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Illigitimas, that's a great question. You're from somewhere Illinois and I would think the fee structure would be tremendously different in Carbondale versus Cook County. Payroll is my least favorite service, and if you have a client who won't do what he's told, there's no fee high enough. There will be ugly letters and penalties from the IRS and state, and we will be getting the blame for them. I will attempt to answer the question as what is appropriate for Manchester TN, which would even cheaper the Carbondale because we have no SIT. $35 per payroll, plus $1.50 for every active employee. Then $35 for each payroll tax report, meaning one per quarter for SUTA and 941, and ever how many there would be for your state withheld SIT. End of year $35 for each W-3, plus $2.00 for every W-2. And this is on the cheap side. This is a representative answer from my part of the country, as I don't put my actual rates on a public forum or over the phone.

I charge a minimum of $60 for 1 employee with 1 monthly paycheck.

This is our down time of year. I find my brain is far from peak tax season form quite often.