# Payroll Fees

**URL:** <https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160>\
**Category:** Tax Topics\
**Created:** [November 24, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160 "2021-11-24T14:06:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![healthymanccc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@healthymanccc](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/healthymanccc)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160/1 "2021-11-24T14:06:17Z")

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I would like to know what others are charging their clients for payroll services.

I have always used **Quickbooks Online Payroll** to complete payroll for clients (open to other suggestions).

For example, what would/are others in this community charging for payroll services consisting of three employees paid on a bi-weekly basis?

To clarify fees to:

- Produce T4s
- ROEs
- Run payroll bi-weekly (direct deposit)

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**Author:** ![SmallBizGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SmallBizGuy](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/SmallBizGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160/2 "2021-11-24T18:58:55Z")

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Value billing here. We do all of it and just wrap it into the final invoice. I gave up billing for individual services decades ago. Too much trouble.

For one select client, I charge the time of our bookkeeper who does it all, at a somewhat discounted rate of $45/hr. (She tracks the time…I don’t need to. Phew.)

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**Author:** ![healthymanccc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@healthymanccc](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/healthymanccc)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160/3 "2021-11-24T23:31:42Z")

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I like your style!

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**Author:** ![shirlyannbookkeeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@shirlyannbookkeeping](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/shirlyannbookkeeping)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160/4 "2021-11-28T19:32:03Z")

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I do the same thing.  
But, I have a friend who charges $50/employee/ payroll and per T4

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**Author:** ![SmallBizGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@SmallBizGuy](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/SmallBizGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160/5 "2021-11-28T20:55:13Z")

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That’s a non-starter in retail and restaurants (at least for me). WAY too much staff turnover.

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**Author:** ![Nezzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/nezzer/32/3845_2.png) [@Nezzer](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Nezzer)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/payroll-fees/5160/6 "2021-11-28T22:21:32Z")

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I try to encourage clients to get their bookkeeping and payroll done elsewhere, so I don’t have to deal with it. But, for those that really want me to, I charge $75/hr to set everything up (in Sage or QBO or whatever), then $25 per paycheque.

Even if I don’t do the client’s bookkeeping or payroll, I will still do T4s and ROEs as needed - typically $60 per slip. If I need to do 5 or more at a time (and they are all similar), I discount that to about $45 per slip; 10 or more: $30 per slip.