ezPaycheck Payroll Software

Trying ezPaycheck payroll software is risk-free! We offer a hassle-free, 30-day trial period. It fits for small to mid-sized companies, churches, non-profits and accountants.

Yes. ezPaycheck is very user-friendly and easy-to-use. We intentionally engineered this software for those end-users who are not professional accountants and payroll tax experts. We believe small business software should be simple, reliable and affordable - so that owners can focus their time and energy on running their businesses, not trying to figure out how to run payroll software.

ezPaycheck comes with the sample database. Once you install this software, you are ready to generate your paycheck for testing purpose. Please feel free to try it.

ezPaycheck small business payroll software has been in the market since year 2006 and used by thousands of businesses. If you have any questions on tax calculations, please feel free to contact us. We are glad to explain how ezPaycheck works step by step.

No, you can start using ezPayCheck Payroll at any time of the year. EzPaycheck supports the YTD manually input feature.

Yes! You can print W-2 form Copy B, c and D on plain paper, complete and ready to use. You can print W-2 copy A and W-3 on pre-printed red-ink forms.

If you need pdf, efile or blank paper printing features, you can check ezW2 software from our company.

No. ezPaycheck software does not print 1099/1096 form. You can check ezW2 software from our company, which will print w2, w3, 1099-misc, 1096 forms.

ezPaycheck 2010 or later will generate and print 940 & 941 reports.

Yes. Our payroll software can handle tips. You can enter the tip amount directly when you generate a new check.

Our payroll software can also handle the tips in restaurants. You can check this article on how to handle tips in restaurants.

Yes. Our payroll software can handle commissions.

ezPaycheck payroll system comes with federal and state tax tables. It also includes the flexible features to handle local taxes. Please read this document on how to handle local taxes.

Yes, ezPayCheck Payroll software is very flexible and can handle both pre-tax and after-tax deduction.

Yes, printing checks from your own printer is perfectly legal. However, checks must be printed on special check paper.

If you have pre-printed checks with MICR line, you can use any printer. If you need to print checks on blank stock, we suggest customers to use MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) toner and MICR ink for the best printing quality. However, many US bank are using Optical check reader today which can scan the checks printed on blank stock with regular office/home laser printers.A jet or dot matrix printer CAN'T be used to print checks on blank check stock.

DO NOT use plain paper! Blank check stock has security features (watermarks, micro printing, etc.) which help prevent fraud. ezPaycheck will work with any blank computer check paper with 8-1/2" X 11" size and check-on-top with size 8-1/2" X 3-1/2", check-in-middle with size 8-1/2" X 3-1/2", check-at-bottom with size 8-1/2" X 3-1/2" Or you can write check on pre-printed checks (by uncheck the top check box on Check Setup form).

ezPaycheck 2010 and later versions support check-on-top format, check-in-middle format and check-at-bottom format.
ezPaycheck 2009 and earlier versions just supports check-on-top format.

Yes. Our software can print the MICR encoding on paychecks. You can print MICR bank routing numbers, account numbers, check numbers and bank information on blank check stock with a laser printer.

The DEMO version or the download version is actually the full version with the only limitation that it will print the SAMPLE image on W2, W3. 940 and 941 tax forms. It stops working after 30 days unless you activate it. You can activate the program at any time and all your data will stay there.

Yes.

Our system will send the license key to your email account once the transaction is completed. Usually, you can get it in 1 to 5 minutes depending on how often your mailbox is updated.

Some mail servers may block the messages sent by machine. If you cannot find the key in your Inbox folder or Junk Mail folder after one hour, please contact us at services@halfpricesoft.com. We are glad to send the key to you manually.

If you purchase ezPaycheck at $89 for the first year, there is no extra charge for the update packages for the same year edition. For the second year, you just need to pay $59, which include all the update package for that year's edition.

No. As the current registered user, you will get all update packages during the same tax year for free.

On check setup page, you can do: Uncheck the "Use Blank Check Stock" check box to print check on preprinted check. The default is checked. Specify the bank information: Bank name, addresses, transit code, Routing Number, Bank Account. Define the current check number. This number will increase by one automatically after each check printing. You can adjust the check print out position by modifing the "Offset left", "Offset right", "Offset up" and "Offset down" text box. You can print out "Check Alignment Page" and align you check on the bottom and right line to check if the Routing Number fits inside the correct box. The "Print Check Alignment" button is on "Check Setup Page". The Routing Number includes the leading symbol. Specify the logo image. Specify the signature image. Input company name address displayed on paychecks.

You can adjust the paycheck print out position by modifing the "Offset left", "Offset right", "Offset up" and "Offset down" text box.

You can select the checks you want to print from the check list, then press the print button to print them together.

You can print out "Check Alignment Page" and align paycheck on the bottom and right line to check if the Routing Number fits inside the correct box. The "Print Check Alignment" button is on "Check Setup Page". The Routing Number includes the leading symbol.

The signature image file can accept .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .tiff and .png.

The easiest way is using free Windows Paint from Accessories -> Paint. You can set the image size to 150 X 50 in Pixel from Image->Attibutes. And then use the pen to draw your signature.

You can select this option from check setup form. You can access check setup form by clicking the top menu "settings->check setup". Then you can uncheck "Use Blank Check Stock" option to use pre-printed check.

Followings are the steps to enter YTD information.

1. Click "List Employee" Link under "Employee" Tab on left menu.
2. Select you target employee from employee list.
3 Click "Input/View History YTD Data" to enter YTD information.

Please remember that the ENDING DATE of the YTD data should be earlier than your first payroll check date. They should not be overlapped.

For example: If you first payroll check starts from 5/1/2007, then the ENDING DATE of the YTD data should be earlier than 4/30/2007. Otherwise, you may not be able to save your data correctly.

If you need to move the ezPaycheck to a new computer, you first need to install ezpaycheck on the machine, back up your company database file to a shared folder or a USB disk, and then restore it on the new computer. Please here for step by step instructions on how to backup and resore database.

Yes. You can check this article on how to handle tips with ezPaycheck payroll system