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Payroll Mate Software
  • Prepare payroll, pay employees and print checks with paystubs.
  • Calculate federal, state and local taxes.
  • Generate comprehensive reports such as deposit requirement.
  • Process employment tax forms including W-2, W-3, 941 and 940.
  • Export data to accounting systems (including QuickBooks / Sage 50).
  • Named a Top Payroll software product by Capterra.
  • Trusted by thousands of users nationwide since 2006.
  • Run live and after the fact payroll.

Payroll Mate® Payroll Software

Price: $219. Run payroll for up to 10 companies, with up to 75 employees per company for one calendar year.

Payroll MateĀ® is complete, stand-alone and desktop-based payroll software that fits the needs of both small businesses and accounting firms. Download free trial now and start running payroll in-house using a Windows desktop, laptop or tablet computer.

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Payroll Mate® is a comprehensive payroll software that fits the needs of accountants, small to medium size businesses (SMBs), agricultural employers, non-profits, local governments, schools, household employers and the self-employed.

Payroll Mate 2023 automatically calculates net pay, federal withholding tax, Social Security tax, Medicare, state and local payroll taxes. Payroll Mate also supports different types of payroll pay periods, prints checks, prepares payroll forms 941, 943, 944, 940, W2 and W3. This software also supports user-defined Income, Tax, and Pre-tax / Post-tax Deduction categories making it very flexible and powerful. Our payroll system works with different accounting software including Intuit QuickBooks, Sage Peachtree (Sage 50), Quicken, Microsoft Accounting and more.

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Payroll Mate Detailed Feature List

