Payroll overview

Employers have three main tasks in the payroll process:

1. Pay employees — at a specified interval you calculate the employees’ wages, withhold the correct amount of taxes, and issue paychecks to employees.
2. Pay payroll taxes — after paying employees, you pay the government the amount of taxes you withheld from the employees’ paychecks as well as any taxes you owe as an employer.
3. File payroll tax forms — you file tax forms that report what you owe and what you paid the government agencies. Forms are usually filed quarterly, but can be on a monthly or yearly basis depending on the tax form and government agency.

We'll help you through the entire payroll process, including creating paychecks, paying payroll taxes, and filing tax forms.

See also

• Payroll tax payments overview
• Payroll taxes and forms overview
• Payroll topics

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