New business owners
Clients forming an LLC, corporation, or other entity who need help getting established.
Help business clients with formation and payroll through Cinco.
Conecta users can connect business clients with Cinco for entity formation, payroll, employee and contractor onboarding, payroll tax filings, and ongoing business compliance. As the partnership develops, Conecta and Cinco are also working toward a more connected experience that reduces repeated data entry and keeps important business and payroll information easier to access.
- Business formation
- Payroll processing
- Payroll tax filings
- Employee and contractor onboarding
- Multi-state payroll
- Connected business records
Ready to help business clients with formation and payroll without building everything in-house?
Formation and payroll support for the business clients your office already serves
Tax professionals, accountants, bookkeepers, and payroll providers regularly hear questions from clients about LLCs, corporations, EINs, first employees, contractors, payroll setup, payroll reports, and tax filings. Cinco gives your office a partner to introduce those clients to without building formation and payroll infrastructure internally.
Businesses hiring their first employee
Owners moving from self-employment into payroll and employee onboarding.
Employers needing payroll
Businesses that need recurring payroll processing, withholding calculations, and payroll administration.
Businesses paying contractors
Clients that need contractor onboarding, payment support, and organized records.
Multi-state employers
Businesses operating or hiring across multiple states that need payroll and filing coordination.
Tax offices needing cleaner payroll records
Conecta users who need faster access to payroll reports, Forms 941, filing history, and business information.
About Cinco
Cinco is a business operations platform built for advisors and small businesses. It brings business formation, payroll, employee and contractor onboarding, payroll tax compliance, reporting, and business workflows into one connected system.
Through the Conecta partnership, the goal is to make it easier for tax professionals to connect clients with those services while reducing repeated data entry and keeping relevant business and payroll records connected as the integration develops.
Cinco may also make other business services available through appropriate providers, but the primary focus of this Conecta partnership is formation, payroll, compliance, and connected business data.
Services you can introduce through Cinco
Your office stays the relationship source. Cinco handles the formation, payroll, onboarding, compliance, and operational service process.
Use the categories below as a quick reference when a client asks what you can help them with — then introduce them to Cinco for the formation and payroll conversation.
Business formation
For clients starting or restructuring a business who need entity setup and onboarding support.
- Entity incorporation
- Formation filings
- Business identity setup
- EIN information
- Formation documents
- Identity verification
- New-business onboarding
Payroll and payroll tax compliance
For employers that need payroll processing, tax calculations, filings, and recurring payroll support.
- Payroll processing
- Multi-state payroll
- Automated payroll tax calculations
- Payroll tax filings
- Forms 941
- State filing coordination
- Employee payments
- Contractor payments
- Payroll reports
- Audit-ready payroll records
Employee and contractor onboarding
For businesses adding workers and needing a more organized onboarding process.
- Employee onboarding
- Contractor onboarding
- Worker information collection
- Payment setup
- Required payroll information
- Onboarding workflows
- Connected worker records
Connected business records and workflows
For advisors and business owners who want fewer disconnected systems and less repeated data entry.
- Matching businesses by EIN
- Matching businesses by legal business name
- Connected client and business records
- Reduced duplicate data entry
- Payroll-document organization
- Compliance workflows
- Status tracking
- Advisor-ready records
Most common introduction opportunities for Conecta users
These are practical moments when a normal tax, bookkeeping, or advisory conversation can turn into a Cinco introduction.
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A client is starting an LLC or corporation
Cinco can help with entity formation, setup, and onboarding.
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A new business needs payroll established
Cinco can help move the client from owner-only operations into payroll.
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A client hires their first employee
Cinco can support worker onboarding and payroll setup.
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A business begins paying contractors
Cinco can help organize contractor onboarding and payments.
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An employer expands into another state
Cinco can support multi-state payroll and filing coordination.
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A tax office needs Forms 941 or payroll reports
Connected workflows can make payroll records easier to identify and access as the integration develops.
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Business information is being entered repeatedly
The planned Conecta and Cinco integration is intended to reduce duplicate entry by connecting records using information such as EINs and business names.
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A tax professional wants another year-round business service
Formation and payroll create opportunities to continue serving clients outside filing season.
More than formation and a first payroll run
Cinco can support the business after the initial setup through payroll processing, recurring filings, worker onboarding, reporting, and ongoing compliance workflows.
Entity formation
Help clients incorporate and get established with a clear onboarding path.
Business onboarding
Support new businesses moving from setup into operational workflows.
Employee onboarding
Collect worker information and set up payroll-ready employee records.
Contractor onboarding
Organize contractor setup, payments, and required documentation.
Payroll processing
Run recurring payroll with withholding calculations and payment support.
Payroll tax filings
Support payroll tax calculations, submissions, and filing coordination.
Forms 941 and reports
Keep payroll reports and filing history organized for advisors and clients.
Multi-state payroll
Support employers hiring or operating across more than one state.
Connected business records
Reduce repeated data entry as Conecta and Cinco work toward connected workflows.
What this unlocks for your practice
- Help business clients with formation and payroll through a trusted partner.
- Offer more services without building payroll and formation infrastructure internally.
- Keep clients from being sent to unrelated providers or competitors.
- Reduce repeated data entry as the Conecta and Cinco integration develops.
- Become a more valuable year-round resource for business clients and create additional opportunities to serve clients and generate year-round revenue.
How the partnership works
- Step 1: A Conecta user identifies a client who needs formation, payroll, or worker onboarding.
- Step 2: The client is connected with Cinco.
- Step 3: Cinco handles the appropriate formation, payroll, onboarding, and compliance process.
- Step 4: The tax professional remains the trusted relationship source.
- Step 5: As the integration develops, Conecta and Cinco will work toward securely connecting relevant business records, payroll information, documents, and follow-up activity.
Contact
Speak With Cinco
For business formation, payroll, employee onboarding, and payroll compliance questions, clients and Conecta users can contact Cinco or book a demo.
Conecta may introduce users and clients to Cinco as a trusted partner. Formation, payroll, filing, compliance, and related services are provided by Cinco and/or the appropriate providers. Availability, pricing, eligibility, filings, documentation, and outcomes depend on the client's information, applicable requirements, and Cinco's service terms. Planned Conecta integration features are still in development.
Ready to help business clients with formation and payroll through Cinco?