Payroll & Compliance Coordination


Payroll accounting and compliance coordination that connects your employees, accounting records, and reporting requirements.


Payroll affects much more than an employee’s paycheck. Wages, payroll taxes, benefits, reimbursements, contractor payments, and payroll liabilities all flow into the company’s accounting records and can create federal and state compliance requirements.


Schmid CPA helps businesses coordinate payroll with their accounting and broader compliance responsibilities while working with payroll providers and company management.

Payroll Provider Coordination

  • Coordination with payroll platforms and third-party payroll providers to help maintain consistent payroll information and resolve accounting-related issues.

Payroll Accounting & Reconciliation

  • Recording and reconciliation of wages, employer payroll taxes, benefits, deductions, payroll liabilities, and payroll-related payments within the accounting records.

Payroll Tax Coordination

  • Support with federal and state payroll tax accounts, notices, filing questions, and coordination with the company’s payroll provider.

Employee & Contractor Reporting

  • Coordination of employee and independent contractor reporting requirements, including Forms W-2 and 1099 where applicable.

Multi-State Payroll Support

  • Review and coordination of payroll considerations when employees work in multiple states or when a company’s workforce expands into new jurisdictions.

International & Foreign-Owned Business Support

  • Payroll and accounting coordination for U.S. subsidiaries and foreign-owned businesses establishing or maintaining employees in the United States.

Processing payroll is only one part of the process.


The payroll reports, bank withdrawals, payroll tax payments, employee deductions, and employer expenses should ultimately reconcile with the company’s general ledger.


Schmid CPA helps connect payroll activity to the accounting records so payroll-related balances can be reviewed as part of the monthly close rather than simply assuming that everything imported correctly.

As a business grows, workforce arrangements can create additional reporting and compliance considerations.


Depending on the engagement, support may include:


★ Payroll accounting and reconciliations
★ Payroll provider coordination
★ Employee payroll reporting
★ Forms W-2 and W-3 coordination
★ Forms 1099 and contractor reporting
★ Payroll tax account coordination
★ Multi-state payroll considerations
★ Employee reimbursements
★ Payroll-related accounting adjustments
★ Payroll notices and issue resolution
★ Coordination with tax and accounting requirements



The appropriate requirements depend on the company’s workforce, locations, and particular circumstances.

Establishing a U.S. workforce can be unfamiliar for an international company entering the United States.


Schmid CPA can help coordinate the accounting and compliance side of U.S. payroll while working with company management, overseas finance teams, and third-party payroll providers.



This allows the payroll process to fit into the company’s broader U.S. accounting and reporting structure.

Payroll should not operate separately from the rest of the company’s financial records.


Schmid CPA helps businesses connect payroll with monthly accounting, financial reporting, tax compliance, and the broader outsourced accounting function.


Need help coordinating payroll with your accounting and compliance requirements?


Schedule a consultation to discuss your payroll and accounting setup.