Why do companies outsource payroll services?
Payroll services are services rendered by firms that specialize in preparing and processing payroll for other companies. They take data send electronically by their customer firms, calculate, deduct, and deposit federal and local taxes, create paychecks or direct deposits, and report back to their customers. Outsourcing of the payroll responsibilities to the outside companies frequently saves small or medium companies a substantial amount of money, mainly because they save on salaries for accounting staff. Also, shifting the responsibility out is especially beneficial for companies that have many employees in many different states with different payroll regulations. The examples of payroll services companies in the US are ADP, Paychex, CompuPay.
