Faster electronic payments

We’ve introduced faster electronic payment processing

Finish your payroll on Monday, staff get paid that Friday

You asked, we listened: You can now process payroll by NoonET Mondaysand still have your staff paid that week onFriday. We’ve shortened the payment processing window to so you can now process payroll the same week you want your staff paid.

Why are we doing this? Some of our clients were not able to process payroll on Fridays to accomodate time-based staff. Others needed the weekend to get the extra work done. We’ve worked with the Canadian payments industry to reduce the processing time and are now able to offer a shortened 4 day payment window.

What about semi-monthly payments? Just finish your payroll 4 days prior by NoonET. For example, if you want your staff paid for Mar 15, 2012 – then process your payroll by NoonET Mar 9 (normally this would be Mar 11, but it falls on a weekend, so you should process your payroll by the next earliest business day)

Will this cost more? NO, we’ve kept our processing fees and transaction costs to just 50 cents per transaction.

How do I get started? If you are already using electronic payments then just process your payroll as normal (and enjoy the extra time to get it done!) If you haven’t setup electronic payments yet, it’s easy – just visit http://paymentevolution.com/epay and request the documents to get started.

Integration with Kashoo

We’re excited to welcome our latest integration partner – Kashoo! 

Kashoo is simple, powerful online accounting software for your small business. Built for the way we work today – the service is cloud-based and accessible from any modern web browser. With Kashoo you’re able to track expenses, send invoices, create reports – all the essential tasks of any small business.

And now, we’re bringing full-featured Canadian payroll services to one of the best online accounting apps available. Stating today, all existing Kashoo clients will get free payroll services from PaymentEvolution. Check it out – you’ll see a new PAYROLL link in your Kashoo session. Just click it to start integrating payroll.

And all existing PaymentEvolution clients will also get free online accounting software from Kashoo. It’s our small way of saying thank you for being loyal Kashoo and PaymentEvolution clients.

Not using Kashoo or PaymentEvolution yet? We’ve got you covered too! Sign up before Feb 29, 2012 and you’ll get Kashoo Entrepreneur and PaymentEvolution Payroll for free. This is the first truly free online accounting service with payroll available in Canada.

With PaymentEvolution Payroll you’ll get easy to use yet full-featured payroll that can grow with your small business:

• Payroll calculations effortlessly done for you
• True custom deductions, benefits and earnings – run your payroll the way you like
• Always up to date with full record keeping 
• A super employee site where they can get their full pay history and even tax information like T4 slips – all electronic!
• Integration with Kashoo for easy posting of all your payroll transactions

Grab it now – the first truly free online accounting and payroll service for your small business.

Thanks to Jim, Chuck, Scott and the amazing team at Kashoo for championing the idea of giving great software tools to Canadian small businesses.

Free payroll for your micro-business – and the features you need as you grow

When we launched PaymentEvolution Payroll almost 2 years ago we wanted to give micro and small businesses the tools they needed to quickly and easily pay their employees. Since then, thousands of businesses across Canada have joined us in solving their payroll frustrations. 

We’ve taken a complex problem and made it really simple for small business owners, entrepreneurs, accountants and bookkeepers to get payroll done – in a as little as 30 seconds. Oh, did I mention? It’s free.

Photograph by Martin Cathrae

It’s full-featured payroll – and you won’t get stuck in the waves of a payroll service that can’t grow with you. We built the service with super-advanced functions that are always available when you need them – but not, when you don’t. 

We’re honest about pricing and we don’t sell your data or target you with ads. After all, we’re one of the earliest advocates of the data portability movement and have a strict privacy policy. We know we’re dealing with sensitive financial information and treat your data with the respect it deserves.

And we’re serious about features – stuff that you need now and stuff you’ll need as you grow your business. For example, we have simple integration with online accounting services – your payroll transactions can be posted in your bookkeeping service. If you’ve ever run your own books, you’ll love this automated posting. 

More advanced features are also included at no extra cost:

• Always up to date tax calculations – no more “updates”, patches etc
• True reverse or “gross-up” calculations – very useful if all you want to do is pay someone and determine your tax obligations. If you’ve ever had a pay a nanny, you’ll love the feature.
• Secure, online employee portal with their full pay history, electronic paystubs, tax information etc
• T4 slips, records of employment and many other advanced services – all included and easy to do
• True calculations of your remittance amounts – and automated payment to the government if needed
• Fully flexible available payment services including direct deposit. Pay your staff the way they want to get paid for less than the cost of a stamp. No more cheques!

If you’re serious about payroll and integration with your books, you’ll love our simple to use service with all the features you need and none of the complexity you don’t.

Get it now and let us know what you think

The magical net pay button

Have you ever needed to pay an employee an exact amount but were never sure what the true taxable amount would be? It’s easy now with PaymentEvolution’s new “net pay” calculator.

You can easily calculate one time payments or use the calculator to determine the “gross-up” amount you need to report to the Canada Revenue Agency.

To get started, visit our free payroll calculator athttp://PaymentEvolution.com/Payroll/Calculator. Enter the pay details and click the magic “net pay” box to calculate the gross (before tax) and net (after tax) amounts. It’s that easy 

Tax table updates – and year end

PaymentEvolution payroll, our online calculators and all calculation engines have been updated to include the 2012 tax table updates and Canadian legislative changes. This means you can now process payroll for 2012 dates.

In addition, you can also perform your year-end processing, generate T4 slips and update your bookkeeping systems. 

The Payroll Nanny

We’re excited to launch The Payroll Nanny with our partners at Trowbridge Professional Corporation. Combining the robust calculation and processing engine of PaymentEvolution with the trusted services of Trowbridge, we’re giving Canadians a simple option to ensure their nannies and household staff get paid correctly and on time.

The service is available now for only $65/month and includes electronic payments for your nanny.

If you have a nanny or other caregiver in your home, or are considering one, you should read this excellent post fromBabyCenter which clearly outlines your responsibilities as an employer. The Payroll Nanny makes paying your household employee even easier by managing all the aspects of payroll – all deductions, calculations, remittances and payments are made for you.

Find us in the Bell Appstore

Thanks to the fine folks at AppDirect – we’re now in the Bell Business Appstore https://businessapps.bell.ca/apps/1081

If you need an easy way to provision your staff for cloud-based software, then the Bell Appstore is a convenient, one stop shop. By enrolling through this service you’ll be able to manage multiple subscriptions, permissions and software allocations for your staff.

PaymentEvolution payroll is available now in the store – so come check us out.