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Site: www.restoreglass.com Company: Associated Crafts Location: Gilbert, Arizona Industry: Service Results Achieved:
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Associated Crafts
MYOB customer John Phillips, owner of Associated Crafts, has found a way to keep control of his payroll without spending precious time and resources on unnecessary payroll expenses. He learned the hard way that payroll is more strategic to his business than he first thought.
John runs a full service stained glass repair and restoration company in Gilbert, Arizona. John and his company have restored stained glass for churches and other clients all across the country. Like many MYOB users, John chose the MYOB product line because he and his employees are fanatical Mac users with a need for strong business management software. Associated Crafts is constantly on the road, so they need a dependable system to handle business remotely through the Internet.
Although the payroll currently consists of fewer than ten employees with a few sub-contractors, payroll has been a source of frustration for John and his business for a number of years.
A few years ago, John used an accounting firm to process a simple filing for his payroll income tax. Although the accounting firm did not want to be involved with Associated Crafts payroll, they decided to do the filing because John was a valued client.
Unfortunately, a small mistake was made on the tax filing regarding the number of employees. You can just imagine the trouble this can cause with the IRS. It took John a couple of years and many re-filings to finally get this simple error fixed.
After analyzing the wasted time and energy he had spent on correcting this issue, John decided to take things into his own hands. John signed up with MYOB Full Service Payroll to take care of all his payroll tax filings and deposits.
Results Achieved with MYOB
Associated Crafts has been a MYOB Full Service Payroll customer since 2003, and it has made a terrific impact on his business. John, usually on the road, can log in from anywhere in the country and run his payroll. In addition, all his employees and sub-contractors are paid by Direct Deposit.
His employees, usually on the road as well, can turn around and do online bill pay from anywhere as soon as they are paid. One employee needed a pay stub to apply for a loan. The employee simply logged in and printed his own pay stub from the web. John really likes the fact that there is no more overnight shipping of pay stubs or paychecks.
However, the real impact of MYOB Full Service Payroll is on the back end. Although John controls when, where and how much each employee is paid, MYOB Full Service Payroll guarantees the responsibility of the tax filings and deposits. According to John, “it’s cheaper than insurance.”
Unfortunately, John had felt the burden of wasting precious resources on dealing with discrepancies with the Federal, State or Local income tax reporting. In a world where time is money, things that waste your time detract from growing your business – so anything you can do to save time is smart business.
Associated Crafts has already referred a number of clients to MYOB Full Service Payroll. In fact, John and his wife, Mary, recently returned from a free trip to Las Vegas they won from a random drawing at MYOB Full Service Payroll for customers who had made referrals. They had a wonderful time with some very nice accommodations.
Small business owners are always skeptical of wasting precious resources on something as simple as payroll. However, times have changed for the better, and small business owners like John Phillips are finding affordable options to free themselves from the burdens of payroll and tax filing.
The bottom-line? You can keep control of your payroll, outsource the tax filings and deposits, and spend your time, money and energy on aspects of your business that generate revenue.