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Paying Employees

Paying employees can be a difficult bookkeeping chore. Brass Jacks Bookkeeper helps you keep track of payroll expenses with employee information management, payroll tax tables, and check writing.

Before processing payroll you need information about your employees and information about what payroll deductions are required in your locality. You’ll also need the current year’s payroll tax tables. It’s a good idea to consult your accountant about your local payroll tax requirements.

To pay employees, you need to get the following information from each of your employees:

Most of this information can be gathered by using a W-4 Form, which is available from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

To pay an employee, you need to know what rate or salary you’re paying and how often you’ll be issuing a pay check. Some employees are paid at an hourly rate, while others are paid an annual salary. Most employers pay their employees weekly, every two weeks, twice per month, or once per month.

After entering all of the needed employee information into Brass Jacks Bookkeeper, the program automatically calculates the correct amount of each employee’s paycheck and determines the correct deductions from the payroll tax tables for your locality. At the end of each reporting period, you can use Brass Jacks Bookkeeper to help you determine how much you owe in payroll taxes to your federal, state, and local tax authorities.