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5 critical mistakes small business owners and entrepreneurs make when preparing payroll. These tips help small business owners learn how to avoid messing up their payroll by keeping adequate records and accounting for vendor payments properly.
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5 Ways Small Businesses Mess Up
Payroll
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1. Wrongly classifying employees as contractors
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If you, as the employer, have complete control over how, when, and where the work is
completed, then you actually have an employee.
2. Administering comp time vs. overtime
In the private sector, issuing compensatory or “comp” time in
lieu of overtime pay is illegal under federal law for nonexempt
employees.
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3. Forgetting to record paper checks
Failure to track and record all money going out can negatively impact your business cash flow.
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4. Overpaying for benefit packages
There are many insurance companies that provide special
consolidated benefits plans specifically for small business
owners.
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5. Failure to report vendor payments
You must get a completed IRS Form W-9 from every vendor and use this information at income tax preparation time to report to the
IRS any payments you made to any vendor in excess of $600 using
Form 1099.
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