  • Automatically calculates federal and state payroll taxes. Our software comes with a built-in payroll and paycheck calculator for federal withholding and state withholding for all 50 states and District of Columbia. Tax tables and payroll formulas are updated throughout the year and pushed via the touch-free auto-update mechanism.
  • Multiple Pay Frequencies (Payroll Cycle Duration). Supports different types of pay periods including weekly payroll, biweekly payroll, semimonthly payroll and monthly payroll. Although Payroll Mate gives users the ability to use any pay frequency they want, we recommend extending the duration of payroll cycles to reduce payroll staff's payroll processing activities and thus save time and money.
  • One step backup and restore. Make sure you back up your payroll data into a portable device like a flash drive or something similar and keep it in a safe and handy place. Our system reminds the user to back up the company data each time the software is closed. Maintaining regular backups is one of the essentials that employers and payroll processors should never overlook. Offsite storage of payroll information backups is also highly recommend.
  • Multiple Pay Types. Supports regular salary, hourly pay, overtime pay, double overtime, bonus pay and commissions.
  • Supports the following federal quarterly and annual payroll forms (ready to sign and send): 941, 940, 943, 944, W-2 and W-3. Our 2023 payroll program makes generating and printing these federal payroll forms as easy as clicking a button. Form 941 is Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return. Form 943 is Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Employees. Form 940 is Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return. Payroll Form W-2 is Wage and Tax Statement. Form 944 is Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return and form W-3 is Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements.
  • Includes comprehensive payroll reports : Journal Summary, Journal Detail, Tax Liability, Deposit Requirement, Employee Earnings, Employee List, Payroll Totals, Payroll Detail, Taxes & Deductions, State Taxes and Pay Periods report. Employee Earnings report is ideal for exporting data to HR software and specialized human resources / businesses management applications such as church, farm, trucking and restaurant accounting software. The most comprehensive way for exporting data is of course the general ledger module. One of the crucial reports is the "Deposit Requirements Report", which shows how much an employer needs to deposit for each tax including form 941 taxes (FICA + Fed WH) that get typically deposited through EFTPS (www.eftps.gov).
  • Exports payroll reports to Microsoft Excel, CSV and Adobe PDF. Once a report is generated inside Payroll Mate 2023, the user has a full list of options to export the report data, some of these options include PDF, Text, CSV(Comma Separated Value) and Excel. This feature is very important in many cases including third-party remittance processing (sending payments to a tax agency or 401K provider).
  • Payroll vacation accrual and sick pay accrual (vacation and sick time calculation and tracking). Payroll Mate can track and accrue two types of leave hours: Vacation and Sick. The user has the ability to configure vacation hours earned per check, maximum vacation hours earned per year, sick hours earned per check and maximum sick hours earned per year. When creating a new payroll check, the software automatically calculates vacation hours earned, sick hours earned, vacation hours used and sick hours used (the user has the ability to override any of these values). When printing paychecks, the user has the ability to specify whether vacation and sick time information gets included on the paystub / payslip. The payroll system also comes with a powerful report which lists for each check (in a certain pay period) vacation hours earned, vacation hours used, sick hours earned, and sick hours used.
  • Exports payroll checks to QuickBooks as journal entries..
  • Vendor and 1099 Center (software for accounts payable / contractors). Pay 1099 employees / contractors, track vendor checks, generate comprehensive reports and print IRS tax forms 1099-MISC / 1096. Learn more about Vendor and 1099 Center. This feature requires Payroll Mate Option #6 - Additional Fee.
  • Prints signature ready checks and extensive pay stubs for your employees.
  • Exports Payroll checks to Quicken QIF format.
  • General Ledger Export (Posting to Accounting).
  • Supports a number of state payroll forms. Forms currently supported are California DE 9 (Quarterly Contribution Return and Report of Wages), California DE 9C (Quarterly Contribution Return and Report of Wages -Continuation), Texas C-3 (Employer's Quarterly Report ), Texas C-4 (Employer's Quarterly Report Continuation Sheet), New York NYS-45 (Employer's Quarterly Tax and Wage Report ), Florida Reemployment Tax RT-6 (Electronic Reporting of Florida Department of Revenue Employer's Quarterly Report), Illinois 941, Illinois IDES Employer Monthly Reporting and Illinois UI-3/40. (Requires Payroll Mate Option #5 (Additional Charge).
  • Dedicated tutorials website with step by step instructions on how to use and customize the software. Users can browse and search for answers directly from inside Payroll Mate.
  • Supports customizable income, tax and deduction categories. One of the most powerful features of this payroll management software is the ability to define an unlimited number of custom payroll items to fit the employer's needs. With other payroll solutions you are locked in with the built-in payroll items that ship with the product and even if you have the ability to define custom payroll types, you are limited in the number of items you can define. This feature is very useful for users with advanced payroll processing requirements or payroll service bureau.
  • Imports employee HR information and payroll setup. Businesses switch to Payroll Mate payroll accounting software every day. This is why Payroll Mate offers a powerful engine for importing payroll setup (configuration) from other applications including market leaders such as Sage 50 (Peachtree), Intuit QuickBooks, Sage DacEasy, Kronos, ADP, Paychex, Oracle's PeopleSoft and more.
  • Auto calculates Social Security Taxes and Medicare payroll Taxes.
  • Auto calculates FUTA (Federal Unemployment Tax), which is paid by employers only. This tax is reported to the IRS through form 940 (Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return). Payroll Mate® calculates, tracks and reports FUTA tax on form 940. According to IRS form 940 instructions, the time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on individual circumstances, but the estimated average time for recordkeeping is 9 hours and 19 minutes, for learning about the law or the form is one hour and 23 minutes and for preparing, copying, assembling, and sending 940 form to the IRS the time needed is one hour and 36 minutes. By using our payroll database software this time is reduced to a few minutes.
  • Calculates State Unemployment Tax (SUTA).
  • Calculates state disability insurance tax. Very few states maintain disability insurance funds, in order to pay employees who are unable to work due to illness and/or injury. In some cases this tax is paid by the employee only and in other cases by both the employee and employer.
  • Direct Deposit. Prepares NACHA - ACH files for direct deposit. This feature requires Payroll Mate Option #2 - Additional Fee.
  • Multi-Company Management. Supports 10 companies with up to 75 employees per company. You can purchase Payroll Mate Option #3, which adds support for 100 companies with 1000 employees per company.
  • Auto calculates New York City Tax (NYC Tax). New York City charges a personal income tax to City residents. The tax is administered and collected by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance for the City.
  • Supports income per mile, per piece and per bucket.
  • Supports Farm Payroll. Our payroll system gives agricultural businesses everything they need to manage payroll for farm / ranch workers and labor contractors. Through Payroll Mate ranchers and farmers can file IRS annual tax form 943, pay workers a salary / per hour/ per piece or custom add any type of payroll income that fits their business model. Through the vendor and 1099 center farm employers can pay contractors and issue them 1099s at the end of the year to stay in compliance with IRS regulations as defined by Publication 51 (Agricultural Employer's Tax Guide).
