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Payroll Services
Labor is usually the largest controllable cost in a licensed operation and one of the most important inputs to inventory costing. How payroll is coded determines whether production labor can be traced into cost of goods sold.
Processing and Filings
Payroll is processed on schedule with federal, state, and local withholding, unemployment reporting, and year-end forms handled through providers experienced with cannabis clients.
- Multi-location and multi-entity payroll
- Withholding, unemployment, and year-end filings
- New hire reporting and wage garnishment handling
Departmental Labor Allocation
Time is captured by department and, where practical, by function within department. Cultivation, processing, packaging, retail, and administration are separated so production labor can be identified.
Labor Cost Analysis
Labor as a percentage of revenue, cost per gram produced, and overtime concentration by location show where scheduling is drifting from plan.
Wage and Hour Recordkeeping
Timekeeping records, break documentation, and pay rate history should be retained. We coordinate with your employment counsel on policy questions rather than advising on them ourselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can any payroll provider serve a cannabis employer?
- Not all providers accept plant-touching clients. We help identify providers that do and configure departmental coding within them.
- Why does departmental coding matter so much?
- Because inventory costing depends on identifying production labor. Retrofitting the split after the fact is far weaker than capturing it at entry.
- Do you handle benefits administration?
- We support the payroll accounting and reporting side and coordinate with your benefits broker for plan administration.
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Read moreDiscuss Your Operation With a Cannabis Accounting Specialist
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