Struggling to Keep Up With HR and Payroll?

Running a business shouldn’t mean handling every payroll question, employee record, and HR task yourself.

Smith Marion’s outsourced HR services help California businesses manage recurring HR administration and payroll responsibilities without building a full in-house HR department. With payroll, accounting, and tax services available through one CPA firm, you can coordinate important business processes with a team that understands how they affect one another.

CPA and advisory firm since 1983 | Payroll, tax, and accounting services | Offices in Redlands, Riverside, and Lake Arrowhead.

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HR and Payroll Challenges We Help You Manage

  • Misclassifying workers as independent contractors
  • Payroll errors, such as transposed withholdings and mixed-up pre-tax and post-tax deductions
  • Payroll records that do not tie to your financial statements
  • Unrecorded time and unpaid overtime
  • Late or incorrect final paychecks
  • Missed harassment prevention training
  • Missed meal and rest breaks

Three Simple Steps to Get Started

  1. Complete an Interest Form
    Tell us about your business, workforce, and the HR or payroll responsibilities you’re looking to outsource.
  2. Discuss Your Needs
    We talk through your current processes, what’s working, and where additional support may be appropriate.
  3. Define the Right Scope
    Together, we identify which responsibilities Smith Marion can take on, which remain with your team, and how ongoing communication should work.
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What Makes Smith Marion’s Outsourced HR Services Different?

Your HR, Payroll, and Accounting Can Work Together

HR decisions often have financial consequences.

An employee’s classification affects payroll reporting. An incorrect deduction can affect both a paycheck and the accounting records behind it. Missing time records can create questions when payroll is processed.

Smith Marion combines outsourced HR administration with established payroll services, accounting, and tax capabilities.

Instead of treating every HR and payroll question as an isolated issue, our team can help coordinate information across these business functions.

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What Smith Marion Can Help You Manage

The responsibilities included in an outsourced HR engagement depend on your business’s needs and the agreed service scope.

Area What is included
Payroll Payroll processing, payroll tax filings and reporting, year-end W-2 and 1099 filings, and payroll records that tie to your financial statements.
Worker classification Payroll setup and documentation for employees and contractors, with coordination of classification questions that may require legal review.
HR administration Day-to-day HR administration, so the work stops landing on owners and operations managers.
Employment compliance Administrative support related to California timekeeping, final-pay procedures, training records, and other HR requirements within the agreed service scope.
People strategy Assessing your HR structure, recruiting support, coaching, and team restructuring through Smith Marion’s Talent consulting.
Manager support Training for the managers who handle day-to-day people issues, through custom manager training.
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Why Work With a CPA Firm in California for HR and Payroll?

Better Coordination Across Payroll, Accounting, and Tax

Payroll is more than issuing paychecks.

Employee information, wages, deductions, payroll taxes, and reporting all affect the financial records your business relies on.

Smith Marion’s accounting and tax capabilities offer an advantage for businesses that want their HR and payroll administration considered alongside broader financial responsibilities.

For example, a payroll deduction entered incorrectly may affect both an employee’s pay and the company’s financial reporting. Reviewing that issue within a coordinated payroll and accounting relationship can make it easier to identify where corrections are needed.

Our business tax services provide additional support for business owners managing tax filing and reporting responsibilities.

The goal is straightforward: clearer records, better coordination, and fewer administrative responsibilities falling entirely on the owner.

Questions Business Owners Ask About Outsourced HR

Outsourced HR includes the recurring HR work a business would otherwise assign to an employee or manager, such as onboarding paperwork, personnel files, leave tracking, and employment compliance, plus payroll if you add it. We agree with you which tasks move to Smith Marion and which stay with you.

No. With a PEO, the PEO becomes your employees’ co-employer and usually runs payroll, benefits, and workers’ compensation under its own plans. With outsourced HR, you stay the only employer and keep your own benefits and insurance carriers.

It depends on your headcount, how often you run payroll, and which HR and payroll tasks you want to hand off. Complete an interest form and we talk through your situation and goals, then discuss how Smith Marion can support them.

Outsource HR when the work is real but not full-time. A common sign is an owner or operations manager spending regular time on onboarding, payroll corrections, or employment questions instead of running the business.

Yes. Smith Marion runs payroll as part of its accounting and tax work, so payroll records match your financial statements and filings, and handles HR administration and employment compliance alongside it.

Smith Marion can correct it. A transposed withholding or a mixed-up pre-tax deduction is fixable, and our team can handle the correction.

A Smith Marion client coordinator will contact you within 24 hours of your inquiry, and a discovery call will follow to discuss your situation and goals.

Decide What to Hand Off Before the Next Hire Forces the Question

If HR and payroll keep landing on an owner or operations manager who has other work to do, start by listing the tasks that repeat every pay period and every new hire. Those are the first candidates to hand off. When you want a CPA firm to take them on, Smith Marion’s outsourced HR support can start with a conversation about which tasks to move first. Take the first step today by completing an interest form, and a client coordinator will contact you within 24 hours.

Contact Us

Let’s connect to discuss how we can support your business goals and help you navigate your financial journey with confidence.