Premier HR, Timekeeping, and Local Payroll Services in New York

Experienced and dependable payroll administration, tax management, and HR support services. Our staff has the know-how to ensure your hard-working employees are paid the right amount at the right time.

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Why Small Businesses In Over 45 States Choose Our Payroll Agency

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We make payroll personal

We take a hands-on approach to get to know our clients and understand their payroll needs. This means taking the time to learn about how our clients operate their businesses and what might make their payroll needs different than others. Simply put, we make it our job to learn and adapt to our customers, not the other way around.

We are experienced and dependable

Let’s face it, employees expect to be paid correctly and on-time every pay cycle. Likewise, the IRS and state tax authorities demand the same, so it’s critical that you choose a payroll company that you can rely on every payroll. With over 25 years of experience and millions of payments processed, you can count on CheckWise.

See What Our Clients Are Saying

We’re nothing like the big nationwide payroll companies…and that’s a good thing! Big doesn’t mean better.

Our 99% client retention speaks for itself.

CheckWise Payroll has provided exceptional service to our growing companies for the last 10+ years. What started as a business agreement has grown into a trusted relationship where I know that I can always count on the employees at CheckWise to offer unprecedented service when it comes to processing payroll, answering questions, and assisting in payroll tax matters. The payroll entry system itself is easy to understand and use, and the customer service is unparalleled.
- Jennifer Rowe

Director of Administration, - Planet Fitness Companies

The Want Ad Digest has been using Checkwise Payroll’s services for more than 13 years. We find them to be dependable, accurate and on time, all the time. On more than one occasion the staff at CheckWise has come up with ideas and solutions to make the payroll process easier for me to manage and integrate into our bookkeeping system. Having a company like CheckWise handle our Payroll responsibilities allows my employees to focus more on what keeps us in business: our Customers and our Sales.
-Bob Engelke

President , - Want Ad Digest

News & Articles

Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020

Originally published June 4, 2020.   On June 3, 2020, Congress passed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, which includes a number of important changes. It still needs to be signed into law and then we all get to wait for guidance on the...

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COVID-19 Law Update

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) Since the enactment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on March 18, new information and guidance has been released every few days, though still much slower than employers would like. We have summarized what...

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New York State Layoff Rules & Requirements

Employers in New York State that are forced to layoff their employees due to COVID-19 (or any other reason) should be aware of the following notification requirements under NY State law. All employers Employers must provide written notice to any employee who goes off...

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