  • Supports employees who work in different areas / positions and get paid accordingly (different jobs and rates on the same check for the same employee). For example in a restaurant establishment when an employee cooks she earns chef wages and when the same employee takes orders and delivers plates to customers she makes server wages.
  • Payroll Mate can be deployed in a thin-client / virtual-desktop environment including Citrix and Terminal Services (TS). This feature is important for bigger accounting firms, local governments, educational institutions, banks, hospitals and more. Our system can also be deployed in Microsoft Azure RemoteApp environment, which allows users to access applications in the cloud from a variety of devices and operating systems. Some of our users host Payroll Mate online through providers like Right Networks and InsynQ.
  • Handles Form 941 adjustments. .
  • Ideal for religious organizations, churches and non-profit groups. Supports clergy (pastor) taxable and non-taxable earnings. Supports "Housing Allowance" and provides the ability to exempt or withhold Social Security and Medicare taxes from a minister's paycheck.
  • Ability to add employee memo. Use the Employee memo field to record additional employee info such as hire date, termination date, job title, supervisor name, evaluation notes, date of last raise, and so on. This field can be found under the employee setup wizard.
  • Supports Flexible Spending Accounts. Payroll Mate supports FSA payroll deductions where a certain amount of money is withheld from an employee's pre-tax gross pay and gets stored in a fund dedicated for medical and/or dependent care expenses. Throughout the year, funds get disbursed to participating employees who have documented and approved expenditures.
  • Ability to print Paystub (remittance advise) ONLY. This feature is useful if you would like to email paystubs (check stubs) to your employees, hand-write checks and in many other cases.
  • A step by step, easy to follow wizard guides you through the company creation process. Each newly created company inside this payroll program is automatically filled with a number of default Income, Tax, and Deduction categories, including federal taxes to save you time and effort.
  • Easy to follow wizard guides you through the process of adding new employees and deciding appropriate Incomes, Taxes, and Deductions for each employee along with their values. Please remember as an employer you will need to always verify an employee's authorization to work in the United States by completing USCIS form I-9. Our customers often ask about the criteria for specifying an employee's withholding allowances and filing status. This information must always come from an employee-filled and signed form W-4 (Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate). Once an employee is added in the payroll system, no changes to his or her tax setup /deductions should be applied without a signed request for the payroll department to do so.
  • Displays the existing employees in the company in a very clear organized tabular view, with the ability to sort the employees on their names, social security numbers, or any other column in the employees table. Through the employees table, you can easily create new payroll checks or view already created ones for any employee.
  • Offers a categorized view of your checks, with the ability to: Group Checks according to employee or pay period; Filter checks to see only the ones of the current month, quarter, year, or even last year(s); Navigate between checks easily while showing you a separate and appealing preview of each check. Previews of paychecks and pay slips are very important to allow employers go over the payroll transactions and make any desired adjustments before actually printing the checks and finalizing the payroll run.
  • Supports Inactive Employees. This feature is very important for employers who hire seasonal and part-time employees.
  • Employee payroll may be processed one employee at a time or in batch mode. This includes creating and printing checks/pay slips.
  • Retroactive Payroll Processing:Payroll Mate® gives users the ability to apply changes to a specific pay period (or paycheck) after payroll processing is complete for that period. This is very important in cases when an employee gets a retroactive pay adjustment or other payroll appointment.
  • Supports payroll fringe benefits. A fringe benefit is a form of pay for the performance of services. For example, you provide an employee with a fringe benefit when you allow the employee to use a business vehicle to commute to and from work. Fringe benefits are defined by IRS Publication 15-B (Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits). Payroll Mate® allows employers and small businesses to custom define various types of fringe benefits such as educational assistance, group-term life insurance coverage, health savings accounts (HSAs) , meals and moving expense reimbursements.
  • Supports Schedule A of Form 940 (Multi-State Employer and Credit Reduction Information). This feature is useful for employers who pay wages in a state that is designated by the Department of Labor as "Credit Reduction State". Through Payroll Mate, users can easily prepare, review and print 940 Schedule A. Our software auto-populates the schedule based on the payroll checks entered by the user for the year, taking into consideration which states have a "credit reduction rate" greater than zero. Many computerized payroll systems do not include this feature, although they prepare Form 940 itself, which forces employers to download and manually prepare the schedule at year end. The Department of Labor determines the credit reduction states for each year around end of October / early November.
  • Supports Form 943-A (Agricultural Employer's Record of Federal Tax Liability). In addition to supporting form 943, our payroll system supports Form 943-A, which is generally used by agricultural employers who deposit federal income tax withheld and S.S and Medicare taxes on a semi-weekly schedule, or whose tax liability on any day is $100,000 or more.
  • Calculates user-defined local payroll withholding tax. Examples of local payroll taxes that can be calculated using Payroll Mate® are city payroll tax, school district payroll tax,municipal income tax, occupational license fees, metropolitan commuter transportation mobility tax, and county payroll taxes.
  • Prints on preprinted red-ink laser W2 forms and W3 forms.
  • Runs over a network.
  • Very easy to use, saves you precious time and money and designed to minimize data entry / monitoring work for employers and payroll departments.
  • Handles Cafeteria Plans.
  • Supports wage garnishments where the employer is required to withhold a certain amount of an employee's income and forward it to a third party.
  • Supports unique types of wages such as prizes/awards, Christmas gifts, back-pay awards, makeup pay for jury duty, and moving expense reimbursements.
  • Reviews: received great reviews from independent sources such as Download.Com, CPA Practice Advisor, and AccountingWEB.
  • Help file and online FAQ pages. Payroll Mate - payroll processing software- comes with a built-in help utility and links to the product's support website, which includes a broad FAQ section, tips and knowledgebase.
  • Prints on Payroll Mate compatible Laser and Inkjet checks.
  • Supports additional tax withholding including state and federal.
  • Allows user to manually enter payroll checks and includes check register report which is very useful for bank reconciliation.
  • Auto calculates employer contribution to retirement plans.
  • Technical support (any kind of help or assistance the customer receives) is available for sixty calendar days starting from the date Payroll Mate software was purchased. Technical support is limited to issues related to the operation of Payroll Mate only and not to any tax rules or regulations, or any other hardware or software issues. Technical support is provided during normal business hours, which may vary throughout the year, and is provided via email and chat. Further technical support beyond 60 days may be available (applicable fees may apply starting at $35.00 per incident).
  • Ability to print MICR checks on blank check stock (Requires Payroll Mate Option #4 - Additional Fee)
  • Handles payroll deductions that are exempt from federal and state taxes like 401K retirement plans.

