Accurate & Compliant Payroll Services

Streamline your Arkansas Payroll Process

Enhance your Arkansas payroll operations with our comprehensive payroll and HR solution, backed by exceptional client support customized for the unique business landscape throughout The Natural State, from Little Rock to Fayetteville. We ensure compliance with Arkansas-specific regulations, precise execution, and swift payments, simplifying payroll management in Arkansas.

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Smooth & Reliable Transition

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Efficient Payroll Processing

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Built-In Compliance

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Knowledgeable & Trustworthy Tax Filing

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Experience Painless Payroll Setup

Smooth & Reliable Transition for Arkansas Businesses

  • Our pay rules engine is versatile enough to handle any scenario, making it easy to accommodate the unique payroll requirements of your Arkansas business, whether you’re in tech, tourism, or agriculture.

  • Keep your general ledger precise with seamless integrations into your existing accounting software, ensuring every dollar is accounted for accurately in your financial reports.

  • We streamline the integration with 401(k) and other retirement providers, simplifying the setup for your employees’ future savings.
  • Our built-in test environments allow you to trial run your payroll setup, ensuring everything is perfect before going live, offering peace of mind and reliability.

  • Whether your business operates across multiple states or holds several Employer Identification Numbers (EINs), our system is equipped to manage and report with ease, catering to the dynamic nature of Arkansas businesses.

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Efficient Payroll Processing for Arkansas’s Dynamic Market

  • With a single database system and one record per employee, information stays updated continuously, eliminating discrepancies and ensuring accuracy across the board.
  • Benefit from immediate calculations and a correction delta process, allowing for effortless recalculations whenever edits are made, keeping payroll processing smooth and efficient.
  • Our payroll preparation checklist and quick links provide a clear path through payroll tasks, saving you time and reducing the chance of errors.

  • Stay ahead of changes with automated updates to government forms, ensuring your payroll remains compliant with the latest regulations, crucial for Arkansas businesses navigating local and federal laws.

  • Manage wage garnishments with ease using our built-in payroll garnishment deduction wizard.

  • For businesses preferring physical checks, our onsite check printing option allows you to print checks directly from your Arkansas office, offering flexibility and immediacy to your payroll distribution.

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Stay on Top of the Latest Regulations and Requirements

Built-In for Arkansas Businesses

  • Our system proactively delivers automated updates to pay, time, and HR rules, ensuring your business is always in step with the latest standards, crucial for maintaining compliance in Arkansas’s diverse business environment.

  • Navigate the complexities of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with tools designed to streamline the collection of employee hours, automate policy enforcement, and monitor essential metrics, making ACA compliance effortless for your business.

  • Stay informed with alerts that notify you when regulatory standards are not being met, reducing the risk of noncompliance, and enhancing your ability to manage your ACA strategy efficiently.
  • Use our versatile rules engine to customize rules to ensure regional and local employment regulations are being adhered to, and receive proactive notifications when they’re not.
  • Benefit from anywhere, any time access that gives your people the power to manage compliance on the go with self-service access available on their mobile devices.

  • Benefit from a pay-as-you-go workers’ compensation model that maximizes cash flow and minimizes the risk of year-end audit surprises, a feature especially valuable for Arkansas businesses looking to maintain financial stability while ensuring compliance.

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Trustworthy Tax Filing for Arkansas Businesses

  • Experience the peace of mind that comes from working with dedicated payroll and tax professionals who are committed to the success of your Arkansas business, providing reliable support whenever you need it.

  • Our team is skilled in filing taxes across all states and jurisdictions, ensuring your business remains compliant no matter where your employees are located, crucial for Arkansas businesses with a national footprint.

  • Simplify multi-state employee taxation with automated reciprocity tax withholding, reducing administrative burdens and ensuring accurate tax calculations for employees working across state lines.
  • Receive essential support in obtaining state and local tax identification numbers and ensuring their validity, a critical step in maintaining compliance and avoiding penalties.
  • Utilize cutting-edge geospatial intelligence to accurately determine the appropriate local tax jurisdiction based on your employees’ home and work addresses, automatically populating W-4 forms and streamlining the tax filing process.
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Data Security & Safeguards for Your Arkansas Business

  • Tailor access with role-based controls, ensuring only authorized staff can view sensitive data.
  • Receive instant notifications for key payroll system activities, enhancing security oversight.
  • Enjoy secure, unlimited storage for all your payroll records, always available when needed.
  • Enhance data protection with in-product multi-factor authentication, guarding against unauthorized access.
  • Rely on a SOC 1, Type 2 audited partner for top-tier data management and security standards.
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Additional Features & Functionality

  • AI-powered payroll alerts
  • Direct deposit, pay cards and earned-wage access integration
  • Position control with automated pay calculations
  • Weighted average overtime calculations
  • Year-end and quarter-end checklists
  • Consolidated reporting
  • Change history and audit reporting
  • Automated reciprocity tax withholding
  • Multiple payroll processing
  • Push, email, or SMS notifications
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Your Questions answered

Frequently Asked Questions

Arkansas has a progressive income tax rate ranging from 2% to 6.6%, and an unemployment insurance tax with rates for new employers typically starting at 3.1%. The state unemployment insurance tax (SUI or SUTA) is used to provide economic security for unemployed workers​​​​.

The state minimum wage is currently set at $11.00 per hour, which is higher than the federal minimum wage. Employers must adhere to this rate for their employees, including provisions for tipped employees to ensure their total earnings meet or exceed this minimum when tips are included​​.

Employers must remit state income taxes to the Department of Finance and Administration monthly, by the 15th of each month. State unemployment taxes must be paid quarterly with deadlines on April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31​​.

Arkansas follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), requiring that non-exempt employees be paid one and a half times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek​​.

Employers must register new employees with the Arkansas New Hire Reporting Center, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, and the Department of Workforce Services to obtain necessary tax IDs and account numbers. This registration is crucial for accurately filing returns and making tax deposits​​.