Best payroll software with Quickbooks deskop

Which is the best payroll software to use with Quickbooks desktop?

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The payroll feature of Quickbooks desktop will no longer be supported after April.  We are experimenting with using Quickbooks Online as an alternative but the initial import of our data from desktop to online was a total disaster with trial balance figures coming out completely different in the online version to how they went in from desktop.  

We are therefore investigating carrying on with desktop but using a third party piece of software to run the payroll. 

Any recommendations? 

Thanks 

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JCACE
By jcace
12th Mar 2020 10:03

BrightPay all the way.
Easy to use, great functions, intuitive handling of all aspects of Auto Enrolment, links seamlessly with NEST and a host of other pension providers or has csv output files setup for them, can export journals into cloud based accounts software if you went down that route later, free support included - check them out.

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By Tim Vane
12th Mar 2020 10:46

jcace wrote:

free support included - check them out.

I agree that BP is the way to go but the support is fairly poor in my opinion since any query seems to be met with a request to send them your data. Our in house GDPR standards do not allow this so ultimately we end up having to figure stuff out ourselves. Not too many issues though but pension adjustments can be a bit iffy at times.

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By Tim Vane
12th Mar 2020 10:42

Bite the bullet and switch to QB Online. I am sure that Intuit will soon pull the desktop version completely so you may as well get moved over now when they are more likely to give you the support you need to do so.

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By peter.wood100
12th Mar 2020 11:18

PayCircle :-)

We've used PayCircle for the past year and recommend highly.

Totally cloud-based, so no software to instal or set up. Superb, easy set up for payrolls. The best integration with pension providers we have ever experienced.

A great portal for client employees

Superb support :-)

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By Alex_T
16th Mar 2020 12:34

BrightPay seems to be the obvious choice for QB desktop customers. It's very good well priced software. We rarely call/email support since we've been using the software for a few years but when we have needed help, I always support excellent. It's definitely worth a look.

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