. Order the forms and envelopes, run the data, print the forms, stamp the envelopes and mail them. And that doesn’t even include printer maintenance! Skip all of the extra work and file your taxes electronically!
If you have used the same payroll system for many years, check and see whether any of these time-saving features are available to you. They can really cut down on payroll processing time.
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