As a full service payroll processing company, we know the value of Accuracy, Time and Money. The ever changing world of Technology can help maximize these assets, but it can also hurt. That’s why it is of upmost importance to have the right balance of Technology AND Service. Too little or too much of one can tilt the service to an inconvenient and sometimes detrimental level.Many of our clients have come to us after experiencing extreme frustration with Payroll Services that do nothing more than provide a new and complicated software program to learn. Many times we have heard, “We did all the work, and all they did was push a button and collect a fee!”

Payroll Express understands these frustrations and challenges. That is why we have been careful to keep up with technology while never forgetting that we are truly providing a SERVICE. Each of our clients has a personal payroll specialist assigned to their account. This is a person that be contacted at any time with questions or concerns. Technology can’t tell you what to do with an IRS notice, or direct you with unique situations that inevitably arise in business. However, technology can help by providing convenience and flexibility in Submitting, Processing, and Receiving your payroll. Payroll Express has just launched state of the art online Client Access and Time Clock services. If our clients find convenience in these tools, they use them. If not, they don’t. Balance and flexibility is what keeps Payroll Express leading the pack in the Payroll Processing arena.  Visit us at www.payrollexpress.com to learn more.

As an advocate in business with our clients, Payroll Express strives each day to keep them informed of any payroll related changes or trends.  The Federal Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up their efforts to enforce employee verification requirments from employers.  In 2009, three times as many employers were targeted for employment verification audits than in 2008. 

All signs point to a trend of increased immigration enforcement in the workplace. Traditionally, the government targeted illegal workers, but recently there has been a shift in focus. The government is now cracking down on the employers that hire unauthorized workers. With so much attention on immigration enforcement, and no sign of it letting up, employers need to ensure their employment verification process is iron clad.  The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) prohibits employers from hiring individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States. 

Below are some important guidelines for complying with employment verification requirements:
1.  Supporting documents. All new hires are to complete the I-9 form and supply employment eligibility documentation, such as a driver’s license, social security card, or U.S. passport. Acceptable forms of documentation are listed on the last page of the form. Employers must examine presented documentation and record the document title(s) and number(s) on Section Two of the form.

2.  Photocopies. Although not required by law, it is a good practice to photocopy presented documents. Doing so demonstrates that you were in fact provided with the documents you listed in Section Two of the I-9 form.

3.  The deadline. Section 1 of the I-9 form must be completed the day in which the employee begins their employment with you.  Section 2 must fbe completed within 24 hours of employement.

Payroll Express clients can send in completed I9’s and w4’s of their employees to create a duplicate file storage system in case of an audit. 

Responding to rising jobless claims, unemployment tax rates have more than doubled this year. The 2010 increase comes after a 70 percent increase a year ago and most states unemployment rates are at their highest levels since the great depression.
This is an employer paid tax and is calculated by a standard base rate and a modification factor based on the employers history of employees filing claims. The formula for setting the standard base rate is usually based on a fund’s record for previous years. In most cases it will include a 20 year period.
Officials say the tax will remain high at least through 2011 and maybe 2012 as more people go back to work and the states repay federal money it has had to borrow to pay benefits.
Employers will have to battle through the higher tax rates by demanding more productivity out of current employees as well as possibly cutting other benefits.

The US Department of Labor has changed the rules that made it easier for farmer to hire temporary workers to help harvest their crops.

A lawsuit from farm owners last year stopped the Labor Department from immediately suspending the Bush regulations and forced officials to go through a lengthier notice and comment period for making new rules.

The new rules, which take effect on March 15, would increase the average wage for temporary farm workers by about a dollar an hour. Farm owners must also post farm jobs on a new electronic job registry to make sure domestic workers get first dibs.

Labor Department officials say the changes protect some of the most vulnerable workers from abuses. Under the new rules, for example, state work force agencies must inspect the quality of temporary worker housing before an employer can gain approval to bring in foreign workers.

