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US-based small businesses that need a payroll management solution

About Square Payroll

Square offers a PC and mobile-friendly app that assists businesses with payroll management. The platform can be used for employees, contractors, or both at the same time, and monthly pricing adapts to the number of people on the payroll. Other additional features include tracking of work hours, automated filing of state and federal taxes, monitoring sick leave, and workers' compensation.

Pricing

Starting Price:
$6/month
Free Trial:
Free Trial available.

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Ratings/Reviews - 10 User Reviews

Overall 4.2 / 5
ease 4.9 / 5
features 4.6 / 5
design 4.7 / 5
support 4.7 / 5

Company Information

Block
Founded: 2009
United States
squareup.com/us/en/payroll

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Square Payroll Frequently Asked Questions

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Square Payroll Product Features

Payroll

401(k) Tracking Supported
Attendance Management Supported
Check Printing Supported
Deductions Management Supported
Direct Deposit Supported
Multi-State Supported
Reporting/Analytics Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
Vacation / Leave Tracking Supported
W-2 and 1099 Preparation Supported
Wage Garnishment Supported
Benefits Management Not Supported
Compensation Management Not Supported
Multi-Country Not Supported
Tax Compliance Not Supported

Square Payroll Additional Categories

Square Payroll Verified User Reviews

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  • Chauncey P.
    CEO
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
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    "Square helps streamline and successfully manage payroll payments."

    Posted 2022-12-23

    Pros: Square is an innovative software to be able to count the total hours of each employee, this platform has been key to be able to count the working hours of each of our employees, since our so-called sector is programmed to work in relation to the corresponding hours, In addition, with the help of this platform we were able to set a Key salary depending on the number of hours worked by each employee. The first thing I liked about this platform is that it offers me a very easy to configure service, the incorporation is quite fast, which helps that I can integrate each of our employees and be able to insert this platform into computers to start accounting the works, in addition, with this platform I can configure a direct deposit to each of the employees depending on the hours worked, I can configure a payment method so that our users or employees receive the payment corresponding to the hours worked, this helps me a lot as it saves me time and I don't have to manually make payments for each employee. In addition, I also liked that this platform allows me to ensure that our employees can easily check in and out during their working hours, that helps a lot since our employees only have to press a button on their computers for that system to start accounting the hours, in addition, is quite precise, it is capable of counting the inactivity time of each user within the computer, to avoid overloading in working hours.

    Cons: The fact that this platform has such high prices seems very negative to me, this payroll payment management tool is quite expensive, therefore, it is suitable for small companies if that company has the necessary capital to be able to pay a monthly subscription or annual within the platform, essential for small companies since it is a very easy to use software and that allows to post payroll in a simple way, however, I do not recommend it for companies that do not have a correct capitalization, since it will take a long time time and not have a return on investment. I also did not like that this platform has not implemented any type of system of tips or bonuses for working hours, for example, if I want to reward an employee for the hours worked within their working day, it will not be possible within this platform Since payrolls are accurately posted against hours worked, and an administrator cannot modify or add money and dine to the corresponding payroll, I believe that a system of bonuses or additional compensations is very necessary.

    Overall: Square Payroll has made it possible for us to save a lot of manual work with this work panel, since this platform has allowed us to manage payroll payments automatically for each employee, in addition, this platform sends a detailed report of the payments made to each employee, that's what it wants To say that our employees will receive a detailed report on the number of specific deductions from their corresponding salary, in addition, they will receive a detailed report on the hours worked and why they have been paid that amount of money. In addition, with the help of this platform we no longer have to pay taxes individually to fit created, we do not have to deduct federal taxes in the payroll of employees, but this platform is capable of using the indicated tax depending on Whatever locality or country is being used on that account, federal taxes are automatically deducted from each employee's salary. In addition, the fact that I can send payments automatically has been very important to me, since I don't have to use my bank account to send individual payments, all our employees receive the payment at the same time and simultaneously thanks to this platform Square Payroll. I am happy with the results obtained and with the experience obtained, I consider that I will continue using it in the long term.

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  • Carla A.
    CEO
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Square helps to have a complete payroll system."

    Posted 2022-12-15

    Pros: The main features I liked about Square were:

    1- I really love that this platform offers me a function to be able to monitor trips and keep track of each of the trips made by other employees. This function is very important to me since our employees are constantly away from the offices and have to travel to other countries or four cities. This platform and this function have allowed us to count and monitor each of the trips. carried out by each employee, and thus be able to know at all times in which country or city they are.

