Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Chaska, MN

Drazan, Henke and Associates, PLLC, which operates under the shorter name DHA CPAs, is a certified public accounting practice located in Chaska, Minnesota, a short drive from Shakopee. According to the firm, clients get the expertise found at bigger practices along with the personal attention typical of a small office.

Its client base includes companies, private taxpayers, and trusts and inheritance matters across Minneapolis, St. Paul and the wider Twin Cities region. Employers weighing payroll options will find that DHA offers payroll run by CPAs as one piece of an ongoing accounting, tax and consulting engagement, not as a self-serve software product.

Payroll Support

The firm's client accounting group takes care of payroll from start to finish, covering every pay period through the close of the calendar year:

• Calculating what each worker has earned and paying them by paper check or direct deposit, using one of several software options
• Compiling payroll tax reports and remitting withheld amounts to the appropriate taxing authorities
• Submitting required payroll tax returns for the employer
• Generating and sending out W-2s to staff and 1099s to outside contractors

Through DHA's website, clients can sign in to a payroll account and use a protected online portal to view their files and records at any time.

Bookkeeping and Financial Analysis Beyond Payroll

Since payroll is part of a full accounting practice, a business can turn over a larger share of its administrative finance work to one group. DHA posts transactions to the general ledger, prepares balance sheets and profit and loss statements, and provides controller-style advice on budgets and internal safeguards.

The firm can also teach a company's own employees how to work in QuickBooks, and it calculates and files sales and use tax. Owners looking past basic compliance can use DHA's analytics offering, which examines financial performance, estimates future cash flow, monitors key performance indicators, prepares forecasts, and considers equity and after-tax wealth planning.

The team also explores options for redistributing income among members of family-held businesses.

Consulting, Tax and Client Sectors

Part of DHA's consulting practice has a direct effect on labor costs. That work includes determining whether a worker belongs on payroll or should be treated as an independent contractor, establishing bookkeeping systems, recommending the right legal form for a business, and guiding startups through launch.

The firm's broader consulting covers ownership transition planning, business purchases and sales supported by due diligence, R&D tax credits, cost segregation studies, analysis of whether to buy, build or lease, and shareholder agreements. On the tax side, DHA plans and files for both companies and private clients, and it advises on trusts, gifts and wealth transfer.

Sectors the firm identifies include:

• Property owners, investors and developers
• Builders and building trade contractors
• Companies that produce and fabricate goods
• Firms whose main product is expert advice
• Lodging, dining and guest-oriented businesses
• Software and digital companies
• Wealthy families, along with their trusts and inheritance planning

The Firm's Approach

DHA presents itself as a partner that works side by side with clients. Rather than offering a fixed package, it assembles a combination of offerings tailored to what each client is trying to achieve, with the goal of simplifying money matters and helping owners make choices with greater assurance.

Reviews posted on the firm's site point to client relationships lasting ten years or longer, team members who reach out ahead of due dates on their own initiative, and bookkeeping clean enough to make monthly financial check-ins practical.

For employers in Scott County and the southwest suburbs, this means a single nearby team can manage payroll, recordkeeping and tax strategy under one roof.