What You Need to Know before Buying Software for Payroll

More so than ever, software for payroll is a necessary resource for businesses—small and large—who want to compete in today’s economy. Don’t underestimate the value of finding the right software solution for your business the first time. To this point, it’s easy to get tunnel-vision on just a few of the software features needed to tackle your immediate payroll priorities. The problem often comes during quarterly and annual filing periods when this payroll information needs to be organized, integrated, and reported to the proper local, state, and federal agencies. What seemed to be doing the trick at first can create untold numbers of hours and headaches during these critical, if tedious, times of the year. Discover the payroll solution from Advanced Micro Solutions (AMS) and bring a greater amount of automation, reliability, and customization to your payroll operations.

Now, not every aspect of your business can be handled by IT and software technologies. Otherwise, you probably wouldn’t need payroll at all, much less software for payroll operations. That said, you don’t need to be told that ineffective management of payroll can seriously and directly hurt the recruitment and retention of your employees and contracting services. Moreover, many companies regularly review their employee benefits and compensation. More than setting up your payroll system once and never thinking about it again, you need a solution that can easily adapt payroll calculations to the new company health plan. Again, effective software for payroll is not just about meeting your employer obligations for the next pay period. It also needs to be a data management system that can be tailored to your business’s needs.

Find the Right Payroll Software for this Year and Next

Finding the right software for your firm also means partnering with a software developer who is ready to respond to this year’s payroll management needs, as well as next. Our federal, state, and local tax tables are always up-to-date. Our 40 user defined fields allow employers to continually adapt their health benefits, retirement plans, and other compensation packages. And we’re constantly on the lookout for new payroll and form filing needs.

But that’s not all: Is your employee staff expanding to the point that may soon hit the magic 50-employee threshold? We have a software module dedicated to helping you with all your ACA filing requirements. Looking for a better way to file your end-of-year tax returns? We provide both in-house e-file software products as well as third-party e-file tax services. Or maybe you’re thinking about creating a comprehensive payroll solution in-house. Our Software Generated Forms module will even enable your company to produce its own MICR checks. Our software platform and product module set up allows each of our business clients to choose and implement software for payroll that makes the most sense for their company.

Get Powerful, Affordable Software for Payroll with AMS

With this in mind, our most popular payroll solutions usually start with the AMS platform (the W-2/1099 Forms Filer) and Payroll module. The best way to wrap your head around what AMS has to offer is to sign up for a free software demo. You can also contact our Sales and Information team with any lingering questions and to double-check that you’re making the best possible module selection for your business.

Software Solutions from AMS

Our W-2 and 1099 Forms Filer is our only required platform. From there, users pick the services they need. Choose from the tools below to build out your customized accounting software.