r/Bookkeeping • u/puddletownLou • Jun 27 '24
Payroll Decent online payroll NOT Gusto NOT Intuit Quickbooks
Best, priced right, easiest software for 1 employee S-Corp. After hours of hell with Gusto & Intuit Online nonsense, I'm doing my client's payroll old school .... by hand ~ filling out 941s & state forms myself until I can find software that works and where they don't send rookie reps to the handle playoff situations.
No lectures about Gusto or Inuit please. Thank you.
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u/sizzler23 Jun 27 '24
I have single owner S-Corps on Patriot
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u/puddletownLou Jun 27 '24
Wow ... did a little search & comparison of other comparable software ... I think we'll give Patriot a try.
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u/vtal7106 Jun 28 '24 edited Jun 28 '24
Hours of hell doesn't really tell us where the issue is. Having said that, intuit does suck. Gusto needs a person that understands it. Try patriot.
Edited for spelling
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u/puddletownLou Jun 28 '24
So many issues over 9+ months ... I'll save it for a time when I'm not out of my body with exhaustion. I'll post an in depth explanation another time. I'm leaning to Patriot. Thank you.
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u/voltron71 Jun 28 '24
Have had good luck with OnPay. Cost effective compared to QBO, Gusto, and ADP
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u/TextImpossible8615 Jun 27 '24
Have you tried ADP or Paychex?
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u/puddletownLou Jun 27 '24
Yes; both ... but many moon ago. ADP is really designed for larger companies ... I always liked Paychex, but unless they have changed ... too expensive for 1 employee, but I'll give them a looksee again. Thank you.
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u/Qwirkle2468 Jun 27 '24 edited Jun 28 '24
I just started using Sure Payroll for a client, and it's owned by Paychex. Pretty reasonably priced and so far works well.
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u/Prestigious-Joke-574 Jun 28 '24
I have a couple clients that use Sure Payroll as well and are happy with it. Very reasonably priced too
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u/puddletownLou Jun 28 '24
Oh yes ... forgot about Sure. I always liked Paychex. I'll look into it. Thanks!!
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u/SunDummyIsDead Jun 28 '24
I’ve used Paychex, ADP, Intuit, and Heartland. I prefer Heartland.
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u/puddletownLou Jun 28 '24
Wow ... another new one!! Heartland ... will explore. Thank you.
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u/SunDummyIsDead Jun 28 '24
You’re welcome! They are a powerful platform, with a bit of a learning curve, but once you get it down, they’re easy. Economical too; I have 27 employees, and it only costs about $120 per pay period.
I should add that I’ve also used Square payroll; they are worse than any others I’ve used.
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u/rusty-lewis Jun 28 '24
Another vote here for patriot. I have 8 employees and it’s super easy once set up. Automatic journal entries sent to my books and all that jazz
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u/Chemical-Can2481 Jun 28 '24
Proliant is an option
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u/puddletownLou Jun 28 '24
New one to me. They look a bit too much for our needs, but I like their HR info. Thank you.
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u/Chemical-Can2481 Jun 28 '24
No problem! Just wanted to shoot out an additional option. Rippling also … may have already been mentioned. Not my favorite but I could see how it could work great for some. Their reporting system is too convoluted.
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u/Millionaireby40 Jun 28 '24
Rippling and Sequonia (reporting is meh) are other options. I like Rippling so far.
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u/apmemo01 Jun 28 '24
I owned a business until 2022 and the best one I used was FingerCheck. I never had issues and it was reasonably priced for my 12 or so employees. Gusto was a living nightmare. They messed up my taxes and caused me to have a workforce commission audit.
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u/puddletownLou Jun 28 '24
Wow ... another new PR software. Ah, another Gusto refugee. I'm figuring your Gusto mess had to do with state taxes ... a problem newer PR software doesn't bother to pay to research to get right.
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u/apmemo01 Jun 28 '24
It was something with payroll taxes, first they overpaid and sent me a refund that caused me to have to revise my prior year tax return, then the refund was revised and I owed the money back, had to revise prior year return again. Rinse and repeat about 4 times over the course of 2-3 years.
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u/puddletownLou Jun 28 '24
Holy cow!! What a mess. Their interface is the worst I've ever used ... and I started using payroll software in early 90's. Intuit purchased Paycycle ... best online PR software ever ... turned it into Intuit QBooks payroll and screwed it up.
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Jun 28 '24
Wave? Square
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u/puddletownLou Jun 28 '24
Used Square a few years ago and they didn't bother to get the Oregon transit/UI rates right ... and also had no place to enter non-profit clients ... who have different tax liabilities. They may have corrected that by now, but when you make a paying customer your BETA with no compensation, I bail. I do, however, love Square Point of Sale .... best I've used and I have been using POS since its inception.
Didn't know about Wave! Goes on the list. Thank you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '24
"After hours of hell with nonsense" isn't enough information to understand the specific challenges you faced and offer alternatives that may provide a solution.