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Payroll Onboarding: Your Step-by-Step Implementation Timeline

Switching payroll providers shouldn't be stressful. Discover how AccuPay streamlines your setup in four simple steps

Implementation Timeline

We’ve perfected a four-step onboarding process designed to get your team paid accurately and on time, with minimal disruption to your daily operations.

Step 1: Strategic Introductory Call

We begin with a brief consultation to align on your specific business needs. We review your current payroll cycle, identify any "pain points" from your previous provider, and outline the clear expectations and timelines for your first "live" run.

Step 2: Digital Onboarding Activation

Shortly after our call, you will receive two secure links to kick off the process:

  • Service Agreement: Outlining our commitment to your service and your responsibilities.

  • Company (Client) Setup Form: Capturing the essential data to build your company profile. Note: Our implementation clock officially starts the moment these digital forms are submitted.

Step 3: Documentation & Secure Data Collection

Within 24–48 hours of receiving your setup forms, we move into the data-gathering phase. You will receive a secure request for:

  • Form 8655: Authorizing AccuPay as your reporting agent for federal/state tax filing.

  • Signature Authorization: To ensure seamless electronic processing.

  • Employee Census Data: We’ll collect your team’s info via your preferred method (spreadsheet, secure portal upload, or manual entry).

Step 4: Account Configuration & Guided First Run

Within a day or two of completing Step 3, we schedule a final Zoom Review. We’ll walk through your account configuration together, confirm every deduction and tax code is correct, and process your first payroll run side-by-side to ensure 100% accuracy.

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Onboarding Forms

Please submit the following forms:

  1. Payroll Service Agreement – Commercial Businesses
  2. Company Setup Form – Commercial Businesses
  3. Employee Setup Form: Use Quick Hire or the Electronic Onboarding in the system (login required).
  4. Form 8655 (IRS Authorization to eFile and ePay) – Submit via email
  5. Signature Card – Submit via email
  6. Payroll registers by quarter for this year, shown by employee – (Upload to our secure portal)
  7. All the Year-To-Date quarterly payroll returns for this year – (Upload to our secure portal)

Acceptable Alternatives to a voided check

  1. Log in to the bank and search “Direct Deposit. A form should appear filled in with your banking details. If no form comes filled in with bank info, go to #2
  2. While logged into the bank, take a screenshot of the bank account details (including the routing number)
  3. Get the bank statement and crop the top portion showing the account details.
 

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