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Think You Can’t Afford to Pay Your Payroll Taxes-Think Again
Failing to remit payroll taxes is a big mistake! Sometimes a business owner will let the payment of payroll taxes slide in favor of paying other vendors OR perhaps will make a partial payment, thinking it will be ok -- not a good idea ----- always remit the full amount of your payroll taxes before paying other bills. Here are a couple of examples why. Continue reading
Construction Payroll, Should I Do It In-house or Outsource It?
Construction payroll can be complex and many business owners wonder if they should hire a payroll clerk and issue payroll in-house or if they should outsource it. As a contractor a significant portion of your job costs involve payroll and labor burden (payroll taxes, worker's compensation insurance, general liability insurance, company paid fringe benefits etc.) and you need to have these numbers included in your job costing reports so you can analyze your bidding practices and know whether or not you made a profit on the job. If your payroll is not run through your accounting software you loose this vital piece of job costing information. Continue reading
eBook – Have You Built Your Google+ Business Page Yet?
Google+ is the newest social media network and it offers so much more than than just the ability to incorporate a +1 button on your blog, create a business page, join a hangout. Continue reading
Employee Education & Training – Are You Making the Investment?
Whether you are a contractor, a bookkeeper working for contractor, or certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor you need to make a commitment to yourself, to your employees, to your business, and to your clients to obtain the training necessary to perform daily tasks quickly and efficiently Continue reading
Protecting Your Business From Fraud-Are You Doing Enough?
As many as 40% of small business owners are embezzlement victims, are you doing enough to protect your business from fraud? Continue reading
Payroll Tip – How Often Do I Have to Pay My Employees?
Business owners have the choice of paying employees weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly BUT it all depends on the laws of your State. Continue reading
Reselling Accounting versus Reselling Technology
Reselling Accounting versus Reselling Technology – which one delivers the greatest value to your client, and to your business? Continue reading
QuickBooks Payroll Tip – Replacing a Lost Employee Paycheck
This situation can create quite a quandary for some business owners and their payroll clerks about how to replace this lost check. The immediate need is to reissue the paycheck. Continue reading
Preventing Embezzlement-General QuickBooks Controls & Procedures
General internal procedures that many business owners who use QuickBooks can implement quite easily. Continue reading
Embezzlement, It CAN Happen To You – Tips For Prevention
While it is fair to say, most people don't steal, embezzlement does happen; so it only makes good business sense for you to consider what you can do to minimize your employees' opportunities to steal. Continue reading
New Year’s Resolutions for Employers & Employees
Making New Year’s resolutions should not be limited to just those for our personal life; we should include our professional life as well – after all our professional life does take a great deal of our time. Continue reading
QuickBooks Bookkeeping Tips – Why Do I Need to Keep “Books”?
The primary purpose of keeping books is to provide financial and management information in order for you to run your business, make sound business decisions, and to prepare your taxes. Most business owners are very worried about generating income; however, running a business involves a lot of other tasks. Continue reading
QuickBooks Tips – Four (4) Ways to Add Long Disclaimers on Forms
As a business owner there can be several different situations that you encounter where you might need to include a long disclaimer or explanation when you sell a specific item, offer special discounts, provide warranty information or explain your payment requirements when bidding on a job or even invoicing a customer. There are four different methods for adding long disclaimers to your QuickBooks forms; choose the one that makes the most sense for your business. Continue reading
About Your Host:
Nancy Smyth, Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.QuickBooks Construction & Payroll Expert
I've been using and supporting QuickBooks products since the early 1990's. I've worked with thousands of contractors, assisting them with QuickBooks setup, Certified Payroll Reporting requirements, AIA Billing and Weighted-Average Overtime.
QuickBooks is a powerful product, but learning how to use it in your construction business can be difficult. I hope you find resources available here to be helpful.
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