The case for payroll outsourcing.

Sponsored by ADP Small Business Services

At ADP it's about flexibility and choice. The accountant community has been and continues to be a valued partner for ADP. ADP is committed to providing accounting professionals with the tools and resources they need to further their professional development, which can help them to increase their productivity and profitability.

For accounting professionals who partner with ADP, the keyword is choice. More accountants are choosing to outsource payroll and other time-consuming services in order to expand their practice, especially into business advisory services, which command higher fees and generate bigger profits. For example, some accounting professionals choose to do payrolls for their clients and use ADP's specialized tools for assistance. And, some may choose to do both--simple payrolls for some clients, outsourcing the difficult payrolls to ADP. When accounting professionals partner with ADP, they choose how ADP can best assist them and their clients' administrative needs.

Figure 1

How satisfied are you with your current
payroll and benefits system?

(rating on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being "completely satisfied")

ALL CPAs               3.60
Public Accounting      3.71
Business If Industry   3.49
Small Firms            3.69
Medium Firms           3.50
Large Firms            3.59

Source: Bay Street Group, LLC

Figure 2

Payroll/HR solutions CPAs are using
and considering *

Solution                       Using      Would
                                 Now   Consider

In-house software                55%        45%
In-house Web based                7%        35%
Outsource to payroll agency      39%        34%
Outsource to PEO                  3%         5%
In-house manually                 7%         1%
Outsource to accounting firm      1%         4%

Source: Bay Street Group LLC

* Totals exceed 100% due to multiple responses