http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com by Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:31:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/02/01/certified-payroll-reports-bi-weekly-paychecks/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2012/02/01/certified-payroll-reports-bi-weekly-paychecks/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:06:20 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2976 Creating weekly certified payroll reports from a bi-weekly paycheck can be difficult unless your accounting software accurately accrues the wages for each week.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/12/13/prevailing-wage-projects-and-your-construction-company/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/12/07/payroll-tip-workers-comp-tracking-on-vacation-holiday-overtime-pay/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/12/07/payroll-tip-workers-comp-tracking-on-vacation-holiday-overtime-pay/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:00:33 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=2779 Payroll can be one of the most complex duties of any bookkeeper's job - especially when you need to OR want to track your Worker's Compensation costs for job costing purposes and pay your employees Vacation, Holiday and Overtime wages

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