CharterAccounting & Tax Service
Payroll pricing worksheet
Prepared for Michael Winnford, Winnford Academy

What weekly payroll costs, by company

Adjust the employee count for each company below to see the per-run cost and the amount billed monthly. Pay frequency and headcount are the only two things that change the number.

Base per run$75.00, per company
Per employee$2.00, per run
BillingMonthly, not per run

Company 1

Employees

Base per run$75.00
20 × $2.00$40.00
Cost per run$115.00
Billed monthly$498.33

Company 2

Employees

Base per run$75.00
20 × $2.00$40.00
Cost per run$115.00
Billed monthly$498.33

Combined monthly total

52
Runs per year, per company
40
Employees, both companies
$230.00
Combined cost per run set
Billed monthly, both companies$996.67

Each company is billed on its own base, one $75.00 charge per pay run per entity, not a single base shared across both. The per-employee rate applies per company as well. Charter bills monthly regardless of pay frequency, so a weekly client is not sent 52 invoices a year. This worksheet covers running payroll only. Setup, quarterly filings, W-2 and 1099 preparation, and off-cycle runs are priced separately and are not included in the figures above.