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QuickBooks Payroll Services-Which Option is Right for You?

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:31:52 +0000

Over the years QuickBooks Payroll has had many names (Do-It-Yourself, Enhanced, Assisted, etc.). It used to be simple - a one size fits all; but that is no longer the case. QuickBooks users now have more payroll options than ever before, and it's very [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...]

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...]

California DIR – New Prevailing Wage Compliance Requirements for Contractors

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:00:52 +0000

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 [Read the full article...]

Calculating & Displaying Fringe Benefits on a Certified Payroll Report

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:00:51 +0000

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 [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Payroll Tip – Changing Hourly Wage Mid-Week

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:00:39 +0000

How can I change the hourly wage for employees (and their OT rates) in the middle of a pay week? I have 54 union employees that I have to do this for due to a pay scale [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip – Paying Employees Using Different Frequencies

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:54 +0000

Questions: We are new to QuickBooks payroll and would like to set up different payroll frequencies for our employees; weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly. How can we do this? Answer: Setup Payroll Schedules and Pay [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Question – Tracking Prevailing Wage Fringe Benefits

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:00:31 +0000

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 [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip – Employees With Multiple Rates of Pay

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:37:24 +0000

My employees can earn multiple rates of pay in one week (sometimes even in the same day) on the same or multiple jobs. How do I handle this in QuickBooks without always having to manually change the pay rate when I create their [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Service Outage – Practical QuickBooks blog

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:32:35 +0000

Beginning on Tuesday evening, June 15, 2010, many Intuit websites and services became unavailable due to a power outage at their data center. Even though you may be using the Desktop version of QuickBooks, this could have had a major impact on your ability to conduct business. Charlie Russell, from the Practical QuickBooks blog wrote [Read the full article...]