    2- I also liked that this platform is capable of processing payments automatically if it is integrated with the work time accounting system, we have synchronized and integrated this platform with our work time measurement platform, therefore, Posted hours and work hour information are automatically transferred to this Square app for automatic payroll.

    3- I love how easy it is to configure so that this platform executes payroll payments automatically, I only have to enter the payment information, the employee's payment method, and I must also link it correctly with the corresponding account to the water purification platform work hours. This way all payments will be executed in an automated way, I really love being able to link and make automated payments in a much easier way.

    4- I also liked that I made another way capable of calculating all kinds of taxes and deductions corresponding to the payroll of each employee, that such a platform allows me to add deductions or some type of additional charge to the payroll of our employees, For example, if an employee has damaged something inside the office, they must pay for it, and we can deduct that from the payroll through this platform. In addition, this platform automatically taxes your country within each payroll payment employee.

    Cons: The negative things that I have noticed about Square are very few, however I will mention them below:

    1- This platform has a really high weight, despite the fact that the commissions for each payroll payment are quite low, the premium payment plan within this platform is quite expensive, and the free version is not very useful, since it only It allows you to make a few payroll payments and it will be limited immediately when you have reached the limit, in addition, This free version does not allow access to the monitoring of the trips of your employees. Therefore, I do not recommend using the free version, I recommend using the paid version, although I only recommend it for companies that can afford these high prices.

    2- Another of the negative things about this platform is that it does not have many payment methods currently available. Despite the fact that this platform allows you to make automated payments, you always have to link a payment method to send money to your employees, however, currently this platform only allows you to make payments by debit card, credit card, bank transfer and only admits one of the best known wallets in the world today. Therefore, I believe that this platform should add many more payment methods to allow payroll payments to process through various online payment processors. Wallets such as Skrill or Neteller cannot be used for Square payroll payments.

    Overall: Square has been an ultimate search platform for our entire company, it has allowed us to complete all types of payroll payments in a much easier way, since previously we wasted a lot of time from our day managing each of the payments we had to make for our employees In addition, we have to record and transfer all the hours worked with that employee so that we can pay an exact amount depending on the hours worked, therefore, this platform has been key in optimizing the general payroll process for everyone. the employees, since it has a corresponding integration like this platform for posting work hours, therefore, it uses all that information to be able to automatically pay our employees. I have really liked the overall head I got on this platform, I have loved the fact that payroll runs automatically, as before I had to prove many hours to be able to fully transfer all payroll to employees, plus , this platform is capable of deducting all the taxes corresponding to each payment. Therefore, I totally recommend it, it is a user-friendly, easy and comprehensive platform with the time accounting system and offers an important function to monitor employee travel.

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  • Jimmy E.
    Software Engineer
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
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    "Effectiveness in making all kinds of automated payroll payments."

    Posted 2022-12-05

    Pros: Square is an incredible platform to enhance the payroll system for your entire company, since this platform offers a system to make automated payroll payments on specific dates. One of the first things I like about this platform is that it has a system to monitor the journey of each of my employees, even though this feature is not totally accurate regarding the location of my employees, if it is able Apart from offering detailed information about the flight date, time and destination of each flight of my employees, this function is very important to me as it allows me to have an exact monitoring of the places where my employees visited, even though they This function requires me to provide me with the exact location of where the plane that my employee has taken is, it is not possible to know exactly if there is a long or short time left to reach their destination. Another thing I like about this platform is that it allows me to connect this system with another work time measurement system. This connection and integration helps us to get the most out of this automated payroll payment, since this system is able to use that information collected in our time measurement platform, and use it for automated payroll, I really love that integration, as it is able to use time measurement to do immediate payroll towards our employees. I also love that this platform is able to provide me with a system to schedule payroll payments, for example, if I want to schedule payroll payments for the last days of the month, I can do it through the main panel, I can put the date so that that payroll payment is executed, I must select the number of corresponding employees and also the time in which the payment will be executed.

