A guide to understanding payroll!

When it comes to payroll in North San Antonio or anywhere else as a matter of fact, there are many things that are important to know. However, to start with the basics of it all, is something absolutely crucial. Therefore, this blog attempts to give you appropriate information about payroll and how it works.

The most basic question; what is payroll?

A definition given by Investopedia, states that payroll refers to the total of all the compensation that a business should be paying to its employees. It is for a set period or on a particular date. The payroll includes wages, salaries, bonuses, deductions, as well as net pay. In a lot of cases, the payroll is handled by a business’ accounting department. When it comes to small-business owners, they might also opt that their payroll should be managed directly in-house. They may even go for an associate.

Typically, for a business, payroll makes up to the largest deductible. This is because of the expense that it takes for compensating each employee’s wage or salary. The pay periods may also vary because of situations like sick days or overtime.

Apart from compensating the employees, payroll also includes the taxes which the employees of the organization are required to pay. This includes things like withholding taxes.

These are also known as the Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) taxes. These are those taxes which the employers should withhold from the wage of each and every employee. The income tax with holdings are always assigned by the state, federal, as well as the local governments.

The employers as well as the employees are also required to pay the payroll taxes like Medicare as well as Social Security. It is the IRS which states that the Social Security’s current tax rate is 6.2% for the employer. It is 6.2% for the employee. This makes it a total of 12.4%. Also, the current rate of Medicare comes to 1.45% for the employer. It is 1.45% for the employee of the organization. The total thus, comes to 2.9%. There is another required payroll tax. These are the unemployment taxes which compensate employees that have lost their jobs.

In order to assess as well as collect payroll taxes in the developed world, there are state and federal-level systems in place.

An important thing to remember is that policies of payroll in North San Antonio would differ from that of another place. So, do your research right before you enter into this world of payroll.

For more tips on payroll in North San Antonio, get in touch with Uhlenbrock CPA at 210-701-1040.