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/2011/04/13/new-certified-payroll-solution-support-article/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/03/28/are-your-quickbooks-certified-payroll-reports-accurate-how-to-check/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/03/28/are-your-quickbooks-certified-payroll-reports-accurate-how-to-check/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:13:14 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=1999 The built-in QuickBooks certified payroll report is a frequent topic on the Intuit Community forums . Learn how to check the report for accuracy BEFORE submission.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/26/texas-department-of-transportation-requires-electronic-certified-payrolls-e-payrolls/feed/ 1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/22/california-dir-%e2%80%93-new-prevailing-wage-compliance-requirements-for-contractors/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/22/california-dir-%e2%80%93-new-prevailing-wage-compliance-requirements-for-contractors/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:00:52 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=823 Beginning August 1, 2010 contractors in California will be required to electronically file certified payroll reports under the DIR Compliance Monitoring Unit (CMU). Certified Payroll Solution, a QuickBooks integrated application, will help meet these requirements.

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/22/california-dir-%e2%80%93-new-prevailing-wage-compliance-requirements-for-contractors/feed/ 6 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/12/calculating-displaying-fringe-benefits-on-a-certified-payroll-report/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/12/calculating-displaying-fringe-benefits-on-a-certified-payroll-report/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:00:51 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=781 In recent months, I have repeatedly seen posts from QuickBooks users on the Intuit Community Forums asking how the fringe benefit rate is calculated and then displayed on the Certified Payroll Report in Excel, which is now a standard function of QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise when used in conjunction with Enhanced Payroll, and I really haven’t seen any good responses.

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/12/calculating-displaying-fringe-benefits-on-a-certified-payroll-report/feed/ 1 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/01/quickbooks-question-tracking-prevailing-wage-fringe-benefits-2/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/01/quickbooks-question-tracking-prevailing-wage-fringe-benefits-2/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:00:31 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/?p=733 We were just awarded a contract with the Department of Defense and have to pay our employees "prevailing wage" and submit certified payroll reports. I called Intuit Support to ask them about prevailing wage, certified payroll, and how to track the fringe benefits; they weren't very helpful - they just told me that QuickBooks can produce the certified payroll report.......can you help me understand all this?

]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/07/01/quickbooks-question-tracking-prevailing-wage-fringe-benefits-2/feed/ 3 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.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/05/10/contractors-using-quickbooks-have-special-bookkeeping-needs/feed/ 10 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/01/21/new-york-certified-payroll-update-available/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2010/01/21/new-york-certified-payroll-update-available/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:11:30 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=402 The City of New York, Office of the Comptroller, Bureau of Labor Law has revised their certified payroll reporting form.

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]]> http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/05/22/certified-payroll-training-class-available/feed/ 0 http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/04/28/u-s-department-of-labor-revises-certified-payroll-reporting-requirements-for-form-wh-347/ http://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2009/04/28/u-s-department-of-labor-revises-certified-payroll-reporting-requirements-for-form-wh-347/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:24:09 +0000 Nancy Smyth http://blog.certifiedpayrollreports.com/?p=167 The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 established into law the requirement for paying "prevailing wages"; a specific rate of pay plus fringe benefits for each trade/work classification that has been set by the Department of Labor - Wage and Hour Division, on federal or federally-assisted construction projects exceeding a value of $2,000.00. Construction includes the alteration and/or repair, including painting, decorating, plumbing, electrical, etc., of public buildings or public works - including roads and bridges.

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