Payroll for restaurants and tipped staff
Restaurant payroll has to track tips, apply the tip credit correctly and top up wages when tips fall short. These providers publish specific tip features.
| Provider | Entry plan, published price | 15 employees / month | Tip features (vendor's words) |
|---|---|---|---|
| OnPay | $49/mo + $6/person Payroll Essentials (base plan) | $139 | Help center: OnPay prepares Form 8846 (credit for employer SS/Medicare on tips) "filled out and ready to go" for food & beverage employers. Tip credit / cash-tip entry: not stated on pages checked. |
| Square Payroll | $35/mo + $6/person Full-service payroll | $125 | "Direct-tip tracking and importing" (full-service only); labor-cost reports include tips. |
| Homebase (Payroll) | $49/mo + $6/person Payroll add-on (any plan) | $139 | Tip Manager add-on $25/month per location: "automatically pulls tips from your POS, calculates the tip pool, and adds it to timesheets." |
| Paychex Flex | Quote only | — | Employee pay options include "tip disbursement for tipped employees". Tip credit / tip reporting: not stated. |
Check your state's rules first: tipped minimum wage by state, with a tip-credit calculator on every state page.
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