Running a small business means wearing a lot of hats. Payroll is one of the most important, and one of the easiest to get wrong. The IRS estimates that about one in three employers makes payroll errors every year, and the average mistake costs $291 to correct. That might not sound alarming on its own, but those errors compound fast, and the penalties for noncompliance can far exceed the original mistake. Here are five payroll mistakes we see small business owners make, and wh

If you run a small business in Oakland County, there’s a good chance payroll started out simple. Maybe it was just a few employees. Same hours, same pay, no surprises. You handled it yourself, kept things organized, and moved on with your week, but then things changed. You hired more people. Hours started varying. Questions came up about taxes, overtime, or compliance. Suddenly, payroll wasn’t just a quick task anymore. It became something you had to think about … and sometim