ZenPayroll is night and day with <i>all</i> other payroll services. They really remove the need for an accountant at all. The software and support are both superb.<p>Particularly for a small California business, there is no reasonable alternative I have seen, unless you feel like you have to go with one of the dinosaurs like ADP or Paychex.<p>I blog and Tweet about ZP somewhat frequently because it's been so refreshing: <a href="http://andrewljohnson.com/article/how-to-manage-a-micro-business-without-an-accountant/" rel="nofollow">http://andrewljohnson.com/article/how-to-manage-a-micro-busi...</a>