Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Huntley, IL

U-Nique Accounting is an accounting firm based in Huntley, Illinois, that concentrates on the financial side of hospitality businesses. Its core clientele includes independent restaurants, breweries, distilleries, taprooms, cafes, food trucks, wine and cocktail bars, and sports pubs, and the firm also maintains plans for small businesses outside the food and beverage world. Its location pages describe work with owners in Elgin and the wider Fox River Valley, with meetings held either locally or virtually.

Payroll Services

Payroll is one part of a broader package that also covers bookkeeping, taxes, and fractional CFO support. The firm runs payroll on Gusto and can add payroll to any of its plans. Its payroll offering covers employee onboarding and HR basics, processing each pay run, and keeping up with payroll tax filings so clients avoid penalties.

For restaurants that already have a payroll vendor, U-Nique can instead act as a coordinator, handling tip reporting, multi-state setups, and compliance for tipped staff. Specific payroll features listed on its site include:

• Direct deposit for staff
• Automatic remittance of payroll taxes
• Administration of employee benefits
• Tracking of sick leave and PTO
• Employee self-service through the Gusto portal for pay stubs and benefits details
• Guidance on payroll credits, including the FICA Tip Credit

Hospitality Focus

For buyers in food and beverage, the main draw is the firm's industry knowledge. U-Nique ties point-of-sale platforms such as Toast and Square to payroll and to Xero, so sales and labor figures post to the ledger without being typed in twice.

It encourages practices common in the restaurant trade, such as a 13-month accounting calendar and hospitality-specific KPIs, and it tracks measures like food cost and pour cost. Brewery clients also get help with excise obligations, taproom payroll, ingredient costs, and margins on distribution versus taproom sales.

The firm has published a free guide for restaurant owners explaining recent IRS rules on tips and payroll and how tip income should move from the POS into the books.

How the Firm Works

Clients pay a single fixed monthly fee instead of hourly charges, and the firm says owners are never billed for asking a question. Clients can reach the team as often as they like by phone, email, or text. The firm also deliberately spaces out client meetings so that no conversation is cut short.

All work, including bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services, is handled by one team based in the United States. Bookkeeping is kept current every week, and every plan comes with a fractional CFO element and tax planning. Optional add-ons include outsourced payables and receivables, sales tax and 1099 processing, cash flow forecasting, and budget-versus-actual reporting.

Credentials and Technology

U-Nique holds Xero Certified Gold Partner status, and its staff carry Xero advisor certification. It handles migrations for businesses switching from QuickBooks or other software and uses Syft to turn bookkeeping data into dashboards and forecasts. The firm cites more than 15 years of experience serving small businesses, and it works with hospitality operators at every stage, from launch through to a sale or exit.