Ok so I am working for a small business and the owner owns another business down the street from mine. We only have one employee (I am not on their payroll since I am being considered a vendor with my accounting service business) so the payroll isn't worth it to buy Quickbooks payroll services.
The other bookkeeper keeps insisting that we do our own payroll .... well I keep shooting back to the owner that it just isn't cost effective to subscribe to the payroll on QB. This debate has gone on for a month now. I am trying to get the gal to realize that she could pay the payroll and do the reporting for our one employee along with her 10 and then bill us and I would pay her. But now my question is all I would pay her for is the expenses right? Not any of the withholdings.
So if the guys check is 700
less 15.00 Fed
10.00 State
5.00 SS (whatever - I dont have a payroll service handy so ...)
Net Pay 670
SO I would pay her the 670 plus the extra 5 for her extra expense to pay the other half of the social security right?
She came unglued and told me that I would owe her the entire 700 and I said no, since she takes out the WH and pays it right back out again that isn't an expense to her.
How can I get her to see that I only owe her for anything that is an actual expense?
Would there be any other expenses that I would have to reimburse that company for? Workers comp, unemployment being two I could think of.
Thanks
The other bookkeeper keeps insisting that we do our own payroll .... well I keep shooting back to the owner that it just isn't cost effective to subscribe to the payroll on QB. This debate has gone on for a month now. I am trying to get the gal to realize that she could pay the payroll and do the reporting for our one employee along with her 10 and then bill us and I would pay her. But now my question is all I would pay her for is the expenses right? Not any of the withholdings.
So if the guys check is 700
less 15.00 Fed
10.00 State
5.00 SS (whatever - I dont have a payroll service handy so ...)
Net Pay 670
SO I would pay her the 670 plus the extra 5 for her extra expense to pay the other half of the social security right?
She came unglued and told me that I would owe her the entire 700 and I said no, since she takes out the WH and pays it right back out again that isn't an expense to her.
How can I get her to see that I only owe her for anything that is an actual expense?
Would there be any other expenses that I would have to reimburse that company for? Workers comp, unemployment being two I could think of.
Thanks
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