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How often must I issue payroll?  Can I do it bi-weekly?

Certified payroll reporting mandates require the submission of "weekly" certified payroll reports.   Therefore, to accurately generate these weekly reports, you should issue payroll on a weekly basis, as QuickBooks only recognizes payroll when the paychecks are cut, and not when the payroll is earned.

Certified Payroll Solution will handle bi-weekly payroll, however, it will report the full amount of the bi-weekly paycheck on the final certified payroll report.  In "most" cases, adding a statement in the Remarks section on the Statement of Compliance "that payroll is issued on a bi-weekly basis and the amounts reflected on the certified payroll report are the total of that full bi-weekly check", will suffice.  However, we make no guarantees that this will be accepted by the entity that you have to submit the reports to.

For additional information on bi-weekly payroll, read the following article, Certified Payroll Solution - Bi-Weekly Payroll, found in the Certified Payroll Solution Training, Support & Resource Center.