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Quick Facts About Microsoft Office Click-to-Run

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:06:49 +0000

Microsoft Office Click-to-Run does not have the same functionality as a full retail version that is downloaded from the internet or installed from a CD/DVD. [Read the full article...]

Happy 10th Birthday – Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:00:04 +0000

Back 2000 who would have thought that developing a QuickBooks integrated add-on would become a very popular trend among software developers? There wasn't even a widely known, let alone an "Intuit approved method" of accessing QuickBooks data at that time, so WHY would anyone want to form a company that would utilize QuickBooks [Read the full article...]

Closing for vacation – 8/11 through 8/18/2010

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:14:54 +0000

I’m so excited. We are closing the office at the end of business day on 8/10/2010 and taking a well deserved vacation from 8/11/2010-8/18/2010.

We are going to trade in the sound of a ringing telephone and looking at a monitor all day to the sound of the ocean and looking at the “flower pots” (better [Read the full article...]

Windows Vista & 7 Tip – User Accounts

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:41 +0000

Since Windows Vista was released, we have handled numerous support calls which resulted in an 80040408 - Could not start QuickBooks error. In all cases QuickBooks and our 3rd party applications had been installed under the Administrator [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks for Contractors Tip – Advanced Progress Invoicing

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:00:11 +0000

Progress Invoicing is a feature of QuickBooks® Pro, Premier and Enterprise editions, however, it is geared toward line item billing; more commonly used by contractors who work on large commercial and/or government construction projects involving a large scope of work or schedule of values and detailed line-item [Read the full article...]

An Introduction to Progress Invoicing

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:25:11 +0000

If you are a subcontractor, sometimes the General Contractor will have a form that they insist you use (instead of your own invoice form), other times they may insist that you submit your progress billing on an industry standard billing form – such as the AIA G-702 & G-703 forms developed by the American Institute of Architects – or similar plain paper forms containing the same [Read the full article...]

Certified Payroll & AIA Billing Updates

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:15:29 +0000

We've been testing, debugging, and documenting numerous certified payroll and AIA billing updates for the last few weeks - I've posted some of the information behind the changes here in our [Read the full article...]

New FHWA-1391 & 1392 Annual EEO Forms For Highway Contractors

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:53 +0000

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) revised both the Federal-Aid Highway Construction Contractors Annual EEO Forms FHWA-1391 and FHWA-1392 in June 2010 and require reporting of employees who are of two or more [Read the full article...]

Texas Department of Transportation Requires Electronic Certified Payrolls (E-Payrolls)

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:00:06 +0000

The Texas Department of Transportation, like many other state agencies, is requiring electronic submission of certified payroll reports, through its Electronic Project Records System (EPRS).

TxDOT EPRS provides contractors with multiple functions which they can utilize; however, one of the primary functions of the EPRS is that of collecting Electronic Certified Payrolls (E-Payrolls), instead of requiring [Read the full article...]

Frequently Asked Questions – California Prevailing Wage

Nancy Smyth — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:00:08 +0000

California's prevailing wage laws and certified payroll reporting requirements can be mandated by any of the following agencies or organizations, each with their own unique set of reporting requirements. The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the filing of Form A-1-131, Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and the filing of a modified WH-347 form, the U.S. Department of Labor and the filing of a standard WH-347 Form, Electronic filing requirements through the use of LCPtracker, TRS Consultants, and/or Elation Systems, Inc. D-BAS Labor Compliance Software, Additional "paper filing requirements" by Labor Compliance Organizations, such as, Golden State Labor Compliance, LLC or [Read the full article...]