Payroll Companies & Payroll Services in Charleston, WV

Rollins Cleavenger and Rollins PLLC is a certified public accounting firm in Charleston, West Virginia, with a history that reaches back to 1920. For employers weighing payroll providers, it offers payroll support as one part of a full CPA practice. Wage processing, payroll tax filings, bookkeeping, tax work and assurance engagements can all be handled by the same small team that already knows the client's books.

Payroll and Related Services

Payroll Services appear as a distinct offering on the firm's website. The firm describes its goal as helping clients make their reporting, payroll and day-to-day financial systems more dependable.

Its advisory work also mentions handling sales tax and payroll filings and examining labor cost as a share of revenue by shift, which can matter to restaurants and other businesses with hourly staff. Because payroll connects to the general ledger and tax returns, employers gain an advantage when one CPA firm sees the whole picture.

The full menu of services includes:

• Payroll services and payroll filings
• Accounting and bookkeeping, including account reconciliations and periodic reporting
• Tax preparation and forward-looking tax planning
• Audits, reviews and compilations of financial statements
• Business consulting, including cash forecasting and lender or SBA packages
• Help responding to IRS notices and tax problems
• Nonprofit accounting and Form 990 support
• Succession, exit and valuation planning
• Guidance on entity choice for new or restructuring companies

Who the Firm Serves

Clients include for-profit companies, nonprofit organizations, professional practices and households. The firm works mostly in downtown Charleston, South Hills, Kanawha City and the wider Kanawha Valley, and it also takes on clients in other parts of West Virginia.

Its consulting examples point to experience with hospitality operators: food and beverage cost reviews, menu profitability scoring, rent and vendor strategy, and modeling for operators with multiple locations. Businesses that keep their books in QuickBooks are also welcome. The firm explains that it can check the accuracy of those records, produce financial statements and interpret the results for owners.

How the Firm Works

New accounting engagements typically start with a look at the client's existing books, software and reporting needs. From there the firm organizes records, reconciles accounts and keeps information current through the year rather than only at filing time. The firm stresses plain-spoken communication, practical judgment and lasting working relationships.

Clients have access to an online portal and an electronic payment option, and the firm pairs its long local history with current accounting technology. Client data is shared only inside the firm on a need-to-know basis and is released to outside parties only with written consent or when the law requires it.

Team and Background

The firm's office sits on Kanawha Boulevard East in Charleston. Managing Partner Jason P. Staats, CPA, MBA, leads the practice. Senior Auditor Jeremy S. Hill, CPA, and consultant Edward J. Bailey, CPA, complete the listed team. The partners are involved in civic leadership, volunteer for nonprofits and take part in the accounting profession.

The firm presents that local involvement as a source of context and accountability in its client work. For a Charleston employer that wants payroll handled by a licensed CPA firm with more than a century of local presence, this practice is a hands-on alternative to national payroll processors.