QuickBooks Online Payroll Certified
Managed payroll, run and filed on time
Every pay run, direct deposit, payroll tax filing, and year-end form handled on your QuickBooks Online Payroll subscription by a certified payroll professional. Your team gets paid right, every payday, and you never think about a filing deadline again.
From $75/month — standalone or paired with bookkeeping. Houston area and nationwide.
Credentialed & certified — your payroll in professional hands
QuickBooks Online Payroll Certification
Intuit QuickBooks Certification
Intuit Bookkeeping Certification
Why Managed Payroll
Payroll software still needs someone who knows payroll
QuickBooks Online Payroll will calculate withholdings, pay your people by direct deposit, and file your payroll taxes automatically. What it can't do is notice that a new hire was set up with the wrong state, that a raise took effect a pay period late, or that a contractor was paid as an employee. Those mistakes ride straight through to the tax filings, and the penalty notice arrives months later.
Managed Payroll puts a QuickBooks Online Payroll Certified professional between you and the software. We run every pay run, keep employee records current, review each filing before it goes out, and handle W-2s and 1099s at year end. You approve hours; we do the rest.
What's included
- Every pay run entered, reviewed, and submitted on your schedule — weekly, biweekly, or semimonthly
- Direct deposit administration for employees and, on Standard, contractors
- New hires, terminations, rate changes, and garnishments recorded correctly and on time
- Federal and state payroll tax filings reviewed before QuickBooks submits them
- W-2 and 1099-NEC preparation and filing at year end
- PTO tracking and compliance monitoring on the Standard plan
- Migration from Gusto, ADP, Paychex, or manual payroll as part of setup
Already keep clean books with someone else? Managed Payroll works on its own. Want one team for both? Pair it with any bookkeeping plan and share a single point of contact.
Payroll Plans
Two plans, month-to-month
Both run on your QuickBooks Online Payroll subscription. Pick what fits today and move up whenever your team grows.
Month-to-monthNo contractsNo onboarding fees
Essential
$75/month
For businesses paying W-2 employees on a regular schedule.
- Every pay run managed
- Direct deposit administration
- Filing review
- W-2/1099 coordination
Most Popular
Standard
$125/month
For teams with contractors, PTO, or compliance needs to track.
- Everything in Essential
- PTO tracking
- Contractor payments
- Compliance monitoring
Requires your own QuickBooks Online Payroll subscription (from about $50/month, paid to Intuit). Already running payroll elsewhere? We migrate you at no charge as part of onboarding. Starting a business from scratch? Payroll and sales tax registrations and setup are $500 through our new business setup add-on.
FAQ
Payroll questions, answered
Do I need my own QuickBooks Online Payroll subscription?
Yes. Managed Payroll runs on your own QuickBooks Online Payroll subscription, which starts at about $50 a month from Intuit. You own the account and the data; we do the work inside it. If you're not on QuickBooks Payroll yet, setup is part of onboarding, and we migrate your employee records and year-to-date figures from your current provider.
Who actually files my payroll taxes?
QuickBooks Online Payroll calculates, files, and pays your federal and state payroll taxes automatically. Our job is to make sure what it files is right: every pay run entered correctly, new hires and rate changes recorded on time, and each filing reviewed before the deadline. You get the software's automation plus a certified professional checking it.
Can you run payroll if someone else does my bookkeeping?
Yes. Managed Payroll works on its own. Many clients keep their existing bookkeeper or CPA and hand us payroll only. If you'd like the books handled too, our bookkeeping plans start at $175 a month and the two services share one point of contact.
How do you handle contractors and 1099s?
The Standard plan includes contractor payments through QuickBooks, so 1099 contractors get paid on the same schedule as employees and their year-end 1099-NEC forms are prepared and filed with the W-2s. On the Essential plan we coordinate W-2 and 1099 preparation at year end.
What happens if a filing is late or wrong?
Late and incorrect filings are the most common reason small businesses get IRS penalty notices, and they almost always trace back to a pay run nobody double-checked. Our filing review exists to catch those before they go out. If a notice ever arrives, we respond to it with you.
Ready to stop worrying about payday?
Tell us how many people you pay and how often, and we'll respond within 1–2 business days.
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