PAYROLL CONSULTING

Gottschall Consulting provides payroll consulting services with objective expertise, innovation and passion in delivering solutions that will work for you.

Payroll Process Analysis & Strategy

  • We will review your payroll processes with you to identify streamlining or automation opportunities to improve efficiency and quality. After we review your payroll processes, we will give you recommendations on how best to position yourself going forward to maintain a high level of quality at the lowest cost possible. We can focus on the comprehensive payroll process or only on specific processes.

  • We will be a resource to our clients regarding new and/or difficult situations

  • Specific processes with expertise pertain to the following:

    • Managing a payroll department

    • Taxable and non-taxable compensation

    • Overtime (including regular rate of pay)

    • Involuntary & Voluntary deductions

    • Health, Accident & Retirement Benefits

    • Withholding taxes

    • Pay statements & pay frequency

    • Implementation of net pay solutions

    • Complex payroll calculations unique to certain industries

    • Multiple legal business entities

    • Tax Cut and Job Act (December 2017) - financial impact, revision to policies/procedures/earnings codes and employee communication

Payroll Cost Reduction Opportunities

  • We will perform a review of the costs of your internal payroll processes and the services provided by external vendors to identify cost reduction opportunities based on your company’s size and complexity. We can focus on the comprehensive payroll process or only on specific processes.

  • Specific processes with expertise pertain to the following:

    • Payroll and Tax processing

    • Wage and Employment verification

    • Unemployment Claims processing

    • Involuntary Deduction processing

Centralization

  • We will develop a strategy to effectively transition the payroll process from several locations to one location, which can include the following:

    • Develop return on investment (ROI) analysis

    • Develop tasks and timeline of transition

    • Determine structure of the centralized payroll operation

    • Determine optimal staffing level based on desired structure

    • Interview existing staff to identify candidates for centralized operation

    • Identify best practices for centralized operation

Compliance

  • We will perform a review of your payroll processes and pay statements to determine your level of compliance to existing regulations on a federal and state level. We can focus on the comprehensive payroll process or only on specific processes.

  • Specific processes with expertise pertain to the following:

    • Taxable and non-taxable compensation

    • Overtime (including regular rate of pay & the new DOL overtime rules effective 12/1/2016)

    • Involuntary & Voluntary deductions

    • Health, Accident & Retirement Benefits

    • Withholding taxes

    • Pay statements & pay frequency

    • Implementation of net pay solutions

    • Complex payroll calculations unique to certain industries

    • Multiple legal business entities

    • Assistance with Patient Protection Affordable Care Act compliance

Vendor Selection & Contract Review

  • We will discuss with you the appropriate approach to enlist the services of a new vendor or to renegotiate your current contract with an existing vendor. We can focus on one or more of the following services with you:

    • Payroll and Tax processing

    • Wage and Employment verification

    • Unemployment Claims processing

    • Involuntary Deduction processing