[Zeke]

With only one employee, you may want to "lease" him from a labor provider. He goes down and enrolls in the pool and then presents them with your job. You can always pay him a "bonus" every week, but your costs and the cost of payroll will be handled by the company. At near minimum wage and then their markup, he will cost you a lot less that way even if you equal his gross in fold-able cash. Never give someone like that a check under any circumstances. I'm sure you can find somewhere in your accounting to use the cash expense.