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Payroll Processing on the Internet, in Real Time.

The Problem

Processing the company payroll can be a tedious and labor-intensive task. It is also a function that carries considerable risk. Errors can result in both employee ill will and costly fines. IRS requirements for electronically filing withheld income and employment taxes are adding another level of complexity to the process. And as more companies become multi-state employers, payroll processing must include immediate access to the most up-to-date regulations for not only the federal government, but also all states and even local cities and municipalities.

Whether payroll is done in-house or outsourced, the software used for this function is critical. However, licensing software and taking on the task of processing payroll on-site requires additional labor and equipment, and deprives an organization of valuable people resources to manage software upgrades and maintenance of it. If payroll is outsourced, the company loses some degree of control and immediate access to its payroll data.

The Solution

The advent of "e-processing" over the Internet now offers companies an easier, more cost-effective and accurate solution to these dilemmas. The advent of the application service provider (ASP) makes Internet payroll processing possible. An ASP "rents out" access to specialized computer software over the Internet as an alternative to customers buying, installing and maintaining the software and servers themselves. Now, employers and accountants can access the appropriate payroll software and process their payroll over the Internet in real time through an ASP available from Infinisource Payroll, the first real time Internet payroll service.

Infinisource Payroll's ASP enables the customer to process payroll at any time, from anywhere. While other companies may say they process payroll over the Internet, the phrase Internet payroll is in most cases referring to using the Internet to mail in files by e-mail for later processing by a service bureau. Infinisource Payroll replaces these old-fashioned "batch-and-wait" models with instant payroll processing on the Internet, through the ASP.

With the Infinisource Payroll ASP, customers do the processing themselves, in real time, by accessing continuously upgraded software on the Internet and paying a transaction fee every time they use it. This way they avoid the more costly licensing fees and the hassles of on-site software installation and maintenance. With the ASP, there’s no need to tie up in-house systems support personnel or contract with outside information technology consultants, because there’s no system installed at the customer’s place of business.

The technology available over Infinisource Payroll’s ASP is a fully integrated hardware and software infrastructure developed with the most advanced tools available.

Why This Solution is Available Now

For some time, employers have longed for a way to process their payroll electronically, but have understandably been reluctant to trust the security of sensitive information over the Internet. Infinisource Payroll's ASP alleviates customer concerns about the privacy of large-scale data transmission. By developing state-of-the-art security technologies and firewall systems, Infinisource Payroll has found a way to protect the confidentiality of customers’ payroll and tax records by keeping them under lock and key in the customer’s own private Company Vault. Access to the vault is solely through a proprietary software browser and secret code. Sophisticated firewalls prevent even initial passage into the vault without the proper code identification. This system enables the user to define not only which staff members should have access, but also what types of data can be retrieved and/or modified by which staff members.

Because an ASP is available via the Internet rather than by software loaded onto a given system, a user’s staff can access the Infinisource Payroll ASP from any computer, anywhere in the world. This means that busy personnel executives can process payroll and revise company records from virtually unlimited locations. Moreover, employers working in a distributed environment with offices located in different cities, no longer have to worry about consolidating data to one location. The ASP model keeps the entire company’s data safe and secure in one location, easily accessible from any office at any time.

With Infinisource Payroll’s ASP, employer's payroll processing headaches are effectively over. Companies can now join the vanguard of twenty-first century personnel operations by processing payroll the fast, cost-effective and safe way, over the Internet.