Easy and AffordablePayroll Software
Run quick, seamless payroll—and save money along the way—with Patriot's Basic Payroll Software.
Basic Payroll $17/mo+ $4 per employee/contractor
- Accurate tax calculations guaranteed
- Free 2-day direct deposit, for qualifying customers, or print checks
- Customizable payroll
- Unlimited payrolls for your employees
- Pay W-2 employees or 1099 contractors
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Flexible & customizable payroll
Create customizable deductions and contributions for your 401(k), health insurance, garnishments, and more.
Printable W-2s
Print W-2s at the end of the year. Use plain 8.5 x 11 office paper or W-2 forms. The choice is yours!
Free employee portal
Give your employees secure access to their paystubs, pay history, and payroll information.
Time-off accruals
Have a PTO policy you want to automate? Set up time-off accrual rules that will automatically calculate time-off hours with each payroll.
Multiple pay rates
Add up to five pay rates for each hourly employee. You can differentiate pay rates for employees by adding a description to each rate.
Net to Gross Payroll tool
Goodbye, random bonus amounts after taxes. Use this tool to enter the amount you want employees to take home, and we'll gross it up for taxes.
"Running payroll and reports could not have been easier"
"I researched dozens of payroll services, including someone here locally in town who came highly recommended, and I still for some reason kept going back to Patriot...I think I did a trial, and it was very intuitive, very easy, and felt like someone was hand-holding me through the process. It asked all the questions as I went along, then provided the options and walked me through the whole process. From there, running payroll and reports could not have been easier. We have everyone on direct deposit, so I don’t have to write out checks."
Accurate Payroll Reports at Your Fingertips
Easily access, download, and print a variety of payroll reports for year-to-date payroll details, payroll runs, and more with a few clicks on your keyboard. And here's even more good news: You can save and share your reports using PDF or CSV files (yay!). Talk about a win-win.
“We are a small business with very basic needs where payroll is concerned, so we decided to try Patriot Software. The program provides all the reports we need and the conversion and customer support were amazing.”
Rose M. (Courtesy of Capterra)
Payroll Register
Individual Paycheck History
Payroll Details
Check/Deposit Payment Detail
Manage Time Off
W-2 Summary Report
Assigned Deductions
Deduction History
Assigned Contributions
Contribution History
Payroll Tax Liabilities
Employee Census
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Tax Filings Made Easy
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You Got Questions? We Got Answers!
We’ve answered the most common questions so you can start using our affordable, accurate, and reliable payroll software like a pro.
The software is designed for small or medium-sized businesses with 100 or fewer employees.
Since our payroll software is online, you only need access to a web browser and the Internet. There’s no software to download.
No–our software is only available to companies with employees working in the USA. It’s our passion to help American businesses by providing streamlined, easy, and affordable payroll management solutions.
On the months you don’t run payroll, you will only be charged the base price for the payroll.
Yes. You may begin using the payroll application at any time during the year. You will want to make sure you enter in all of your employee payroll history in the software so end of the year W-2s are accurate. (We can help! We offer free payroll setup to help you get your account setup and can enter all payroll history on your behalf.)
Patriot will e-File 1099s for Full Service Payroll customers who are paying contractors through payroll at no additional cost for 2020 1099s and later years. If you have Accounting Premium, Accounting Basic, or Basic Payroll, here are the filing fees:
| Number of 1099s | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | $20.00 |
| 6 to 35 | Additional $2.00 per 1099 |
| 36+ | No additional charge |
For more information, check out our help article, Electronically Filing Your 1099s.
Payroll Overview
Yes. You may run a payroll whenever you need to in the payroll software.
No–our software is only available to companies with employees working in the USA. It’s our passion to help American businesses by providing streamlined, easy, and affordable payroll management solutions.
Patriot Software will not share your information with any outside party without your prior permission.
Yes. You may begin using the payroll application at any time during the year. You will want to make sure you enter all of your employee payroll history in the software so end-of-the-year W2s are accurate. (We can help! We offer free payroll setup to help you get your account set up and can enter all payroll history for you.)
Pricing & Billing
In the months you don’t run payroll, you will only be charged the base price for the payroll.
There’s no additional software charge for providing direct deposit to your employees.
Patriot Software accepts credit or debit cards from Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover for your software and service fees.
Direct Deposit
We will only accept applications from small business owners using a commercial/business bank account for their payroll.
Patriot offers a few direct deposit options to meet our customers' needs: free, expedited 2-day direct deposit for qualifying customers; standard 4-day direct deposit; and payroll prefunding. Your money will be ACH debited from your bank after you run payroll.
Technical
Since our payroll software is online, you only need access to a web browser and the Internet. There’s no software to download.
When building solutions, they are designed to be highly secure, performant, and scalable. Solutions are built on a cloud provider giving us the ability to quickly respond to outages and threats. Patriot Security & Systems Team is notified immediately when monitoring systems detect abnormal activity.
We utilize a diverse set of technologies to safeguard your data. Policies are implemented to ensure that these technologies are properly installed and maintained. Third-party audits are conducted to verify we meet industry standards.
Full Service Payroll
Our Full Service is perfect for small- and medium-sized businesses in the USA and handles all employee taxes and most employer taxes, including federal, state, and local taxes.
Patriot collects and files Workers’ Compensation Insurance for Washington and Wyoming. For other states, we do offer free integration with Next Insurance, who offers Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Compensation Insurance.
Yes, we file in all 50 states. However, there is a $12 fee for each additional state that we file in.
Unfortunately, we don’t handle the IRS Form 943 at this time. However, it’s on our radar, and we look to offer this sometime in the near future!
No. While you can set up custom deductions and contributions, Patriot Software DOES NOT handle the remitting of these funds to the proper agencies at this time. However, it’s on our radar, and we look to offer this sometime in the near future!
After you have completed your tax filing setup, Patriot Software will collect payroll taxes on approved payrolls usually the first banking day before the pay date. If payroll is run on the same day as the pay date, payroll taxes will be collected on the next available banking day.
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