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How many employees does your business have? While some small businesses are structured as sole proprietorships, most are structured as either a limited liability company (LLC) or an S-Corp. And research shows that small businesses in the United States have an average of 10 employees. Whether your business has more or fewer employees, you’ll have to pay them. The process of paying employees, of course, is known as payroll. You can perform payroll in-house, or you can outsource your business’s payroll to a third party.

Benefits of In-House Payroll

You’ll inevitably save money by choosing in-house payroll. In-house means that you perform it internally within your business With in-house payroll, you’ll be responsible for tracking employees’ hours and, ultimately, paying them for their work.

By choosing in-house payroll, you’ll gain a better understanding of your business’s operations. You’ll be able to see firsthand how many hours your business’s employees worked as well as how much money those employees earned. With outsourced payroll, a third party will handle this data.

In-house payroll is easier than you may realize. There’s dedicated payroll software available that you can use to pay your business’s employees. Alternatively, you can use QuickBooks. QuickBooks offers an in-house payroll service at https://quickbooks.intuit.com/payroll.

Benefits of Outsourced Payroll

There are reasons to consider outsourced payroll as well. If your business only has a few employees, in-house payroll may suffice. For a larger business with more employees, though, you may want to choose outsourced payroll. Outsourced payroll will allow you to focus on running and growing your business rather than payroll-related tasks.

You won’t have to worry about filing fax forms with outsourced payroll. Taxes, of course, are a component of payroll. When you pay employees, you’ll have to withhold some of their earnings, and you’ll have to submit this information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of the respective period. Outsourced payroll eliminates this burden. By outsourcing your business’s payroll, a third party will take care of these tax forms.

Mistakes are less likely to occur with outsourced payroll. Providers of this service specialize in payroll. They know how to track employees’ hours, pay employees and file all of the necessary tax forms. This doesn’t mean that mistakes never happen. When compared to in-house payroll, though, mistakes are less likely to occur with outsourced payroll.

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