# What does a payroll software do?

What does a payroll software do?

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Patriot software is a user friendly accounting and payroll service.  It's supper easy and simple to navigate. You use what you need. The payroll service is awesome. It offers input for salary or hourly. Depending on what the W-4 is for each employee. It figures out the federal and state taxes that are to be deducted and sends those to the appropriate agency. Patriot Payroll offers a net to gross income which is good for bonuses. It calculates the taxes out of the total that's to be paid. You can also set up direct deposit. Patriot payroll does all the quarterly and the end of the year payroll taxes.

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
- Author title: Office Manager



### Comment 2

It processes your payroll and depending on what tier you are paying for will do your payroll tax forms for you.

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
- Author title: Operations Manager



### Comment 3

Allows me to pay my people via direct deposit, and it handles all the tax withholdings, files the paperwork electronically, and sends the gov't their money!

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
- Author title: Owner



### Comment 4

It takes care of paying employees by tracking hours, sending direct deposits, and withholding the appropriate taxes.

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- Posted at: about 4 years ago
- Author title: Writer




## Related Product
[Patriot Software](https://www.g2.com/products/patriot-software/reviews)

## Related Category
[Payroll](https://www.g2.com/categories/payroll)

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