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Small Business Payroll for Employers

3 Months FREE Payroll*

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Three Months Free Payroll Processing

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Paychex Makes Payroll Simple for Small Businesses

With intuitive technology in your hands - and experts by your side - you'll be free to make your business all it can be.

  • Compliance expertise
  • 50+ Years of industry experience
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How It Works

  • Welcome to Paychex Flex®

    Welcome to Paychex Flex®

    View your current and future pay periods and complete your next payroll all within the Payroll Center.

  • Run Payroll

    Run Payroll

    Enter payroll in as few as two clicks if nothing has changed since your last pay period.

  • Analytics and Reports

    Analytics and Reports

    Depending on your package, customize reports to fit your needs at no additional cost. Our reports are designed to help you better run your business and stay live three years longer than our competitors.

  • Employee Self-Service

    Employee Self-Service

    Use People View to add new employees and invite them to log in and complete activities, such as updating their personal information and tax withholding.

Easily Expand Paychex Flex Beyond Payroll

All-in-one payroll & HR solutions to take your business further.

Hiring & Onboarding

The hiring services and technology built into Paychex Flex® Hiring can help you recruit the best fit and hard to find candidates, uncover important information about potential employees, and take some of the stress out of welcoming new hires.

Benefits

With Paychex Flex®, you can easily manage your company’s group health insurance, section 125 plans, retirement, and other employee benefits from a single integrated platform.

Time & Attendance

Paychex Flex® integrates time and attendance with payroll, HR, and other services — helping you save time and prevent errors from manually importing time sheets.

Paychex Flex® Bundle Options That Fit the Needs of Any Size Business

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Payroll & Financial Support
Payroll Processing

Complete payroll online from desktop or mobile with the option to work with a dedicated payroll specialist. We can also integrate your payroll with HR and benefits for easier management.

Taxpay® Payroll Tax Administration with W-2/1099

Automatically calculate, file, and pay payroll taxes from your account when required, so you can focus on running your business.

Employee Pay Options

Empower employees to review and select pay options including paper checks, direct deposit, tip disbursement for tipped employees, and pay cards.

Garnishment Payment Service

Automatically deducts and remits garnished wages to the appropriate agency. If opted in, the package price will increase.

Add-on

General Ledger Service

Easily transfer payroll data to accounting software to create customizable and flexible reports and improve efficiency, workflow, accuracy, and accessibility. If opted in, the package price will increase.

Add-on

Employee Experience
Employee Self-Service and Mobile Experience

Add new employees and invite them to register for a Paychex Flex® account where they can complete daily activities, view pay and tax information, and stay informed and engaged with business activities.

Financial Wellness and Cashflow Assistance

Help workers meet their financial goals with a variety of tools and education, including short-term loans.

Learning Management System<sup>2</sup>

Make e-learning a priority at your business with online courses and learning journeys designed to help your employees stay educated, engaged, and focused while helping improve employee retention and reduce turnover.

Paycheck Preview℠ and Approval

Make it easy for employees to review their paycheck before payday with Paychex Pre-check℠ while helping you reduce payroll discrepancies and costly corrections.

Add-on

Add-on

Talent Management
Hiring and Onboarding

Make it easier to communicate, assign onboarding tasks, and acclimate new hires to your business culture with our paperless, digital onboarding experience.

HR Library

Access important human resources documents for your employees and your business.

Employee Handbook Builder

Utilize our online handbook builder tool that provides access to federal and state policies. Customize your handbook with additional policies appropriate to your business needs.

Pre-Employment Screening

Gain more confidence in your employee screening process with a streamlined package of post-offer, pre-hire and post-hire background checks.

Add-on

Job Posting Website Integrations

Integrate with job boards, including Indeed, to post jobs, schedule interviews, and handle hiring workflows which can save time and produce consistent results.

Add-on

Add-on

Recruiting and Applicant Tracking

Allow our full solution to make the process easier for you and your job candidates by standardizing job posting, interview scheduling, and improving communication. If opted in, the package price will increase.

