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QuickBooks & Your Construction Business – What’s Your Gripe?
We’ve talked with contractors who are frustrated with QuickBooks only to find that they aren’t utilizing many of the features that would provide them with the information that they were looking for. Likewise, we’ve talked with contractors who have taken that step into purchasing new construction-specific software and only use the base features of it because it was too difficult to learn, ended up resenting their purchase and came back to QuickBooks.
What are your biggest gripes, problems, or issues when it comes to using QuickBooks in your construction business? Use the comment option to tell us your problems - but you need to be specific! We'll then take these comments and develop some training videos, live webinars, or eBooks. Continue reading
Employee Social Security Numbers on Certified Payroll Reports
Displaying employee social security numbers and addresses on certified payroll reports, which are ultimately public documents, causes privacy and identity theft concerns for many employers and employees - not to mention confusion over reporting requirements. Read this question submitted by a blog reader and our response. Continue reading
More New Hire Reporting Requirements Go Into Effect 4/21/2012
New hire reporting requirements are becoming overwhelming and there are new obligations that become effective on April 21, 2012. Continue reading
Can One Certified Payroll Report Meet Requirements in all 50 States?
Certified payroll reporting requirements are complex. There is no single certified payroll form that will meet the requirements in all 50 states. Don't be fooled! Continue reading
Paycheck/Payroll Frequencies by State
How often you have to pay your employees is determined by each State, these requirements seldom take into consideration certified payroll reporting requirements. Continue reading
Payroll Tip – Health Insurance Tracking Requirements for 2012
In 2012 it is mandatory that we show the company share of employee health insurance on W-2's, do you know if there is there a way in QuickBooks to track this on a regular basis, so that it shows on the employees paystubs and then have it flow through onto the W-2 at the end of the year? Continue reading
QuickBooks Tip – Dealing With Special Invoicing Requirements
Dealing with special customer invoicing requirements can be a royal pain! Sometimes it feel like each customer you deal with says "if you don't invoice me like THIS you aren't going to get paid". Learn how to add original PO/Estimate Amount and previous payments received to an invoice. Continue reading
What’s New with New Hire Reporting? Date of Hire
Recent legislation added a new requirement for employers to report, in addition to other information, the date that an employee first performs services for pay. The "first day of work" law went into effect June 8, 2011. Continue reading
FREE Webinar on New 3% Contractor Withholding Requirements
The office of Federal, State and Local Governments will hold a free, one-hour webinar on July 14, 2011, to discuss the required 3 percent income tax withholding on certain payments made by government entities, to take effect in 2013. Continue reading
Unraveling Certified Payroll Requirements On Federal Construction Projects
Unraveling Certified Payroll Requirements On Federal Construction Projects webinar presented for L2 Federal Resources, LLC. Join us 5/18/2011 • 1:00 - 2:30 PM EDT Continue reading
Fair Labor Standards Act-Employee Record Keeping Requirements
Employee record keeping requirements must include proper time and payroll records for it's workers. The Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as most state wage and hour laws, are the ones who determine what is or is not "proper". Continue reading
How to Fulfill Certified Payroll Requirements – ABC Webinar
Join Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. Merit Choice for a complimentary webinar on certified payroll! Learn everything you need to know to fulfill your certified payroll requirements in the most compliant and efficient manner. Continue reading
QuickBooks 2011 – Computer Requirements & Office Compatibility
We all think that when we purchase a new computer and/or version of Microsoft Office - that all of our software; including QuickBooks 2011 will run perfectly........this is NOT always the case.
Each version of QuickBooks (Pro, Premier and Enterprise) has different compatibility requirements for use with Microsoft Office. Not all versions of QuickBooks are compatible with Office 2010. Read these requirements carefully! Continue reading
California DIR – New Prevailing Wage Compliance Requirements for Contractors
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. Continue reading
Government Construction Contracts – A Different World
The federal government is mandated to award 23% of its prime contracts to small businesses every year, which amounted to $97 billion in 2009, according to preliminary data from the SBA. And contracts from the February 2009 stimulus have been particularly lucrative for small businesses, as nearly 30%, or $7.4 billion, have gone to Main Street firms. 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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