    Cons: My main negative criticism about this platform and regarding how efficient the free version is, since it does not allow you to register up to more than 10 employees to execute automated payroll, nor does it allow you to access the flight monitoring function of employees, therefore, I consider that this free version is very obsolete or deficient for new users, I consider that the limits of it should be much more extensive. The second negative thing in relation to this platform is that it does not have an automated tax generation system, which means that every time I go to execute a payroll payment I must place the taxes to be deducted in each of the payments, this It can be quite tedious work for some users, so I think that this platform should have a function implemented to detect the location of each company and automatically place taxes on each of the payroll payments to employees. In addition, the third negative thing about this platform is that there is no function to provide any type of bonus or recognition to the employees, it only allows you to pay the payroll, if I want to send any type of additional bonus to an employee, I must use another shipping method.

    Overall: Square is a software that is very worthwhile, mainly because this platform is very easy to use and very easy to configure to make automated payroll payments. I really loved it. I waited for it with this platform, I consider that it has been key for us to be able to execute payments quite simple payroll within my real estate company, more than 500 employees in our company are using as the main means to receive the payroll payments that we make to them. I really loved the payroll system as it is able to run multiple payments automatically, I can schedule a payment to run on a specific date and these payments will run without any delay, plus I love the fact that there are several ways to deposit money within this platform, and I can also link my debit or credit card so that the amount corresponding to each payroll payment made within this platform is deducted. I really loved the loss obtained, I consider that this platform was very comfortable to use, in addition, it quickly beats each of the functions to execute the payroll of my real estate company, I consider that this platform will continue to be used in my company by many more years.

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  • Joseph T.
    CEO
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
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    "Very feasible service to make payroll payments at the right time."

    Posted 2022-11-04

    Pros: Square is a service that has really impressed me due to the great effectiveness it has when handling each of the corresponding payroll payments for a group of people in a company, this platform is capable of executing payments in a moment In addition, it does not matter if more than 100 payroll payments have to be made, in the same way the platform executes the actions of each of those payments in a matter of seconds, which is why it is an excellent service to have an efficient payroll payment. Next, I will mention the positive things that this platform has.

    1.- One of the main things that I like about this platform is that all payments are executed no matter how many payments have to be made at the same time, for example, you can configure up to more than 200 payments to be executed in an hour specific, when that moment arrives, all the payments will be executed at the same moment, therefore, all the employees will be able to receive the amount of money corresponding to the salary of your company's payroll at the same time, this function is very important for me since that it is important that all employees can receive the corresponding amount of money at the same time, so that there is no delay in sending the money.

    2.- The second thing that I loved about this platform is that it is capable of automatically reducing taxes. This system is capable of detecting in which country your company is located, and automatically apply the taxes to be paid. For each of your employees' payroll payments, the tax reduction is made automatically when you run a payment for a specific employee. This function is very important to me, since I do not have to manually deduct taxes, I can do everything within the platform without manually notifying in a process, all the deduction is done automatically and in a few seconds.

    3.- Another thing that I love about this platform is that you can review deductions manually, for example, if you have to avoid something or some additional expense from an employee's land, you can do it within this platform, configuring a automated deduction for when the payroll payment is executed towards that employee, this is very important for when it is necessary to make a reduction of money for office expenses or some other expense, This works quite important for me, since on some occasions I need to vital money from an employee's payroll. In addition, this function also allows me to make some type of additional money bonus for the payment of an employee, this good will be executed and sent to the employee together with his corresponding payroll payment, this function is also very important since on some occasions our employees due to their efforts, they have earned some bonus money, and through this function we can provide them with that amount of money.

    4.- The fourth thing that I love about this platform is that it has a database that works unlimitedly when you have a payment plan within this platform, this database helps a lot when it comes to having a payment history payroll For example, if you have a very large company where you have to store all the payroll payment information what you do to the employees every month, this platform is very loyal, since it can store all those payments, the receipts for each one of them within this database, without taking up space on your computer or mobile device. This database is extremely complete, and is capable of storing information for up to two years, therefore, using it to store all payroll payments and their receipts is very positive.

    5.- I also loved the free trial that this platform provided me for a limited time, I program it and I recommend it for small companies that are looking to implement this software in a very simple way, since they will have access to several of the functions and will be able to have a payroll payment to employees without paying additional fees, the free trial lasts one month, then they can make a paid subscription but the amount to pay will be low because it is a small company.

    Cons: Square is a platform that is very worthwhile, thanks to this platform you can make all kinds of payroll payments so that they are executed at the right time, however, there are also several things within this platform that are negative. I will mention them below.

