| Having your payroll process outsourced can be a | | | | income tax from their employees and remit the |
| good idea especially if you are someone who | | | | same to the Division of Revenue. Those |
| would like to focus more on the | | | | employers paying wages that are subject to |
| income-generating aspect of your business. What's | | | | federal withholding taxes are also required to |
| more, having a third-party payroll service provider | | | | withhold Idaho income tax from taxable |
| gives you more confidence that the pay checks | | | | payments earned by covered employees |
| that you are releasing to your employees are | | | | regardless of where the payment is made. If, for |
| accurate. Because it is important that the payroll | | | | example, you are doing business in Utah, your |
| process involves zero error, hiring a payroll | | | | payroll service provider need to be aware that |
| service provider should be something that you | | | | pay checks need to be released at least ten (10) |
| plan and study carefully well ahead of time. There | | | | days after the end of the payroll period and that |
| is actually no need for you to worry about finding | | | | the payroll should be processed semi-monthly. |
| one as thereare quite a number of them already | | | | Aside from this, they need to be familiar with |
| in the market. Your main focus would be on | | | | various Utah tax filing laws especially those |
| getting one who really knows the job. For | | | | concerning income tax. The latter would not be |
| example, if you are doing business in Idaho, your | | | | much of a problem as tax filing in Utah can be |
| payroll service provider should be aware that the | | | | done online. Lastly, your payroll service provider |
| minimum hourly wage is at US$7.25. This provision | | | | should also be aware of the different Idaho and |
| covers all employees except outside salespersons, | | | | UT employee benefits as they would also need to |
| employees engaged in range production of | | | | take this into consideration when processing |
| livestock, some professionals, and certain | | | | payroll. Utah does not have many state-required |
| agricultural and harvest laborers. Your service | | | | benefits while Idaho provides for health insurance |
| providers should also be aware that Idaho tax | | | | and vacation and sick leave credits. |
| filing laws require employers to withhold state | | | | |