Section B · Desk B5
Payroll That Runs While You Sleep
Hours in, pay out, taxes filed. $80 a month plus $12 a person, and a bookkeeper who notices when a timesheet looks wrong.
A pay run, start to finish
- Two days before paydayHours and changes come in from your time app, or a quick text to Lena.
- One day beforeWe run the numbers, check anything unusual, and send you a one line approval.
- PaydayDirect deposit lands. Stubs go out. You did not open a spreadsheet.
- After paydayPayroll taxes are paid and the quarterly and yearly forms are filed on time.
- Every monthPayroll posts into your books, so the report on the 10th already includes it.
California, in general terms
Los Gatos: Payroll in California has more moving parts than most states. There is state withholding and state disability insurance, an employment development registration, local sick leave rules in some cities, and paperwork for every new hire. None of it is hard. All of it has a deadline.
When you hire your first person, we register you with the state, set up the accounts, collect the new hire forms and run a test before the real payday. After that, new hires take about a week from offer letter to first deposit.
Contractors are different. We collect their forms when you start working with them, track what you pay through the year and send the year end forms in January. If someone looks more like an employee than a contractor, we will tell you, kindly and early.
The rate
| Base, any size | $80 a month |
|---|---|
| Each employee | +$12 a month |
| 1 person | $92 |
| 10 people | $200 |
| 50 people | $680 |
Goes well with
Payroll posts straight into monthly bookkeeping. If you own an S corporation, your own salary gets set in the planning meeting, and the year end forms feed the tax return. Ready for a first hire? Write to the desk with a name and a start date.