Question 1

Does US Payroll handle US tax compliance?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Federal income tax and FICA are built into your salary components, and you can generate W-2, W-3 and the quarterly Form 941. State specifics are configured for the states you operate in.

Question 2

How are employees paid?

Accepted Answer

You can pay by ACH direct deposit by generating an ACH file for your bank, or issue and track printed checks, all inside ERPNext. Employees get pay stubs for every run.

Question 3

Where does my payroll data live?

Accepted Answer

Inside your own ERPNext, on your own server or your Frappe Cloud account. Nothing is sent to a third party, access is controlled by ERPNext roles and permissions, and every change is tracked.

Question 4

Does it support 1099 contractors?

Accepted Answer

US Payroll is built for W-2 employee payroll. Contractor and 1099 workflows are not part of the app today, though ERPNext can record and pay suppliers separately.

Question 5

Who is US Payroll for?

Accepted Answer

US businesses and the agencies that run payroll for them, on ERPNext. It suits teams that want to own their payroll data and run it in house rather than through an outside provider.

Question 6

Is US Payroll full service payroll?

Accepted Answer

US Payroll calculates pay and taxes and generates your W-2, W-3 and Form 941 and ACH files, so you stay in control and file them yourself. It is not a third party filing service, which keeps your payroll and data inside your own ERPNext.

Question 7

Does it work for multiple companies or agencies?

Accepted Answer

Yes. ERPNext is natively multi-company, so you can run payroll and generate Form 941, W-2 and W-3 for every company you manage, scoped under each EIN.

Question 8

Can US Payroll integrate with other systems?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Because it runs on Frappe and ERPNext, every record is available over a full REST API, with webhooks for real time events. You can sync payroll with your accounting, bank, HR tools or any third party, and build custom integrations.

Question 9

Is US Payroll open source?

Accepted Answer

Yes. It is open source and self-hosted inside your own ERPNext, so your payroll and data never leave your system. Paid support is available from Bizmap.