Chicago - February 7, 2005 – SurePayroll Inc., the nation’s largest online payroll provider, is celebrating Small Business Owner Appreciation Day today.

SurePayroll thanks their more than 15,000 small business customers and honors the millions of small business owners across the country who put everything on the line to grow their businesses.

SurePayroll President Michael Alter says the company created this day of recognition to highlight the contributions of small business owners.

"Small business drives most of the experimentation and innovation in this economy," says Alter. "Yet small business owners often take enormous personal risks to go into business on their own. Given what they contribute to the economy, we believe every small business owner is nothing less than a national hero."

Prize Winners Announced
SurePayroll is celebrating Small Business Owner Appreciation Day by awarding an array of gifts and prizes to its small business customers. Qualifying customers were selected at random.

Winners of the grand prize weekend getaway trips for two include:

• Gary of Dixon, California who was chosen among all SurePayroll customers who submitted referrals; and
• Dixie of Los Angeles, California who is a new SurePayroll customer referred by Kara of Torrance, California. She was chosen among all referrals that became SurePayroll customers. She and Kara will each receive their own weekend getaway trips for two.

SurePayroll intends to continue celebrating Small Business Owner Appreciation Day in the future.

"It's a pleasure to reward small business owners. As part of running our payroll service, we interact with small business owners on a daily basis," says Alter. "We've developed tremendous respect for the challenges they face each and every day and the courage they have to start a business on their own in the first place."

About SurePayroll:
Privately held SurePayroll is America's fifth largest payroll provider and the nation's largest online payroll provider. Catering exclusively to the needs of small businesses, SurePayroll provides a simple, reliable and economical way to process payroll in minutes via the Internet. In addition to providing payroll services directly to small business, SurePayroll also provides a private-label payroll service that allows SurePayroll's numerous partners to offer payroll processing to their small business clients. Business partners include Wells Fargo and ABN AMRO.

SurePayroll will process nearly $3 billion in employee and contractor payroll payments in 2005. For more information, visit www.surepayroll.com.

For Media Inquiries Contact:
Ken Gaebler
Walker Sands Communications
www.walkersands.com
Phone: (312) 543-0654
Email: surepayroll-inquiries@walkersands.com