CaruthersConsulting
Payroll · Insurance · Consulting
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Payroll, insurance, and consulting under one roof—matched to your situation.
Payroll
We provide full-service payroll management designed for small and growing businesses. Our solutions include:
- Accurate payroll processing and tax withholdings
- Direct deposit and paycard options
- Federal, state, and local tax filing & compliance
- Year-end forms and tax filings (W2, Form 940, Form 941, etc.)
- Integrated workers' compensation and benefits reporting
We act as your payroll partner—reducing errors, saving time, and keeping you compliant so you can focus on running your business.
Let’s talk about payrollBusiness Growth and Advisory
Growing a business often means solving the problems that are holding it back.
We work with small and mid-sized businesses to identify their biggest constraints, uncover opportunities, and connect them with practical solutions that improve profitability, cash flow, and long-term growth.
We help business owners:
- Identify growth constraints and develop strategies to overcome operational, financial, and organizational bottlenecks
- Uncover potential tax credits and incentives and coordinate with qualified tax professionals to determine eligibility
- Improve profitability and efficiency by identifying unnecessary costs, inefficient processes, and missed opportunities
- Access business capital through assistance with business loans, lines of credit, equipment financing, and other funding solutions
- Solve common business challenges involving staffing, payroll, insurance, risk management, cash flow, and operations
- Evaluate growth opportunities and help owners determine where their time and capital can produce the greatest return
Caruthers Consulting brings together strategy, experience, and a network of specialized partners to help business owners solve problems, capitalize on opportunities, and build stronger, more profitable companies.
Let’s identify what’s holding your business backWorker's Compensation Insurance
We specialize in helping businesses secure and manage workers' compensation coverage that balances protection and affordability. Our services include:
- Access to top-rated insurance carriers
- Pay-as-you-go workers' comp options integrated with payroll
- Claims support and risk management guidance
- Compliance with state and federal regulations
- Options for Workers Compensation Insurance that eliminate yearly audits
We design solutions that reduce risk, control costs, and keep your workforce safe.
Let’s talk about worker's compensation insuranceCommercial Auto Insurance
Your vehicles are essential to your operations, and protecting them is essential to your business. We provide tailored commercial auto policies that cover:
- Liability for property damage and bodily injury
- Comprehensive and collision protection
- Coverage for owned, leased, or employee-driven vehicles
- Specialized options for fleets, trucks, and service vehicles
We connect you with the right carrier and coverage, ensuring compliance and peace of mind every time your team hits the road.
Let’s talk about commercial auto insuranceGeneral Liability Insurance
General liability insurance is the foundation of business protection. We connect you with tailored coverage that includes:
- Protection against third-party bodily injury & property damage claims
- Coverage for legal defense and settlements
- Product and completed-operations liability
- Options for contractors, small businesses, and professional services
We make sure your business is protected against the unexpected so you can focus on growth with confidence.
Let’s talk about general liability insuranceStart a New Business
Starting a business involves more than having a great idea. We help new business owners navigate the setup process, avoid common mistakes, and build a strong foundation from day one.
We can assist you with:
- Choosing a business structure — helping you understand the practical differences between common entity structures and when to involve a CPA or attorney
- Business formation — assistance preparing and filing articles of incorporation or organization with the appropriate state agency
- Federal Tax ID (EIN) — guidance through the IRS EIN application process
- Business banking setup — helping you understand what you'll need to establish dedicated business banking and credit accounts
- Payroll & HR setup — establishing payroll, onboarding processes, workers' compensation, and other systems before your first hire
- Business insurance — identifying the coverage your operation may need as it gets started
- Funding & access to capital — helping identify appropriate lending and financing options and connecting you with potential funding sources
- Ongoing business guidance — helping you identify problems, opportunities, and resources as your company grows
You don't have to figure out every step on your own.
Caruthers Consulting can help coordinate the process and connect you with qualified legal, tax, banking, insurance, and financial professionals when specialized advice is needed.
Let’s build your business the right wayClient testimonials
What clients
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Payroll
“Everything we needed for our payroll concerns were answered quickly and easily. Very knowledgeable and helpful.”
Workers’ comp
“I no longer have to mess with workers comp audits. I am a very happy client.”
Insurance
“If you need insurance, Justin will work for you to find the coverage you need, in the time line you need it.”
Your business. A personal approach.
One partner.
A lot off your plate.

Caruthers Consulting was founded on a simple mission: take the details off your plate.
We combine deep industry knowledge with a personal approach that puts people first. One partner for payroll, insurance, and compliance. Plain-spoken guidance. Solutions matched to your business.
Justin Caruthers
Founder & Principal Consultant
Justin partners with owners to understand their challenges and build strategies that work in the real world, for businesses across Florida and beyond.
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What is a PEO?
A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) provides businesses with outsourced employer services such as payroll processing, payroll tax administration, workers’ compensation, human resources support, employee benefits, compliance assistance, and risk management.
Through a co-employment relationship, the PEO assumes responsibility for certain administrative employer functions while you continue to own, operate, and control your business.
Do you work with construction, manufacturing, trucking, and other blue-collar businesses?
Yes. These industries are a major focus of Caruthers Consulting.
We work with businesses in construction, contracting, manufacturing, fabrication, transportation, distribution, service trades, and other blue- and gray-collar industries.
These businesses often have more complicated workers’ compensation exposures, making proper classification, underwriting presentation, claims management, and PEO selection particularly important.
Does it cost more to use Caruthers Consulting as my PEO broker?
Never. Caruthers Consulting is compensated by the PEO when a client is placed, similar to the way an insurance broker may be compensated by an insurance carrier.
Our objective is to help you find the right PEO relationship without adding another professional-services bill to your operating expenses.
What is workers’ compensation insurance?
Workers’ compensation provides benefits to employees who suffer covered work-related injuries or illnesses. Depending on the circumstances, benefits may include medical treatment, wage replacement, rehabilitation, and other benefits established by state law.
Workers’ compensation also protects employers by providing a structured system for handling covered workplace injuries.
Can Caruthers Consulting help with my commercial insurance too?
Yes.
In addition to PEO brokerage services, Caruthers Consulting can assist business owners with broader risk-management and commercial insurance needs through our sister agency, Ocala Commercial Insurance.
Depending on your business, this may include general liability, commercial auto, property, inland marine, umbrella coverage, and other commercial insurance products.
This allows us to look beyond payroll and workers’ compensation and better understand the overall risk and insurance needs of your business.
How can Caruthers Consulting help my business grow?
We work with small and mid-sized businesses to identify their biggest constraints, uncover opportunities, and connect them with practical solutions that improve profitability, cash flow, and long-term growth.
This can include operational, financial, and organizational bottlenecks; unnecessary costs and inefficient processes; staffing, payroll, insurance, risk management, cash flow, and operations; and evaluating where your time and capital can produce the greatest return.
Can you help before I hire my first employee?
Yes. We can help establish payroll, onboarding processes, workers’ compensation, and other systems before your first hire, and help identify insurance coverage your operation may need as it gets started.
How do I get started?
Contact Caruthers Consulting and tell us what problem you're trying to solve.
Whether you're facing a cancellation, high renewal, difficult classification, poor claims history, high experience modification factor, or simply want a second opinion, we'll evaluate the situation and determine what markets may make sense to pursue.
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(352) 644-8370justin@caruthersconsulting.net2733 SE 58th AveOcala, FL 34480Find us on Facebook
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