Globally the payroll landscape has evolved drastically over the past decade due to significant tech intervention, service delivery models and complex solutions being offered by service providers. The payroll landscape in Bangladesh is however, not very well developed. Multinationals have mostly tailored their group payroll solutions for local purposes and some use their group Shared Service Centres to process payroll. Local firms on the other hand are starting to wake up to the idea of actually professionally managing their payroll. This may be a good time to mention that payroll is essentially known as the process of paying employees on a periodic (usually monthly) basis after deductions. The most important deduction is tax at source which an employer is legally required to withhold and pay the government on a regular basis. This is something local companies were reluctant to do till recent tightening in tax laws. In contrast a lot of start-ups nowadays look to remain compliant and are actively managing payroll. This is where the question arises of whether to outsource a payroll function or not.
Here are some major factors which influence the decision to outsource a payroll function and this applies to both established businesses and start-ups (particularly start-ups):
By contrast, online payroll solutions offer a “safe haven” for your confidential payroll data. In addition to redundant backup and multiple server locations, a quality payroll provider invests in state-of-the-art systems for storing and protecting data, simply because it is part of the service provided to clients.
Competition being what it is in today’s world, business owners struggle to keep up with advancements in their primary line of work and therefore cannot be expected to be experts in a non-core function such as payroll. Hence it is safer, cheaper and more professional to outsource a non-core function such as payroll to someone for whom it is a core function i.e. a payroll service provider.
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