Hi Reader,

I spent the weekend painting my daughter’s room. Round 2 of 3.

This weekend should be the last of the painting, and the new furniture is supposed to arrive Tuesday. I’m putting a lot of faith in “supposed to.”

Speaking of things that only work in the right order.

Hire a clinician who lives in another state and you usually pick up a second state’s payroll, which has to be set up before her first payday.

A client of mine hired a clinician in California. She started May 18.

The practice didn’t get its California employer account number until August 18.

Three months.

The Q2 payroll tax return came due right in the middle of that, with no account to file it under. So it didn’t get filed.

His payroll software was ready the whole time. It was waiting on an account number, and getting that number was his job.

Your payroll provider files in the new state. Someone has to open the account first, and unless you’ve handed that off on purpose, that someone is you.

I wrote up the 4 questions I’d ask before hiring in any state, including the one that can stop the hire cold no matter how clean your payroll setup is.

👉 Hiring an employee in another state? Here’s what your therapy practice needs to know​

Got an out-of-state candidate on your radar right now? Hit reply and tell me which state.

Until next time,

Abby