Who sets it up, and why we never run it

Finding 01What we want you to take away

That payroll goes wrong at setup far more often than it goes wrong on payday, and that the accounts underneath it are the bit nobody checks.

If you read the pages, fixed your own chart of accounts and never called, that's a good result. The dates and the order are the useful part and they're free.

Finding 02Who does the setting up

Steven Palmieri, based in Dallas, Texas. The number in the footer is his, not a switchboard, and the writing on this site was last dated 29 September 2026.

Finding 03Why the button stays yours

A provider in your own name means you can see every filing, change anything, and leave whenever you like without asking permission. If what you actually need is a signed report on statements, the state board's lookup is the honest first step.

Finding 04Payday stays on your side

Putting payroll in place is ordinary work and there's no CPA license at this desk. Assurance reports, audits, reviews and compilations stay with a firm that holds one.

We also don't run payday from here, and that's deliberate rather than a gap. The provider is yours, the login is yours, and the button is yours. If a bank wants a signed statement, you'll hear that before any calendar gets discussed. The longer version is on the disclosures page.

Source. The reserved-report rules at Texas Occupations Code sections 901.451, 901.453 and 901.456, read 29 September 2026 while writing about payroll setup.

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