    1.- One of the main negative things about this platform is that there is no type of order or section that can separate each sector of your company, for example, it would be excellent to be able to divide the payments for each of the sectors of your company, however, by accessing the main panel of this platform, you will be able to see in a general way all the employees that exist in your company, there is no type of division for specific sectors of your company. It would be excellent to be able to divide each one of the payroll payments for the marketing sector as well as for the finance sector, in this way a better order would be obtained in the payment information for each of those sectors, however, for the moment It only remains to enjoy this service that, although it is quite optimal, there is no separation between the number of employees for each sector.

    2.- Another of the negative things about this platform is that the support team is not as capable of attending to its users in a moment or not. Since on some occasions I have had various doubts about how the payment system works and I have not been successful in contacting the support team, since they take a long time to give a response to a user. I think that there should be some forum to be able to discuss solutions for specific problems within this platform, since I have also had complications on some occasions to execute automated payments at the right time.

    3.- The general interface of this platform is not modifiable at all, it has a very good interface, with a pretty nice design, but it cannot be modified by the user in any way. It would be great to be able to modify that interface, to be able to add different colors, and a greater organization in how the number of employees registered for payroll payments is reflected. I hope that more general font customization can be obtained from this platform, both in the desktop version and in the mobile version.

    Overall: Square is a software that is very worthwhile, especially if you have a company that needs to automate payroll due to the large number of employees that work for you. I really loved the experience I had within this platform, I consider it a fairly simple platform to use, very friendly with all new users, however, as I mentioned previously, it is important that the technical support team is improved so that they can attend to all users at an optimal time, and a new forum has to be created so that users can discuss various solutions that arise for specific problems within this payroll platform. This software has impressed me with its effectiveness, in our company we are more than 1000 employees, and this platform has helped a lot to make the corresponding payroll payment for each employee, previously it was a quite complex process to send money individually to each employee, since we had to do it manually and in a quite complicated process that will take a lot of time, however, this platform was the essential solution for us, we managed to obtain a system that greatly facilitates payroll for all employees of the company.

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  • Eolimary P.
    CEO
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 500 - 999
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    "Very effective platform when making payroll payments simultaneously."

    Posted 2022-09-27

    Pros: Square is a fantastic service and it has worked wonderfully for my financial services company, the way this platform helps us manage the number of payroll payments that need to be made monthly A.M. another company is amazing. The main feature that I like is that this platform is capable of configuring several payments simultaneously, I can schedule the payments for a specific date and they will be accepted normally, it does not matter if I have configured more than 150 payments within this platform, In the same way, they will be executed at the exact moment without any type of limit. Another feature that I like about this platform is that it is capable of sending a voucher every time you make a payment to an employee, so you only have to link the email of each employee to receive the respective payment voucher. , where all the deductions in your payroll are specified. The third feature that I like about this platform is that you can also configure the amount to deduct the reasons for each of the payroll payments, for example, if you need to deduct administrative expenses from an employee's payroll, you can configure that deduction within the platform, and every time a payment is going to be executed for your employee, that deduction will be made automatically.

    Cons: One of the main features that has to be improved within this platform is with respect to the travel budget management system, in addition, the travel monitoring system within this application also has to be improved, I consider that it does not work when it is normality and causes that the monitoring is not very precise for each of the trips that we make in this company. I have noticed that when configuring several trips simultaneously, the application is not capable of accurately monitoring the route of each of the employees, for which it is very necessary to simply improve it as soon as possible. Another feature that needs to be improved within this platform is that simply some tax application system depending on the country in which this platform is being used, this would help to make deductions automated for the taxes of each one of them. countries, currently, to register a tax you must do it manually, there is no function that applies the corresponding deduction to each payroll payment.

    Overall: Despite the negative features and I mentioned earlier about the platform, I believe that I have been very effective in using it throughout my company, as the owner of my company you must admit that this platform has been key for all of our employees can receive their payroll in the correct time, previously it was a bit complicated to make all the payments in the same day, for which, sometimes we were two days late in paying all our employees, which caused a nuisance in them, thanks to this platform we have been able to execute the payroll payment for all employees at the same time, everyone can receive their money at the same time and date. I believe that this platform has been key for all our employees to be happy with payroll, since it has allowed us to make payments at the right time. In addition, this platform has also allowed us to save a lot of paperwork, since we all do it within this system and we do not have to do any paperwork for the administration of payroll payments or to send the voucher to each employee. The experience that we get is fantastic has provided this platform and we hope that it will not continue to provide benefits in the long term.

