Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Leola, PA

Overview

Smoker & Company LLC is a certified public accounting and business advisory firm based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with its main office in Leola. The locally owned practice has worked with area businesses and households for more than four decades. It treats payroll as one part of a broader package that also covers tax work, bookkeeping, accounting and advisory support.

For employers comparing payroll providers, the appeal is a single firm that can handle wage processing alongside the books and returns that payroll feeds into.

Payroll and Back-Office Support

The firm places its payroll offering within its business services line. Staff can work at a client's own location or remotely with computerized systems, and they can also handle paper records where a business still keeps them. Owners can hand off the full back-office function or only selected tasks. Related work that typically connects to payroll includes:

• Payroll processing and payroll assistance for small businesses
• Quarterly filings and annual year-end reporting
• 1099 preparation for contractors
• Payables and receivables management
• Bank reconciliation and general ledger work
• Cash flow statements, depreciation schedules and compiled financial statements
• Customized management reports

How Engagements Work

New clients start with an initial consultation and then choose which areas they want help with. The team sets up the necessary software and procedures, trains client staff where needed, and then provides continuing guidance. Owners decide how involved they want to remain, and the firm supplies reports and data for their review.

Work can follow a schedule ranging from daily to annual, and one-off projects are also accepted. For businesses running QuickBooks, the firm offers file and chart-of-accounts setup, a two-hour hands-on class where clients learn while completing real entries, advice on which edition and add-ons fit best, guidance on cloud-hosted desktop options, and cleanup of disorganized data files.

Industries and Service Area

The firm serves companies across Central Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna Valley, with clients drawn largely from Lancaster and Berks counties as well as Chester County and neighboring areas. It reports experience with a range of local sectors, including:

• Agriculture
• Skilled trades and craftsmanship
• Advanced manufacturing
• Retail
• Technology

Team, Locations and Differentiators

Leadership includes CEO Mike Smoker, who is a CPA, attorney and real estate broker, along with partners Andrew Smoker, David Wiener and Erik Miller. The wider staff includes CPAs, enrolled agents and accountants. Clients can visit five offices in Leola, Ephrata, Lititz, Manheim and Reading.

Beyond payroll and bookkeeping, the firm provides corporate and individual tax preparation and planning, financial planning that ties investment, retirement and college savings decisions to tax strategy, consulting for growing companies, and business brokering that covers valuing a company, marketing it, screening buyers and closing the sale. It also runs reward programs for existing clients.

For employers who want payroll handled by the same accountants who prepare their returns and financial statements, this combined model is the main distinction.