Engagement
Payroll Services in Richmond
Expert payroll services in Richmond. Licensed, insured, upfront pricing.
Payroll is the one engagement where a mistake shows up in someone else’s paycheck, which is why we treat every run the same way whether you have two employees or twenty: processed on your calendar, filed on time, and backed by a licensed team when a notice does arrive. Contractor classification is the other half of the practice — the line between an employee and a 1099 contractor is where a lot of otherwise careful businesses draw an audit, and we review it before it becomes a problem, not after.
Schedule of Work
What this engagement includes
- Weekly, biweekly, or semimonthly payroll runs
- Federal and state payroll tax filings and deposits
- W-2 and 1099 preparation and e-filing at year-end
- New-hire reporting and multi-state compliance
- Contractor classification review — the mistake that draws audits
- A direct line to a partner when a payroll notice arrives
How It Goes
From first call to the memo
Setup & data migration
We move your employee, wage, and tax data over cleanly and confirm your filing frequencies with the state and IRS.
First run & verification
Your first payroll runs alongside a manual check of every figure before we hand off the ongoing calendar.
Ongoing processing
Payroll runs on your schedule; filings and deposits happen automatically and on time.
Year-end season
W-2s and 1099s are prepared, reviewed, and e-filed before the January deadline — no scramble.
Talk through your payroll services engagement with a partner.
Thirty minutes, no obligation, fully confidential — and the fee in writing before anything begins.
Questions of Record
Questions about payroll services
Straight answers before you book — the same answers we'd give in a consultation.
What happens if I get an IRS or state notice?
Send it to us unopened if you like. Notice response is included for returns we prepared, and our enrolled agents are admitted to practice before the IRS, so we correspond and represent you directly. Most notices we handle are resolved in writing without you ever making a call.
Who actually does the work on my account?
A licensed CPA or enrolled agent prepares and a second one reviews — on every return, close, and report. You’re assigned one partner as your point of contact, and that person stays with your account year over year.
How much will my taxes or bookkeeping actually cost?
You’ll know before we start. After a free consultation and a look at your records, we quote a fixed fee in writing — individual returns from , business returns from , monthly bookkeeping from . The engagement letter you sign is the invoice you receive; there is no hourly meter.
In Closing
Put your books in better hands
Book a free 30-minute consultation — a partner will review your situation and quote a fixed fee in writing. No obligation, no hourly meter.
1 N 5th St · Richmond, VA