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Merle Capello Merle Capello Certified Payroll Professional Years of Experience:  25+ years  Areas of Expertise:  Development, Enhancement, and Transfer of Payroll and HRIS Operations Merle Capello is an experienced CPP (Certified Payroll Professional)  who can manage, train and elevate team members, enhancing their skills so that they can be leveraged to benefit clients.  Merle is a professional who works to improve processes, by additional knowledge and conforming to rules of compliance.  She is also an experienced procedure and policy developer who works to leave a better team behind than the one she finds.  Merle is a subject matter expert on compliance, payroll taxes, work rules and payroll best practices.  Merle offers consulting services for those who need a professional's advice and counsel.   In her more than 25 years of experience  spearheading the development, enhancement, and transfer of payroll and HRIS ope...

Payroll Processing

Payroll Processing Even if you are working with a small team, payroll processing could be challenging. There is paperwork to be taken care of, along with many other responsibilities. Without Eproper planning and appropriate tools, even the savviest business owner can get overwhelmed with payroll processing. Often small  businesses do not have a dedicated payroll manager and it becomes the responsibility of the business owner. Payroll processing can also be time consuming and prone to mistakes due to frequent changes in taxation rules.  Effective management of payroll processing  is very important for your business. Employees always expect their pay checks to arrive on time and without any flaw. So, if you keep your employees happy in this aspect, you are taking a significant step towards employee satisfaction. Take a look at the best practices in payroll processing for small businesses: Payroll Communication Plan The purpose of payroll communication plan is...

When you start a business, one of the most taxing and confusing tasks could be managing the payroll. Calculating taxes, overtime, vacations and benefits, even for a small business having a few employees, could take hours.  There are many companies out there which still lack  effective management of payroll processing  which leads to various problems like legal issues, dissatisfied employees and many more. Being an employer, you also need to make many payroll related decisions and if your payroll process is disorganized or has errors, you may land in a serious trouble. Here are a few tips and tricks to help you make your payroll processing smooth and error free: Organize Your Documents & Tasks For effective management of payroll processing, your documentation must be organized and up-to-date. With organized documentation, your payroll processing becomes easy and quick. You also need to get organized in terms of managing important dates. Set up a payroll ca...