OnPay's 7 step setup

Now that you've signed up to get started with OnPay, and created your OnPay password, you're ready to set up your account. We’ll cover the 7-step self-enrollment process here.

 

What we’ll cover

• Getting started
• Step 1: Company Basics
• Step 2: Owner or Officer Information
• Step 3: Reporting Agent Authorization 
• Step 4: Company Bank Account
• Step 5: Pay Schedules 
• Step 6: Worksites
• Step 7: Verify Bank Account
• Before you run payroll

What you’ll need:

• Company legal name
• Company phone number
• Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
• Owner/Officer information

Note: If you've never set up or run payroll before, we know it can be daunting. Get caught up with this quick guide to setting up payroll for the first time.

 

 

Getting started

After setting a password and clicking Sign Up, you’ll see your pending enrollment. Click Launch next to your company name.

Note: If you’re unable to complete your enrollment at any point of the process, that’s okay, your information is automatically saved. You can always resume where you left off by logging back in with your email and the password you created.

 

7 step setup

The rest of your enrollment will be setting up your account. We’ll do it in 7 steps, as seen below. On the left, you’ll see listed each step of the setup process. You can use this menu to return to previous steps to make changes when needed. If you ever need to step away, or you get interrupted before you’ve finished, that’s fine. Your progress is saved and you can return to this dashboard at any time by logging back in.

 

If you need help along the way, or just want to learn more about OnPay, visit our Help Center. You can also start a chat here, or just call us at (877) 328-6505, or email us at hello@onpay.com. 

Step 1: Company Basics

Company Name and Address

Enter the full legal name of your business as it appears in your tax returns.

Note: If your company also does business under a different name, you can add any DBA (Does Business As) names here. This DBA name will appear on worker paychecks.

 

 

Federal Tax Information

Enter your Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN). If you don’t have one, you can set one up with the IRS in just a few minutes. When you’re ready, you can return to OnPay and finish getting setup.

 

Company Classification

Find your registered Entity Type in the provided list. Then, tell us your industry. If you don’t see your exact industry, or you do business in a number of industries, just pick the best overall fit for describing your business. This information helps us better customize your experience, and file accurately on your behalf.

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Company Phone Number

Help us reach you if we have questions about your payroll by giving us the number where you can be reached.

 

Payroll

If you’ve paid employees this year, even if they no longer work for you, we’ll need reports for their Prior Wages. This is so that we can correctly deduct unemployment tax, and  file correctly on your behalf at the end of the year. Sounds like a lot? We understand. That’s why we’ll enter your employees AND their prior wages for you. It’s the fastest way to get set up!

 

First Check Date

Let us know when you want your employees to receive their first check using OnPay. In order to allow time for our team to implement your account, we recommend choosing a date that is at least one week away.

 

Click Continue to move to the next step. You can always return to this step later without losing your progress.

 

Step 2: Owner or Officer Information

Enter the personal information of at least one owner or officer of the company. This is the individual who has the authority to sign legal documents on behalf of the company. 

You must include

• Name
• Title
• Email address
• Personal phone number
• Social Security Number
• Birthday
• Home mailing address

If you are the Owner/Officer, get a head start by clicking “Use My Info”.

 

Click Save to finish adding the Owner/Officer’s information.

Once you’ve entered the Owner/Officer’s information, you can move on to the next step. If there are other Owner/Officers in your company, you’ll need to enter them, too. This can be done at any time during the setup process by returning to this step and clicking +Add Another.

 

Step 3: Reporting Agent Authorization 

We handle all your tax filings so that you can trust that it’s always correct and on-time. But we’re only able to do this if you authorize us by signing Form 8655. In this form, you’ll find that your information is already populated based on the information you’ve provided. To sign electronically, select your title below the document preview, and click Sign.

Need to skip this step?

Signing this form allows OnPay to:

• Sign and file certain returns
• Make deposits and payments for certain returns
• Receive duplicate copies of tax information, notices, and other written and/or electronic communication regarding any authority granted
• Provide IRS with information to aid in penalty relief determinations related to the authority granted on Form 8655

 

Click Continue to progress to the next step.