    Employers and tax professionals looking for ACA 1095-C and 1094-C processing capabilities can utilize our 1095 Mate software, which can handle both paper and electronic ACA reporting. Please contact us for more details (please remember that 1095-C reporting is mainly needed by employers with 50 or more full time employees). Employee data can be easily exported from Payroll Mate (the payroll system) to 1095 Mate (the 1095-C / 1094-C system).

  • Employers can process payrolls for the next year without closing off the current year. Payroll Mate has a separate installation and data store for each year, which makes working on payrolls for separate years at the same time easy and safe. When you start a new year, Payroll Mate brings over all the settings and payroll setup from the year before, so you can start processing the new year's payroll in minutes.
  • Supports Tips (gratuities) received directly by employee or by employer (this feature is utilized mainly by restaurants).
  • Supports the following user-defined payroll items (the user can manually configure these payroll items inside the software): medical insurance , dental insurance , vision insurance , life insurance , S-Corp owners insurance, qualified retirement plan , nonqualified retirement plans , personal retirement accounts , sick or disability pay , business expense reimbursements , club memberships , reduced interest loans , travel time , charitable contributions , child support payments and pay advances deduction.
  • Sends payroll reports by email for easier communication between accountants and clients.
  • Supports ATF (After the Fact) Payroll. Users of our software for payroll can enter year-to-date totals in easy to follow steps. Some employers for example use Payroll Mate as federal payroll forms software program to generate 941, 940, W2 and W3 after the fact.
  • Prints payroll checks with sorting and allows for reprinting selected checks.
  • FREE Trial Download, no questions asked!
  • Microsoft Windows compatible (for Desktop / Laptop PC) including Windows 11 / Windows 10 (different editions), 8.1 (32-bit / 64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit / 64-bit). Payroll Mate® also runs on Windows tablets (with full Windows OS , not the limited RT version) such as Surface Pro, Lenovo Yoga, Dell Venue Pro, and 2-in-1s (Laptop / Tablet Hybrids).

State Payroll Withholding details: Payroll Mate automatically calculates State Withholding for all 50 states and District of Columbia. Click on the name of your state to learn more.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida , Georgia , Hawaii , Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan , Mississippi, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Payroll Software Main Window From this window the user can access the main functionality of our In House Payroll Software. This includes the following screens (windows):
Company, Reports, Forms, Employees and Checks.
The user can also access other functionality such creating news checks, printing checks, backup and restore, generating direct deposit files, exporting data to Quicken / QuickBooks accounting program, printing MICR checks and changing the software presences.

