🌺 Serving Honolulu & All Islands Since 1969
🌺 What We Do
Running a business in Hawaii — restaurant, shop, hotel, or office — means payroll rules that mainland companies fumble constantly. GET, TDI, PHCA, HW-14. We've handled all of it since 1969.
Accurate payroll every pay period — calculations, direct deposit, checks, and reports. We handle data entry or you can submit your own hours. Flexible either way.
Accurate, current financial records that give you a real picture of your business. Expense tracking, bank reconciliation, and financial statements — all managed for you.
Federal and Hawaii state tax deposits, HW-14 withholding filings, quarterly UI reports (UC-B6), W-2s, 1099s, and annual reconciliations. Never miss a deadline.
🏝️ Why This Matters
Hawaii has its own rules — and mainland payroll companies get them wrong. A lot.
Hawaii requires employers to provide Prepaid Health Care and Temporary Disability Insurance. Mainlanders miss these. We don't.
Hawaii withholding and UI filings have their own forms and deadlines. We file with the Hawaii DoTax every quarter — on time, every time.
When you call PDS, you reach someone in Honolulu who knows your business by name — not a mainland call center reading from a script.
The Real Story
Thousands of reviews. Same story. ADP and Paychex consistently fail small businesses.
“If you’re under 50 employees you are NOT best served by ADP. If you ever want any customer service, you’re hosed.”
“We feel misled, and honestly scammed. Once enrolled you are locked into a contract even when ADP is not meeting its obligations.”
“There’s no transparency. They always try to sign you up for unnecessary services. You end up getting a different bill every month.”
“This is the worst company we have experienced in 40+ years. Impossible to talk to a human. Once they have your bank info, you are screwed.”
“Constantly overcharged for things that shouldn’t cost that much. Bad customer service even though you have an assigned account manager.”
“First week in — overcharged five times. We are pulling our business to a payroll company with a better reputation.”
Pacific Data Services has served Hawaii businesses since 1969.
You get a real person who knows your business — not a call center, not a contract you can’t escape, not a different bill every month.
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Hand it off completely. We cover everything so you can focus on running your business.
🌺 Aloha — We're Your Neighbors
PDS has been part of the Hawaii business community since 1969. We're not a franchise, not a national brand, and not a company that learned Hawaii payroll last year. We know it because we've done it — right here on Oahu — for over half a century.
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Pacific Data Services was founded right here in Honolulu by Phil Bennet in 1969. Back then, small Hawaii businesses had little choice but to pay mainland companies that didn't understand island life, Hawaii law, or local business culture.
Phil changed that. He built PDS on aloha spirit — personal service, local expertise, and fair pricing with no mainland runaround. Eric Bennet has carried that torch since 1984. Same values. Same commitment. Same Honolulu address.
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No long holds. No mainland call center. Just a quick conversation with our Honolulu team — we'll get back to you fast with a straight answer and a fair price.
No commitment. No contracts. Just straight answers from people who know Hawaii payroll.