{"id":4222,"date":"2024-05-07T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primepay.com\/blog\/21-questions-to-ask-your-next-payroll-provider\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T14:29:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:29:37","slug":"21-questions-to-ask-your-next-payroll-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primepay.com\/blog\/21-questions-to-ask-your-next-payroll-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Payroll Questions to Ask Your Potential Provider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When it comes to running payroll, you generally have three choices:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Handle payroll yourself<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Invest in <\/span>payroll software<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Outsource to a <\/span>payroll provider<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    While some businesses believe option one will save them money in the long run, that\u2019s usually untrue. Besides the extensive time it takes to run your payroll, <\/span>manual payroll<\/span> is also riddled with human errors (leading to <\/span>billions of dollars of fines<\/span><\/a> every year).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And while we\u2019re all for organizations investing in payroll software<\/a> (heck, we sell it, after all!), we also recognize that some teams would rather outsource the whole process.\u00a0If you think your business is too small, that you can\u2019t afford a payroll provider, or that you\u2019ll lose control of payroll functions, think again. <\/span>Entrepreneur<\/span><\/i><\/a> explains that, when chosen correctly, a payroll provider offers a less expensive, more straightforward way of paying your employees (and filing taxes).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n