With SurePayroll, it’s not just the productivity time you save — it’s the service you gain:
| Pay Options | SurePayroll | DIY |
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| Locally printed checks | ![]() |
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| Email notification of payment / online pay stubs | ![]() |
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| Features | SurePayroll | DIY |
| iPhone® and BlackBerry® compatibility | ![]() |
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| Time Clock Integration | ![]() |
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| Accounting Software Integration | ![]() |
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| Support | SurePayroll | DIY |
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| Unlimited Support | ![]() |
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| Online help | ![]() |
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| Tax experts who will work with the IRS | ![]() |
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| Compliance | SurePayroll | DIY |
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| Automatic new hire reporting | ![]() |
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| Labor law posters | ![]() |
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| Access to benefits | SurePayroll | DIY |
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| Health insurance | ![]() |
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We won’t lie to you: Processing payroll manually with pen and paper (or with Excel and free payroll calculators) costs less out-of-pocket than any other payroll processing method, but the ”cheapest” payroll processing method is usually the most expensive — and the method most fraught with potential for errors that can lead to IRS fines averaging $845 annually.
Assuming your time is worth $50 an hour and processing payroll takes you two hours per pay period, the math to justify the cost-savings is clear.
Do-it-yourself payroll costs
Cost of manually running payroll: $50 per hour XWith SurePayroll, online payroll processing four employees paid semi-monthly costs $38.35 per pay period. Payroll can be completed in two minutes from anywhere.
SurePayroll costs
SurePayroll per pay period for four employees cost: $38.35You can gain more than $2,200 annually in productivity time and money saved in IRS penalties. And you can stop making payroll calculations, payroll tax deductions and worrying that you’re looking at outdated tax tables or IRS regulations. You just go online anytime, enter payroll, approve it and we do everything else—including filing and paying federal, state and most local payroll taxes and paying your employees via direct deposit.
The value and savings are clear:
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