Payroll Software Main Window (Click here to see screenshot)

Payroll Tax Forms Use our payroll forms software to generate, preview, print and export payroll forms 941, 944, 940, W2 and W-3. IRS Tax Form 941 must be filed by employers on a quarterly basis with the IRS and identifies the amount of all wages on which payroll taxes were withheld and the amount of taxes withheld. Form 940 is used to report FUTA tax annually. Form W-2 lists the various types of income paid by the employer to the employee and the amounts of taxes withheld during the past calendar year.

Payroll Tax Forms (Click here to see screenshot)

Payroll Reports Payroll Mate software for payroll generates a variety of payroll reports such as Journal Summary, Journal Detail, Tax Liability and Deposit Requirement. All reports can be printed, exported and emailed.

Payroll Reports (Click here to see screenshot)

New Payroll Check When processing payroll, users of automated payroll system can enter and edit employee hours and other payroll data using the new payroll check dialog. The dialog includes sections of incomes, taxes and deductions along with year to date information for payroll totals. The user can also specify the new check number, pay date and beginning and end data for this payroll run.

Payroll Checks (Click here to see screenshot)

Company Setup From this window users of our payroll calculations software can enter company information such as name, address, company type, employer identification number, state ID, state unemployment account number and state unemployment tax rate. Users can also review built-in payroll item types and custom define new income, tax and deduction categories.

Payroll Company Setup (Click here to see screenshot)

Payroll Form 941 Form 941 support inside our payroll software is one of the best in the industry. All form 941 fields are automatically populated by our software and displayed in a professional window that follows the logical order in the form itself. The software also offers a dedicated screen for editing adjustments. The form can be printed, exported, emailed or saved as Adobe PDF.

Payroll Tax Form 941 (Click here to see screenshot)

Direct Deposit Regardless of your business size, Direct Deposit offers great benefits, from cost savings to helping the environment...
Direct Deposit saves you time and money: According to a calculation of the costs of paper checks vs. Direct Deposit payments, a company with 10 employees can save nearly $900 per year by switching to Direct Deposit.
[Using Direct Deposit requires Payroll Mate Option # 2]

Payroll Direct Deposit (Click here to see screenshot)

Export to QuickBooks Accounting Software Payroll Mate allows for exporting payroll checks into QuickBooks IIF file which you can later import inside QuickBooks. The process of exporting payroll checks from Payroll Mate into QuickBooks is divided into two phases:
Phase One: Generating the IIF file inside Payroll Mate.
Phase Two: Importing the generated IIF file inside QuickBooks.

Payroll Export to QuickBooks Software (Click here to see screenshot), Other Screen Shots and Resources

Below is a list of some common questions asked by our customers about the Payroll Mate Software:

Once I place my order, how long does it take to get my payroll software?

You can download the software immediately after we approve your credit card if you provide the right email address and you don't have anything on your side that prevents you from receiving our emails such as a SPAM filter.

Where can we see list of the most recent Payroll Mate updates?

Please refer to the Payroll Mate ® Software Update Log .

How many businesses can you process payroll for with the $219 Payroll Mate?

Up to 10 businesses. If you have more than 10 then you can buy Payroll Mate Option #3 (on top of the $219 Payroll Mate). This option adds the ability to Payroll Mate software to support up to 100 Companies and 1000 Employees per company.

Does the data entered in the Trial version carry over to the full version of Payroll Mate?

Yes, all the payroll information in the Trial will automatically transfer over to the full version. You will also be able to run full payrolls and print checks using the trial version.

Is there a limit to how many deductions can be defined in the company record and used by a given employee?

Payroll Mate does not impose any limitations on the number of payroll incomes, taxes or deductions that can be defined by the user and applied to employees.

What are the system requirements for Payroll Mate?

Microsoft Windows Windows 8 /8.1 (32 or 64 bit), Windows 10 or Windows 11 (latest operating system from Microsoft). 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor. Minimum 1 GB of RAM. Minimum 180 MB Hard Drive space to install. Microsoft .Net framework. For tablet users, Payroll Mate works on Microsoft Surface Pro and other devices that run fully functional Windows such as Dell Latitude and Toshiba Portege .

How do I know that your payroll software will meet my payroll processing needs?

Please download a FREE evaluation copy of the software, enter your employees and company information, print payroll checks, generate reports and forms and once you are sure the software will work for you, you can go ahead and order the full version.

Is Payroll Mate Windows 11 compatible?

Yes.

Does this program track vacation and sick pay? This is mandatory for our state.

