Payroll Services Offered by ASPs—Low Cost/High Value to You and Your Clients
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Source: Practical Accountant By offering on-line payroll services, both client and its accountant benefit from the elimination of an onerous job. From the accountant's cross-selling opportunities—the accountant gets to know the client's business better and can offer more efficient general ledger services, time and attendance administration, employee benefit tools, and more. As contrasted with processing offered by service bureaus, on-line services offered through the accounting firm lets the accountant stay involved. Costs are significantly less than service bureaus, sometimes as much as 30 percent. Here is a list of some of the providers:
For summary information on the offerings of these vendors, go to http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=19390&;pg=pracacc. From Practical Accountant, March 2006, SourceMedia Inc., One State Street Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10004. For the complete article, click on the following link: http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=19390&;pg=pracacc |