Survey: Small-Business Owners Misjudge Time to Prep Payroll

Jan. 31, 2020, 3:10 PM UTC

Processing payroll can be a time-consuming task for small-business owners, who spend nearly five hours each pay period calculating, filing, and remitting taxes.

At the end of the day, about 65% of employers said they would rather outsource payroll, even though 80% said they were the most qualified to manage their company’s finances, Intuit QuickBooks said in a recent survey.

The survey of 1,006 U.S. employers, conducted in November for Intuit Inc. by the consulting firm Kelton Global, found that 63% never realized how much time they spent on payroll taxes. Additionally, 82% of business owners said they reviewed ...

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