Small Business Payroll Services in Raleigh That Run Without You

Nobody started a business to run payroll. It has to be right every time, the deposits have to land on the right day, and the quarterly forms have to match. We do all of it, and the entries post straight into your books.

What our payroll service covers

• Weekly, biweekly or semimonthly payroll runs
• Hourly, salaried, tipped, commissioned and flat-rate pay
• Direct deposit and pay stubs for employees
• Federal and North Carolina withholding calculated and deposited
• Forms 941, 940, NC-5 and state unemployment filed on time
• W-2s and W-3s in January, 1099-NECs for subcontractors
• New hire reporting and W-4 and I-9 collection
• Payroll reports that show what labor really costs you

How our payroll processing services work

1. SetupWe collect employee forms, register any missing state accounts, and move your pay schedule and year-to-date figures in, even mid-year.
2. Each pay periodYou send hours or approve the run. Employees are paid, taxes are deposited, and the entries post to your books.
3. Each quarter and year endThe 941, NC-5 and unemployment returns are filed, and W-2s and 1099s go out in January without you touching them.

Payroll for the businesses Raleigh runs on

National payroll platforms are built for every business in America. We are built for the ones we see every week in Wake County. Tipped restaurant payroll with tip credits. Construction crew payroll with subcontractors and overtime that changes week to week. Technician pay at auto repair shops, flat rate and hybrid. Each has rules that a generic setup gets wrong, and payroll tax notices follow.

Payroll taxes explained once, so you never think about them again

Every pay run creates four obligations: federal income tax withholding, Social Security and Medicare, North Carolina withholding, and state unemployment insurance. Each has its own deposit schedule and its own return. Miss one and the penalty arrives months later with interest attached. Our job is that none of them is ever missed. If a notice has already arrived from a previous provider, James, as an Enrolled Agent, can represent you with the IRS, sort it out, and put any payroll tax balance on a payment plan before a levy follows.

Owners of S corporations: your salary is a payroll question

If your LLC is taxed as an S corporation, the IRS expects you to pay yourself a reasonable salary through payroll before taking distributions. Setting that salary, running it correctly and documenting why it is reasonable is part of our payroll service for owners. It is also one of the most common questions in business consulting, and the answer should come from someone who sees your actual profit.