QuickBooks for Contractors blog
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QuickBooks Tip: Important Facts About Items Left as Billable
The purpose of the billable column is to allow you to choose which expenses and/or time entries that you will be passing through to customers when you create an Invoice based on Time & Costs
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Top 10 Thursday – News from around the Web 2/2/12
10 articles from the web on General Business, Bookkeeping, Accounting, Payroll & Taxes, Construction, Marketing and Social Media
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Certified Payroll Reports & Bi-Weekly Paychecks
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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Choosing QuickBooks & Add-Ons for Your Construction Business
When it comes to choosing and implementing QuickBooks Add-Ons for their construction company, many contractors turn the project over to someone else. This unfortunately is one of the major reasons that this type of project fails.
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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.
My WH-347 Certified Payroll Reports Expired 12/31/11 - Now What?
The current U.S. Department of Labor WH-347 Certified Payroll Report expired on 12/31/2011. Don't worry - you can continue to use that form until the new one is released!
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Construction Application for Payment FREE Training
This section contains FREE self-paced Construction Application for Payment Solution (CAPS) Audio/Video and Flash training options. All items are designed to provide a thorough overview to setting up and using Construction Application for Payment Solution.
We have found that customers who take advantage of these FREE Training mechanisms are much happier with their software, as they actually get to "see the program in action" while the setup procedures are explained and demonstrated.
These training modules can also be found on our Web Service Center (where you download your software) and are included with CD purchases of the software.
Screenshots shown in video may differ slightly from the actual screenshots you see in the program, however, setup instruction remain the same. Please realize that we spend approximately 250 hours of our time creating these videos that are available here, therefore, it is not an easy task to keep them updated.
Documents
1. Construction Application for Payment Solution - Download & Installation Video
| Date added: | 05/24/2007 |
| Date modified: | 12/23/2010 |
| Downloads: | 427 |
Provides a complete overview of how to download the Construction Application for Payment Solution program electronically from the Web Service, save it to the hard drive of your computer, and install the program.
Screenshots shown in video may differ slightly from the actual screenshots you see in the program, however, setup instructions remain the same.
Requires Windows Media Player and sound.
9 minutes. Last updated April 2007.
2. Construction Application for Payment Solution Download & Installation Instructions
| Date added: | 05/23/2007 |
| Date modified: | 12/23/2010 |
| Downloads: | 781 |
Complete download and installation instructions in .pdf format. Updated to include the most common problems experienced by Windows 7 & Vista Users.
19 pages with LOTS of screenshots. Updated September 2010.
3. Construction Application for Payment Solution - Initial Setup Video
| Date added: | 05/22/2007 |
| Date modified: | 12/23/2010 |
| Downloads: | 337 |
Walks you through entering your license information, granting CAPS permission to access your QuickBooks file, and the initial setup of CAPS, and various AIA Billing preferences, not handled by QuickBooks.
Screenshots shown in video may differ slightly from the actual screenshots you see in the program, however, setup instructions remain the same.
Requires Windows Media Player and sound.
22 minutes. Last updated 4/15/07.
4. Construction Application for Payment Solution - QuickBooks Setup Video
| Date added: | 05/21/2007 |
| Date modified: | 12/23/2010 |
| Downloads: | 413 |
A review of your QuickBooks company file setup, and the information that CAPS "expects" to find there, in order to accurately generate your AIA BIllings.
Recommended for BOTH new and long time QuickBooks users:
- New QuickBooks users will find the video helpful, in setting up and using QuickBooks, to generate billings and provide good job costing reports.
- Long time users, while you may "know" how to use QuickBooks, this will help you understand how CAPS will use data in your company file.
Requires Windows Media Player and sound.
30 minutes. Last updated 4/16/07.
5. Construction Application for Payment Solution - Running CAPS
| Date added: | 05/20/2007 |
| Date modified: | 12/23/2010 |
| Downloads: | 363 |
An overview of running your first set of AIA draws, and the creation of one-time linked records, to hold additional information that QuickBooks has no means of tracking.
Screenshots shown in video may differ slightly from the actual screenshots you see in the program, however, setup instructions remain the same.
Requires Windows Media Player and sound.
30 minutes. Last updated 4/17/07.
Construction Application for Payment Solution - Self Paced Training
| Date added: | 04/25/2006 |
| Date modified: | 12/23/2010 |
| Downloads: | 290 |
While the Audio/Video Training is very comprehensive, not all people have sound on their computers. Use this Flash demo as a guideline for setting up your new software.
Screenshots in the Flash demo may differ from your actual screens, but instructions remain the same.
Lat updated 4/25/06.
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- Printing AIA Billings to .pdf
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