Growers had asked the Bush administration to ease hiring rules they said were so time-consuming that farmers sometimes had to let crops rot in the fields because they couldn’t find enough workers at harvest time. The new rules would retain some of the efforts to streamline processing times, but not likely enough to satisfy growers who have threatened further legal action.

Did you know that Payroll Express provides payroll processing services across the country? We are growing fast, and the reason is clear. We offer the easiest, most cost effective payroll service on Earth!! ™

The following are just a few of the areas that we service: payroll service Idaho, payroll service Utah, payroll service Colorado, Payroll service Nevada, payroll service Montana, payroll service Wyoming, payroll service Oregon, payroll service Florida, payroll service Illinois, payroll service Texas, payroll service New Mexico, payroll service California.

We also have offices in many cities across the country such as: payroll service Salt Lake, payroll service Boise, payroll service Denver, payroll service Houston, payroll service Dallas, payroll service Las Vegas, payroll service Saint George, payroll service Idaho Falls, payroll service Portland, payroll service Coeur d’Alene, and payroll service Santa Fe.

Whether you live in a Big City or a small town, Payroll Express can meet your needs by providing the easiest most cost effective payroll service on Earth!

How many times has this scenario played out in your business?

A raise or promotion is given to an employee.  Someone involved with payroll knows about it, or someone sees a report that contains the information.  This causes feelings of injustice, and the person that has seen the confidential information feels mistreated and demands more money or quits. The costs for such an event can be huge!!!  Again and again we hear examples of how the lack of confidentiality has cost a business money and lowered morral.

As a client of Payroll Express, you can specify exactly how you would like payroll checks and reports delivered.  This allows you to have complete control in the safeguarding of confidential pay rates and promotions.

Michael Hastings

President /CEO

Payroll Express

Personnel and payroll management duties can drain as much as 43% of a small business owner’s time.  With Payroll Express that time can be cut down to less than an hour a month!  

Once you are a client of  Payroll Express, payroll becomes as easy as sending an email, or even making a phone call.  We customize the process to make it as easy and convenient as possible for our clients.   Our clients choose how they want to submit their payroll information.  They can email it, submit it through their client account, Fax it, or even call it in to their payroll specialist.   Our clients can choose to use the Payroll Express time tracker or their own.   Payroll Express does not force its clients to learn a new payroll software program.  After all, shouldn’t that be the job of the Payroll Service provider?   Our service becomes the most efficient by providing flexibility to our clients. 

 Many of our new clients can’t believe how easy Payroll can be.  We get comments like “Ok, so what else do I have to do?”  or  “What’s the catch?”.  However, they soon realize that it IS that easy, and the comments change to, “This is amazing!”, and “I’m telling all my friends!”.

 A successful business owner should spend his or her time focused on business and not on unproductive tasks such as payroll management.   Payroll Express makes this a breeze by providing the easiest most convenient payroll service on earth!

Michael Hastings

President / CEO

Payroll Express

Payroll Express printed its first payroll check on March 29th, 2004.   Since that time, we have experienced double digit growth each and every year.  The visions, goals, work ethics, and customer service are the same today as they were in 2004.   These ideas are best showcased in our mission statement:

“Payroll Express stands as an advocate in business with our clients by providing the easiest, most cost effective and professional way to administer payroll.”

2010 brings with it an entire new set of reasons that business owners today should partner with Payroll Express.   With the ever changing laws, rules, regulations and reporting requirements, chances are as high that your business will loose time and money with audits and penalties.  It literally does not make sense to do business the old fashioned way, by hiring a bookkeeper or having your CPA process your payroll.

Payroll Express guarantees that your Tax Payments, Tax Filings, and Reports will be made on time and accurate or WE pay the penalty.    But these are only a few of the reasons that using Payroll Express as your virtual payroll department is the NEW way of doing business.

So stay tuned for weekly updates on what is happening here at payroll express.  We have many new online tools that are being unveiled in the next few months.  We are moving into a new, state of the art, processing facility, and we are working continuously to ensure that our clients always enjoy the easiest, most cost effective payroll service on Earth!!

Sincerely,
Michael Hastings
President / CEO
Payroll Express