All of my employees are remote W2 employees with health benefits, etc. Over time, employees have moved to different states and now I am paying having to pay unemployment and payroll taxes in multiple states. I use Quickbooks for payroll which automatically calculates and pays the taxes so that part is not difficult but it increases our accounting expenses having to deal with multiple states and I am wondering if there is a better way to pay people?
I do not want to pay them as contractors so that is not an option. I’ve looked at PEO’s in the past but they seem to be more expensive than just doing it the way we are already doing it.
Is there anything else out there I should be looking at to make payroll and taxes more efficient?
Can’t get around multi state payroll unless you demand your employees to live in your state. To my knowledge, there is no reputable payroll company that charges the same for single and multi state payroll.
Patriot Payroll does offer multi-state payroll tax filing and doesn’t charge more for multi-state, regardless of how many states
Or do what my last employer did and mark us as 1099s. It’s gonna be a fun time when April comes around.
For anyone looking for answers, do not do this.
Deel is in hot water for this and its something that is gonna burn every company that does it eventually
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/deel-under-fire-for-alleged-questionable-hiring-practices-advice-to-other-companies/
LMFAO how stupid do you have to be to do this holy shit.
Lol tell that to the tech industry…
Half of my co-workers switched to 1099 and have fucked off overseas to Bali and the like…
Though there are payroll providers that help inform and guide the process better than others. I would say a conversation with Gusto is worthwhile. I’ve had clients fed up with Intuit’s lack of support and antiquated interface put the gears in motion to move over.