Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Lake Elmo, MN

Feuerhelm Langer and Ruza, LLC is a certified public accounting firm based in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, a short drive east of Saint Paul. It has additional offices in western Wisconsin, including Ellsworth. The firm works mainly with small and growing businesses across the Twin Cities metro area.

It handles payroll as one part of a wider set of accounting, tax and advisory work, so companies can keep payroll, bookkeeping and tax compliance with a single provider instead of splitting them among several vendors.

Payroll Services

The firm's payroll offering is aimed at owners who no longer want to calculate wages and file payroll taxes themselves. It is described as scalable, so it works for a business adding its first employee and for one that already has a full team. The firm's staff run each payroll cycle, produce the reports and handle the filings.

They also aim to make sure workers are paid accurately and on schedule. The firm says this approach lowers administrative overhead and protects clients from penalties caused by late deposits or filing errors. Services include:

• Payroll runs on a weekly, every-other-week or monthly schedule
• Direct deposit of employee pay
• Payroll reports tailored to the client
• Preparation and submission of payroll tax returns
• Year-end W-2, W-3 and 1099 forms
• Weekly accounting summaries
• Support with workers' compensation audits
• Help responding to unemployment claims

The firm says its payroll pricing is set with small-business budgets in mind. Prospective clients can request a free first consultation to talk through their needs.

Accounting, Tax and Advisory Work

Beyond payroll, the firm offers bookkeeping, outsourced accounting and outsourced controller services. It also prepares financial statements and compilations and provides QuickBooks setup, training and troubleshooting. On the tax side, it prepares returns and builds tax-planning strategies. Its advisory work covers business consulting, cash flow management, business loan assistance, debt restructuring, succession planning, and trust and estate planning.

For startups, the firm helps choose an entity type, such as an S-corporation, C-corporation, partnership or LLC. It also helps with business plans and cash flow projections and can set up bookkeeping and payroll from the start.

Industries and Approach

The firm names construction companies and franchise operators as industries it focuses on, alongside general small-business clients. It describes itself as client-centered and says it pairs the capabilities of a larger firm with the personal attention of a small practice. Staff aim to learn each client's operations and goals so they can tailor services and build lasting relationships. Clients can exchange documents through an online client portal and a secure file-sending tool.

For buyers comparing payroll providers, the firm's main strength is that payroll is managed by a CPA firm that also prepares the business's taxes and books. That can make it easier to keep payroll records, tax filings and financial statements consistent. It is best suited to small and mid-sized employers in the east metro and western Wisconsin that want an accountant-led payroll service instead of a standalone payroll software platform.