19Jan 2009 by Nancy Smyth

Press Release

Construction News, The "Sunburst" Website
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact Nancy Smyth Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. (888) 348-2877 phone (866) 684-5157 fax sales@sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com https://www.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com SUNBURST SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC. RELEASES FEDERAL WH-347 COMPLIANCE UPDATE FOR "CERTIFIED PAYROLL SOLUTION" AND CONTRACTORS USING QUICKBOOKS. "Certified Payroll Solution" Integrates with QuickBooks to Help Contractors Working on Government Funded Construction Projects Comply With Certified Payroll Reporting Requirements, Saving Them Time And Money. West Charleston, VT - January 16, 2009 Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc., an Intuit Gold Developer, is pleased to announce the release of a compliance update, on January 14, 2009, for their flagship QuickBooks integrated application "Certified Payroll Solution."  This compliance update meets new Federal WH-347 certified payroll reporting requirements which become effective January 18, 2009, as mandated by the U.S. Department of Labor on December 18, 2008.…
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09Jan 2009 by Nancy Smyth

New Federal WH-347 Reporting Mandates Effective 1/18/09

Construction News, The "Sunburst" Website
IMPORTANT Revisions to U.S. Department of Labor/Federal WH-347 Reporting Mandates Regarding Protecting the Privacy of Workers. January 9, 2009 Affected Audience: All prime/general contractors and subcontractors required to file the Federal WH-347 Certified Payroll form on prevailing wage projects. Background: On October 20, 2008 the U.S. Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register (73 FR 62229) which invited comments until November 19, 2008, on proposed revisions to update current regulatory standards in order to better protect worker privacy for contracts covering federally financed and federally-assisted construction contracts.  Specifically the proposed revisions affect the reporting of employee addresses and social security numbers on the Federal WH-347 certified payroll reports. Effective Date: According to recent information released in the Federal Register (73 FR 77504) published on…
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22Dec 2008 by Nancy Smyth

What does the Sunburst Support Area need?

The "Sunburst" Website
As our website evolves and our customer and newsletter subscriber base grows, we wonder what else our website needs. We've noticed that an increasing number of "QuickBooks consultants" {ProAdvisors, CPA's, Intuit Solution Providers, etc} have been signing up for our newsletter; and that has got me to "thinking" about a "Consultant's Corner" section of the Support Area - but what types of articles do you need? For all who visit our Support Area, please feel free to post comment/requests on what types of articles and training you would like to see made available. Nancy
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19Dec 2008 by Nancy Smyth

Building/maintianing a website

The "Sunburst" Website
Building and then maintaining a website can be (and sometimes is) a full time job! Back in January of 2001, when we first launched an "official" website, it was like 5 pages as we just had the certified payroll add-on {OH, THOSE were the days!}. Back then, I knew nothing about website design or the"dreaded HTML" that was required to create one.  Ben did our original website, and I'd very carefully open it up with NotePad and edit it, always looking for "something" in there that looked like REAL words and text.  Nine times out of 10, I'd do something to "break" the website and he'd have to fix it.  OOPS! After about 3 months of that, I decided it was time that I really learned how to do it…
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