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/2010/05/20/quickbooks-tips-contractor-needs-part-3/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/20/quickbooks-tips-contractor-needs-part-3/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 10:00:02 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=567 Gerry has overhead costs, employees, specialized equipment, company vehicles, materials, subcontractors, retainage, percentage of completion billing, and more that he needs to take into consideration when estimating. He works mostly on prevailing wage jobs, where he has to pay his employees a much higher rate of pay plus fringe benefits with a few private jobs - he isn't a union shop; so he is paying the prevailing wage fringe benefits in cash to his employees. Billing requirements for his jobs include Time & Materials and Percentage of Completion, where he needs to submit AIA billing forms and track retainage that he is owed and retainage he owes his subcontractors.

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/20/quickbooks-tips-contractor-needs-part-3/feed/ 1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/12/quickbooks-tip-working-with-contractors-part-i/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/12/quickbooks-tip-working-with-contractors-part-i/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 12:22:20 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=520 An infusion of federal infrastructure funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires contractors using QuickBooks to submit of certified payroll reports

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/12/quickbooks-tip-working-with-contractors-part-i/feed/ 1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/04/16/department-of-transportation-dot-gears-up-for-next-round-of-rail-grants/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/04/16/department-of-transportation-dot-gears-up-for-next-round-of-rail-grants/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:00:54 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=471 DOT now is preparing to seek proposals for a new batch of rail grants, totaling more than $2.3 billion. If the first round, funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is any indicator, the next competition will attract a throng of applicants.

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/04/16/department-of-transportation-dot-gears-up-for-next-round-of-rail-grants/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/04/29/reporting-requirements-for-the-american-recovery-reinvestment-act-of-2009/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/04/29/reporting-requirements-for-the-american-recovery-reinvestment-act-of-2009/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:01:54 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=181 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides the State Departments of Transportation and Federal Lands Agencies with $27.5 billion for highway infrastructure investment. With this money there also comes an increased level of reporting, which we will be adding to Certified Payroll Solution to better and more fully serve the needs of our customers who may be working on these types of construction projects.

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