Seriously, for $30 a month we pay Chase for our payroll solution it is well worthwhile...it includes tax filing reminder and all the forms...just have integration for payroll GL entry import/export seems reasonable...my $0.02...
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:08 AM, ERACC Subscriptions <s...@eracc.com> > wrote: >> On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 17:37 -0800, Chris Travers wrote: > >> >> I would hope that would be of interest to more people than just me. As >> you can see the inquiries I have gotten are from all over the USA: one >> from Alaska, one from New York, two from Florida, one from Oregon. So >> these are not local to me and I have no clue about the local tax >> problems in these locations. In most cases they wanted a preconfigured >> POS system shipped to them with remote support for setup help if >> necessary. One was just looking for a general small business accounting >> package. >> >> All those mentioned were looking for FOSS software with Payroll. The one >> requirement I could not meet with LedgerSMB was Payroll. I really *want* >> to promote LedgerSMB over the other solutions offered on our web page. I >> did not get the business of any of these, so they are not my customers >> at this point. I am thinking of the future. >> >> A framework for Payroll where the end-user could set up a module for >> local requirements would be better than nothing. Actually that would >> probably be the best solution so that when changes to local tax laws >> occur the end-user could reconfigure the module. Of course this would >> require the end-user to either have knowledge of local Payroll >> requirements or hire an accountant that does. ... > > The more I have looked into payroll stuff, the less I am convinced > that it is possible to have an end-user configure the rules. There > can be subtle differences between jurisdictions about acceptable > practices. If one ends up with a system that is truly configurable by > a non-programmer, I think we'd have a bad case of inner platform > syndrome. > > For example, in Washington State, some payroll taxes only address some > forms of labor. Other forms of labor are exempt from specific payroll > deductions. This is a big deal where agriculture is concerned. > > The way commercial offerings address this is to offer payroll on a > subscription basis. I think there is a possibility for someone to > offer update subscriptions for specific jurisdictions, and so this is > what my current approach is favoring. > > My current approach is to create an add-on for tracking deductions and > categorizing them. Then jurisdiction-specific stored procedures would > be maintained for doing the actual payroll calculations. I can't > think of a better way of doing it than this. > > Like sales tax, this is something that seems easy until you come > across a jurisdiction that has crazy rules. But unlike sales tax, the > rules under the best case scenario are not simple. One of the things > we have done for 1.2 and 1.3 is to allow pluggable sales tax logic to > cover crazy jurisdictions. > > As I say, I could have a federal module out pretty quickly which only > addresses federal income tax, medicare withholding, and social > security. I could also come up with an estimate for producing local > jurisdiction procedures to a specific customer's needs. I couldn't do > it on a subscription basis because I don't have the staff to track all > these jurisdictions and what changes might occur. However, we could > get something started. Would it be possible to talk further on the > phone? > > Best Wishes, > Chris Travers > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! > Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires > February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-users mailing list > Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
