Back Office Functions – Accounting, Payroll, Tax & HR

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Introduction to Back Office Software for Small Businesses

The back office is a general term for the stuff that takes place behind the scenes to keep your company running. Accounting, tax, payroll, human resources. The sort of functions that don’t have a lot of contact with customers. Start-ups often outsource these functions until they grow big enough to have someone in-house.

The Accounting & Bookkeeping Applications section introduces some common accounting and bookkeeping applications used by big and small businesses and also by accountants themselves.

Payroll companies make sure your employees get paid. You submit the funds to the payroll company and they take care of the rest. They correctly calculate the taxes that need to be taken out and can file and pay them with the appropriate federal and state agencies on your behalf.