Small Business Tax Savings Podcast · Mike Jesowshek, CPA
Hiring Your First Employee? Don’t Make These Expensive Payroll Mistakes
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Mike Jesuschak declares using payroll software a non-negotiable, citing business owners who wrecked their companies by trying to DIY.
As heard by us
Hiring the first employee means taking on payroll, compliance, and classification, not just growth.
Hiring the first W-2 employee sounds like a milestone, but this piece keeps pulling it back to the real work: payroll taxes, filings, state rules, workers comp, and deadlines that do not care how busy the owner is. That shift is what gives the advice its value.
Why you'd press play
You're about to hire, and this keeps your first W-2 from turning into a payroll-tax mess.
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