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  • Carlos M.
    Marketing Director
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
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    "The best service to optimize the payroll process for all your employees."

    Posted 2022-08-19

    Pros: Square is an excellent service to consider if you are looking for a platform to help you make your company's payroll payments, the work structure and general interface that this platform provides helps you make payroll payments immediately and in an easy way. automated, so making payroll payments manually will be a thing of the past. One of the main things that I like about this platform is that you can configure the payments to be made automatically, it is only enough to configure the amount of taxes, the number of employees with the corresponding accounts, the date and time in which The payment will be executed, in this way the payroll payments will be made automatically and you will not have to make them manually. Another thing that I like about this platform is that the history of all types of payments is saved within the platform indefinitely, in this way you can check the payroll payments that have been in your company in an exact month, or in a specific week, this history is quite comprehensive and provides specific details of the payments that have been made. Finally, I love the way in which this platform can deduct all kinds of federal or government taxes, it has an integrated system which is capable of adding taxes depending on the country or the area where you are located, you must configure the country The one you are in is the application of an automated way to avoid the corresponding taxes of the payroll payment of each employee, this is a pretty incredible function that helps you to speed up the process of creating reports in the payroll payment. Next, I will mention the things that I liked the most.

    * Square is a fairly simple service to use, the platform really helps users to adapt to it quickly, it offers automated processes and a fairly simple mechanism to manage so you can review payroll payments without complicating yourself so much, in addition, consult the Payroll payments made at a specific time is also straightforward.

    * This application also has the mechanism of sending the payment report to the emails of each employee, that means that every time you go to pay your employees, you must link the corresponding account for each employee, and you must also link the email of each of them, so that they can receive a detailed report of what things have been debited from their payroll.

    * This platform also has an excellent system for calculating overtime and working hours for each employee, in this way you can have a correct order in the hours that each employee works, all these hours are registered in the system and will be counted at the When you set up automated payroll, when you set up automated payroll, the system will calculate overtime and hours worked for each employee and make the corresponding payment.

    * Another of the magnificent things about this platform is that it has a very functional and beneficial application for all users, this application allows you to control payments, view each of the payments made to employees with a detailed report, this application is very complete and helps you stay on top of payroll payments and hours worked for your employees.

    Cons: One of the main problems that you do not know about this service called Square is that it can be a bit expensive for some companies, the general platform offers quite good functionalities that will help you obtain a return on investment quite quickly, since it allows you to carry out the payroll payments and making the payment process to your employees, however, the monthly and annual subscription can be a bit expensive, so I recommend that this platform is used in medium or large companies, to maximize benefits, since in a small company it would cause problems due to its high costs. Another of the negative things about Square is that it does not allow more payment methods to be associated with the platform, currently it only allows credit cards or a bank account to be associated with the main account that will make payroll payments at all times, it does not allow adding methods such as PayPal or other payment processors that currently exist, this is a really negative factor for some companies, since some companies use online payment processing, or some people prefer to associate some online payment processor than their bank account, it would be excellent that new payment methods are implemented to make the corresponding payroll payments.

    Overall: Square really is a very good service, all its features help you to speed up the payroll payment process for each of your employees, it is important to highlight that in any company it is necessary to optimize the payment process, since it is a bit complicated make all these payments manually, and more if it is a company that has more than 500 employees. Currently in this company we have more than 1000 employees, and this platform has been absolutely beneficial for us, to make the corresponding payroll payment without having to do it manually, in addition, counting the hours worked for each employee was also a problem for us, Thanks to this platform we were able to solve it in a simple way. Square has become a key and very important platform for us, we have noticed how satisfied our employees are because they receive their payroll money without any delays, in addition, the corresponding deductions for each payroll payment are made in a timely manner. automated, Such as taxes or some service deductions from your office. We will continue to use this service for much longer, we are grateful for the results obtained so far, we consider that this platform is very important for our company to continue operating, since it would be very difficult for us to make payroll payments manually, because We have a lot of hired employees.

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  • Ana G.
    Sales Director
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 500 - 999
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