Services

Payroll, W-2 & 1099 Support

Payroll has no margin for error — people notice immediately. Balance Partners keeps payroll organized, filings on time, and year-end forms correct, coordinated with your books so wages, taxes and benefits land where they should.

The problems we usually see

  • Payroll run in one system, books kept in another, and the two never reconciled
  • Missed federal or state payroll filings after hiring in a new state
  • Contractor payments untracked all year, then a 1099 scramble in January
  • New-hire paperwork and registrations handled late or not at all

How Balance Partners helps

We coordinate payroll processing through established payroll platforms, keep federal and state filings on schedule, track contractors as you pay them, and reconcile payroll to the books every month.

What’s included

  • Payroll setup and processing coordination
  • Federal and state payroll tax filings
  • W-2 and 1099 preparation and delivery
  • New-hire reporting and contractor onboarding
  • Multi-state payroll compliance
  • Payroll reports and monthly reconciliation to the books

What you receive

On-schedule payroll runs, filing confirmations, year-end W-2s and 1099s, and a clean payroll-to-books reconciliation.

Who this is for

Businesses hiring their first employees, companies with people in more than one state, and owners who want payroll, books and taxes handled by one accountable professional.

How it works

From first call to steady rhythm.

Step 01

Fit call

Twenty minutes about your business, your setup and what’s not working.

Step 02

Written proposal

Scope, deliverables, timeline and the monthly fee — in writing.

Step 03

Guided onboarding

Access, history review and setup. You always know what’s next.

Step 04

Monthly rhythm

Deadlines tracked, work delivered, questions answered.

FAQs

Common questions

Do you replace my payroll software?

No — we work through established payroll platforms and coordinate everything around them.

Employee vs. contractor — can you help us classify correctly?

Yes. We’ll walk through the factors that matter and flag risky classifications before they become expensive.

We hired someone in another state. What now?

Typically state registrations, withholding setup and possibly new filing obligations — we handle the sequence so nothing is missed.

What affects pricing

Scoped to your actual situation.

Headcount, pay frequency, number of states, contractor volume, and benefits complexity. See how our pricing works.

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Ready to talk it through?

No obligation. We’ll discuss your current setup, your immediate concerns, and whether Balance Partners is the right fit.

Book a 20-Minute Fit Call