Payroll
» Payroll, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2006
If respondent's firm prepares payroll in-house.
4a1. About how many hours per pay period does it take to make out the payroll, including reviewing time cards or similar data, calculating pay and withholding taxes, preparing the checks, and other associated tasks?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One hour or less | 48 | ||
| 2 | Two hours | 16 | ||
| 3 | Three hours | 8 | ||
| 4 | Four hours | 4 | ||
| 5 | Five hours | 2 | ||
| 6 | Six - 10 hours | 9 | ||
| 7 | 10 hours or more | 6 | ||
| 8 | DK/Refuse | 8 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 444 | |||
Notes: Forty-eight (48) percent of small employers who prepare payroll in-house report it typically takes one hour or less per pay period to prepare (Q#4a1).
