http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com by Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:13:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/01/31/choosing-quickbooks-add-ons-for-your-construction-business/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/01/31/choosing-quickbooks-add-ons-for-your-construction-business/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:21:16 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2972 When it comes to choosing and implementing QuickBooks Add-Ons for their construction company, many contractors turn the project over to someone else. This unfortunately is one of the major reasons that this type of project fails.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/01/05/employee-education-training-are-you-making-the-investment/feed/ 2 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/01/04/prevailing-wage-jobs-fringe-benefits-question/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/01/04/prevailing-wage-jobs-fringe-benefits-question/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:30:58 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2858 Q. My boyfriend is being told that the company he works for will be taking half his pay each week to put in a 401k HALF!!! Is this legal? A. More and more companies that work on prevailing wage jobs are opting to use the fringe portion of the prevailing wage to legally purchase bona fide fringe benefits.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/07/27/what-types-of-support-services-do-you-offer-technical-support-consulting-training/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/07/01/happy-4th-of-july/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/07/01/happy-4th-of-july/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:15:42 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2377 Wishing each and everyone a HAPPY (and restful) 4th of July holiday weekend! Here at Sunburst, we are taking a long weekend  (closing end of business day on Thursday June 30th) to enjoy some summer weather, pick strawberries, work in the garden & yard and spend some time with family and friends – we’ll be [...]

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/04/21/avoid-the-intuit-up-sell-machine/feed/ 6 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/03/18/freebie-friday-your-quickbooks-file-the-irs-you-ebook/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/03/18/freebie-friday-your-quickbooks-file-the-irs-you-ebook/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:04:50 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=1965 I turned our popular series "Your QuickBooks file, the IRS & You" into an eBook that can be downloaded and redistributed on your own website or in an upcoming newsletter.

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