Add-on

Add-on

Performance Management

Engage and develop your employees with a simple and transparent performance review process, and digitally track communications with our customizable performance management system. If opted in, the package price will increase.

Add-on

Add-on

Document Management

Access a centralized and secure file repository for company forms, policies, and references, plus employee documents and certifications. If opted in, the package price will increase.

Add-on

Add-on

Workforce Management
Analytics and Reports Center

Efficiently manage HR, payroll, and benefits with more than 160 standard reports and the ability to create custom reports.

New Hire Reporting

Meet state reporting requirements for new and rehired employees and independent contractors.

Labor Posters

Receive up-to-date printed or electronic federal and state posters for display in your workplace.

State Unemployment Insurance Service

Get assistance with managing your unemployment insurance claims and processes.

Add-on

Workers’ Compensation Payment Service<sup>3</sup> or Report Service

Help maintain your cash flow and minimize the threat of large year-end policy audit payments by paying premiums based on actual wages with the Workers' Compensation Payment Service. Or get a Workers' Compensation Report allowing you to compare your actual WC responsibilities to what you are currently paying your provider.

Add-on

Job Costing and Labor Distribution

Organize expenses and determine which departments are most profitable and create labor assignments to your specifications and view your segmented data in reports.

Add-on

Add-on

Time and Attendance

Efficiently track time, manage schedules, and support compliance with our touchless clocking solutions and powerful Paychex Flex app.

Add-on

Add-on

Integrations
General Ledger Integrations

Reduce the time spent on payroll tasks and minimize the potential for errors. We work with hundreds of accounting software packages including QuickBooks® Online, Sage and XeroTM -- posting is fast, easy, and secure.

Add-on

Voice Assistant Integrations

Paychex Flex meets you and your employees where you need us — through our Paychex Flex Assistant chatbot, Siri®, Google® Assistant, text notifications, and other ways to save time and simplify administration.

Add-on

Add-on

Paychex Integrations‎

Get the freedom to choose the solutions that work best for you. Share data between Paychex Flex and leading software solutions for accounting, hiring, HR, and more with our API integrations. There may be additional cost involved depending on the integration.

Add-on

Add-on

Additional Services
Retirement Services

Paychex is the #1 provider of 401(k) plans in the country. From finding a new plan, to enrollment and plan maintenance, we are here to help. If opted in, the package price will increase.

Add-on

Add-on

Business Insurance<sup>4</sup>

Get complete business coverage for your organization, from a business owner’s policy to workers’ compensation, whether you’re a small business, LLC, or have hundreds of employees.

Add-on

Add-on

Employee Benefits

Help your business recruit and retain productive employees by offering health insurance, a retirement plan, and voluntary benefits from America’s number-one 401(k) recordkeeper and top 25 insurance agency. If opted in, the package price will increase.

Add-on

Add-on

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IDC SaaS Award for customer satisfaction
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2023 HR Tech Awards
Best Small Business-Focused Solution
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*The Three Months Free Payroll Over One Year Promotion (the “Promotion”) will run from 3/1/25 until 5/31/25 (the “Promotion Period”) and is subject to the following terms and conditions. The Promotion will consist of three (3) months of free payroll services to Eligible Clients. An “Eligible Client” is a client that: (1) is not currently receiving payroll services from Paychex; (2) elects either the Paychex Flex® Pro, Select, Enterprise or Express payroll services package by entering into a service agreement with Paychex; (3) has between 1–250 employees at the time it commences payroll services; (4) processes its first payroll, on or before 6/19/25, with Paychex during the Promotion Period; and (5) continues to process payroll with Paychex for twelve (12) consecutive months.

Paychex will credit an Eligible Client’s invoice for free payroll services in months one (1), three (3) and five (5) following commencement of payroll processing services. An Eligible Client must be processing payroll with Paychex in order to receive one month of free payroll services, and any unused month is not redeemable in U.S. currency or for any other entity. The Promotion only applies to payroll services, and Eligible Clients will be solely responsible for all fees due for services other than payroll services. The Promotion cannot be combined with any other offer and is a limited time offer that is only available during the Promotion Period. For businesses with 251+ employees, ask about Paychex’s other special offers.