Yes Payroll Mate supports PTO / vacation / sick pay accrual. You can enter a fixed amount per pay period or calculate based on the number of hours on the check.

Can we import employee information from Intuit QuickBooks?

You can export the Employee Contact List (Reports > Employee & Payroll > Employee Contact List) report from QuickBooks to Excel and then save as Comma separated Value (CSV) to import inside Payroll Mate. You can also prepare a spreadsheet that has the employee name, tax ID, address, filing status and other details and then import into Payroll Mate. Please contact our support team and we can provide a sample spreadsheet with possible fields that can be imported. Please note that you can import from any accounting / payroll / timeclock system if you can get the employee information into a spreadsheet.

Does your program require we use your check stock?

We guarantee our check stock is compatible and will align properly. We cannot guarantee proper alignment with another vendor's checks. You can test alignment with your current check stock by printing a blank check from the trial version of Payroll Mate and holding up to your current checks for comparison.

Does your software allow both an hourly rate and a fixed (salary) amount on one check?

Yes you can add multiple types of incomes on the same check including hourly and salary.

Do I install this payroll software on my machine or I use it from your website?

Payroll Mate is an in-house payroll program that you purchase to download on your system.

Does this payroll software have the ability to enter previous payrolls?

Payroll Mate® allows the user to go back to the first of the year in order to recreate payroll. This will allow one to get up to date for tax filing and report generations. Therefore, if someone was to purchase this small business payroll solution in the middle of the user will be able to enter in all the checks created or written for employees. This will ensure accuracy of W2 forms, W3 forms, 940 forms, 941 forms and all other reports created.

I use legacy payroll system, can I switch to Payroll Mate?

We have a number of customers who were using legacy accounting & payroll software and switched to Payroll Mate. Some of the legacy accounting software that we are aware of include: Zland Accounting and Zland Payroll software, Versapro accounting software, Cosmi - Swift Professional Accounting, Accubooks, Champion Payroll & Accounting Software , Professional Accounting and Payroll software , Made-EZ Accounting and Made-EZ Payroll software, Socrates payroll software, Sage DacEasy Accounting and payroll, and Contractors Library with Accounting & Payroll.

Can I use your payroll software for our non-profit organization?

Yes, Payroll Mate is ideal for non-profit organizations to prepare payroll, they can also use our W2 Mate W2 1099 software to prepare, print and EFile 1099 forms.

Can I use your payroll software to prepare my clergy payroll checks?

Yes, our payroll software offers all the features needed to do payroll for a ministry in a fraction of the time needed to do the same task by hand and in a fraction of the cost needed to use a church payroll service.

What kinds of companies or small businesses can use Payroll Mate?

Our payroll accounting software can work for virtually any type of business, some examples include: CPA Firms, banks, schools, photography studios, trucking companies, churches, graphic design companies, real estate, construction, manufacturers, mortgage brokers, engineers, physicians, attorneys, restaurants, services, retail stores, internet businesses, dentists, chiropractors, insurance agents, contractors, sports related companies, wholesale, non-Profit, manufacturers, sales Groups, insurance agencies, grocers, pet stores, accountants, colleges, hotels, bakeries, contractors, bars, auditing & bookkeeping services, laboratories, shops and associations..

Do you have a list of recommendations for those of us who use payroll software in house to prepare payroll?


1. Try to make payroll frequency as least as possible to eliminate errors.

2. Be consistent and try to follow the same steps every time you prepare payroll to eliminate errors. For example if you start by preparing payroll for salaried employees, always start by preparing payroll for salaried employees.

3. If you have to use payroll program to prepare payroll for a big number of employees, divide them into batches print them and review them before you proceed to the second batch.

4. Have a check list for preparing payroll and mark off the steps you completed as you progress.

5. Prepare payroll ahead of time and don't wait until the last minute.

6. Always update employees' data as you get it and don't wait till you prepare payroll.

7. Always review employees' hours before you enter them into your payroll system. Look for overtime or out of the ordinary hours.

8. Avoid making exceptions for employees as they might ask for favors such as receiving payroll checks one or two days ahead of time or an advance on the next payroll check.

9. Back up your data every time you prepare payroll to an external drive (flash or something similar).

10. Keep hard copies for check stubs for all checks prepared.

11. Maintain a separate file for each tax year and keep hard copies of all forms and reports filed and notices received.

12. Setup a password on your payroll software and share it with only one trusted person.

13. Limit the number of people who access the computer where you store your payroll and business data.

14. Use Direct Deposit.


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