 

Step 4: Company Bank Account

Your company bank account will be used for all payroll transactions, including the initial credit and debit transactions used to verify the account is open and active.

Enter the account number and routing number for the bank account you would like to use to pay your employees and contractors. 

 

Once you’ve entered and double-checked these numbers, click Save & Continue. 

Note: Once you click Save & Continue, you will not be able to change this banking info on your own. This is to secure your account. If you’ve made an error, and need to correct saved banking information, email us at hello@onpay.com.

 

When you see your banking information has been provisioned, click Continue.

 

Step 5: Pay Schedules 

You'll set up a pay schedule for employee pay frequency and when they should be paid. You have the ability to set up more than one pay schedule in this section. 

 

Schedule name and pay frequency

The simplest and most common approach to naming your schedule is to use the pay frequency as the name. The pay frequency determines how often your employees will be paid. A weekly schedule could be named simply "Weekly". 

 

Conversely, if you pay different teams in your company with different frequencies, the name could be team based, such as "Management", or "Floor Techs". 

Whatever you decide, keep it simple, and to make sure that you, and anyone running payroll for your company can easily pick the right schedule.

 

Check Date & Period Start/End Date

While your options will vary depending on your chosen pay frequency, but you will always need to choose the first check date (the date you want employees to receive their first paycheck through OnPay), as well as Period Start and Period End Dates (the span of time worked that the first paycheck is for). Remember that the last day of the period should be the day before the start of the next, not on the same day.

Note: Future pay periods and check dates will be scheduled based on this information, and the pay frequency.

 

Pay schedule preview

Based on this information, we’ll show you upcoming payroll cycles, including pay run deadlines, so you can get an idea of how this schedule works before you finish creating it.

Pay period options explained

 

Click Create when you’ve confirmed the details of your pay schedule.

 

You should now see your upcoming pay schedule. You can also add another schedule. You may have as many as your company needs.

 

Step 6: Worksites

Enter the location where your employees will perform their work. If you have multiple worksites, enter the main location here, then you will be able to add others. 

Once you click Create, you will be able to add other worksites if needed. Enter all locations where your employees perform work. If you have employees working in another state, or a city where taxation is different than your main location, it’s important to indicate these worksites here. Different states/localities have unique tax implications, so this info helps ensure we get the payroll taxes right for every employee. 

 

Step 7: Verify Bank Account

Almost there! Before you can process your first payroll with OnPay, we'll need to verify your bank account. You can do this instantly and securely using Plaid, or to continue the enrollment and verify the bank account manually at a later time.

Click Continue, then follow the prompts. For detailed instructions in this process, including how to manually verify your bank account, check out this article!

 

Before you run payroll

Paying your team

Check your inbox for an email from someone in our Financial Operations team requesting asking the following:

• Do you intend to use direct deposit or print paper checks?
• How much do you intend to process, and how often?  For example, “We will process $2,000 on a weekly basis”.
• How many employees and/or contractors will you be paying?

It's important that you reply to this email promptly, as you will not be able to run payroll until we have this information. Learn more about setting up direct deposit→

 

Prior wages

If you answered “yes” to prior wages in Step 1, then we’ll need to get the payroll history of all employees paid this year, even if they no longer work for you. Our team will email you to get this process started, but you can learn how it works in this article.

 

Entering workers

This is where it gets really easy, because we'll enter your workers for you. You can still enter them yourself, or invite them to setup their accounts on their own. We'll show you how!

• Let OnPay enter your workers for you
  
• How to add an employee
• How to send an offer letter
• How to add a contractor

 

Congratulations, you’re enrolled!

While we're entering your employees information and their prior wages, start familiarizing yourself with the OnPay dashboard. You can also learn about applying for direct deposit.

To learn more about using OnPay, visit our Help Center, or email us at hello@onpay.com. 

Want to talk to an expert? Call us at (877)328-6505, or start a chat by clicking on the question mark at the top of your dashboard.

 

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