Software > Accounting > 102.5 - Payroll
If you have employees, use a payroll service. Period. End of conversation. With a payroll service your weekly/monthly payroll checks are recorded in your accounting software as one aggregated payment, or you can break them out by category. Payroll is one of the lowest cost items you can sub out. It's complex and subbing it out is the right thing to do. It's a cost of doing business.