# @Intuit QuickBooks on YouTube - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8MUn8730Y - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70768127-Intuit-QuickBooks-youtube - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/ef57f58179.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-09-11T20:59:57.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Intuit QuickBooks (@quickbooks) — https://gondola.cc/quickbooks ## Caption How do you offer employee benefits as a small business? Do payroll companies even offer health insurance? Chef and small business owner Joe Sasto breaks down what employee benefits actually are, what's required by law, and what optional benefits employees expect from businesses. How do you offer benefits to employees as a small business? Start by understanding your two criteria: what's legally mandated and what's optional. required benefits, which are legally mandated. This includes workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, and Social Security/Medicare taxes. Optional benefits include health insurance, dental and vision plans, flexible schedules, wellness programs, and more expansive retirement plans like 401(k)s. Put together a benefits package that makes sense for your business. Think about your business size, industry, employee needs, and budget. How do you get benefits set up for a small business? Research what's common in your industry, ask your employees what they value, and pick a platform that centralizes enrollment instead of managing it manually. QuickBooks Workforce's benefits administration tools let you offer options like healthcare, 401(k) plans, and workers' comp with simple enrollment, all managed in one hub. Do payroll companies typically offer health insurance? Most integrated payroll and HR platforms don't underwrite insurance themselves, but they can make it dramatically easier to offer and administer it by handling enrollment, tracking, and documentation alongside payroll. What does QuickBooks Workforce do? QuickBooks Workforce centralizes benefits administration allowing for easy benefits enrollment for employees. Plus, you can offer healthcare, 401(k) plans, and workers' comp to your growing team. In this video, you'll learn: ✔ What employee benefits are, and how small businesses can offer them ✔ The difference between required and optional benefits ✔ What counts as a taxable vs nontaxable fringe benefits ✔ How to choose the right benefits package for your business ✔ How QuickBooks Workforce centralizes benefits administration, tracking, and documentation About the host Joe Sasto is a chef and owner of Tantos. As he's hired more people to grow his puffed pasta snack business, benefits questions from his own team sent him looking for answers. He shares what he's learned about employee benefits as he grew his business. 0:00 Intro 1:03 What are employee benefits? 2:07 Why offer employee benefits? 2:49 Required benefits: What the law says 3:23 Optional benefits: What are they 4:02 What are fringe benefits? Taxable vs nontaxable fringe benefits 4:30 How to craft the right benefits package 5:37 QuickBooks Workforce: benefits administration made simple 🔗 Learn more about QuickBooks Workforce: https://intuit.me/3TZD5JQ 🔗 A guide to employee benefits: https://intuit.me/4bQtPhn 🔗 Employee health benefits 101: https://intuit.me/4gdMepA 🔗 What are fringe benefits? https://intuit.me/4qdu0Js 🔔 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more small business guidance: http://intuit.me/3bOj0M2 🔗 Visit QuickBooks.com: http://intuit.me/QBO #EmployeeBenefits #QuickBooksWorkforce #SmallBusinessTips ## Stats - **Views:** 1,880 - **Likes:** 6 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 1 ## Tags smallbusinesstips, quickbooksworkforce, employeebenefits --- Copyright (c) Gondola