Payroll System Setup & Training
Get your payroll system configured correctly from the start. We handle the setup and train you to run it yourself with confidence.
What This Is
You want to run your own payroll. Makes sense. Once a payroll system is configured correctly, processing pay runs isn’t particularly complicated. You enter hours, review the numbers, and approve. The problem is getting everything set up properly in the first place.
Tax IDs, withholding tables, New Mexico-specific requirements, workers’ comp classifications. Miss something during setup and you’re either shortchanging employees or owing back taxes to state and federal agencies. This service gets everything configured correctly, then teaches you how to actually use it.
The Setup Work
The Setup Work
Register for payroll tax accounts if you don’t have them. Configure federal and New Mexico withholding rates. Set up employee profiles with correct classifications and pay rates. Connect your bank account for direct deposit and automatic tax payments.
The Training
The Training
How to process a pay run from start to finish. Adding employees or changing someone’s pay rate. Handling bonuses, reimbursements, or corrections. Where to find reports when you need them. Enough training that you can run payroll confidently on your own.
Why This Matters
Payroll setup screens ask questions most business owners can’t answer confidently. Exempt or non-exempt? Which workers’ comp classification applies? What’s your unemployment insurance rate? The software doesn’t explain the consequences of each choice. It just asks you to pick something and move on.
New Mexico has specific requirements that trip people up. State withholding uses its own tax tables separate from federal calculations. Unemployment insurance rates vary by employer experience rating. The Taxation and Revenue Department expects certain filings on schedule. Get the configuration wrong and you find out months later when a notice arrives demanding back payments.
Configuration Errors
Configuration Errors
Wrong tax jurisdiction. Incorrect workers’ comp code. Missing a required state registration. These mistakes aren’t obvious when you’re clicking through setup screens. They surface later as notices from agencies asking for money you didn’t know you owed.
The Guesswork
The Guesswork
Running payroll when you’re not confident about your setup turns every pay period into an anxious exercise. You process payroll, hope the numbers are right, and wait to see if problems surface later. That uncertainty compounds over time.
What Changes
Your payroll system works correctly from the first pay run. Withholdings calculated properly. Tax deposits scheduled automatically. Employees classified correctly for workers’ comp and unemployment. You’re not guessing or hoping. You know it’s set up right because someone who does this regularly configured it.
When questions come up later, you have someone to call who already knows your setup. Not a software support line reading from a script. Someone who configured your system and can answer your specific question without starting from scratch.
Payroll Without Anxiety
Payroll Without Anxiety
Processing payroll becomes routine instead of stressful. You enter hours, review the numbers, approve the run. Done. No second-guessing whether you calculated something wrong or missed a filing requirement.
Support When Needed
Support When Needed
Setup includes follow-up support as you’re learning the system. Questions about adjusting withholding, processing a final check, handling a garnishment. You get direct answers from someone familiar with your specific configuration and your business.
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The Next Step:
A Quick Conversation
Tell us about your business and what you're dealing with. We'll listen, ask a few questions, and give you a straightforward quote.
