7/27/2010 - New York City Housing Department Requires "Public Burden Statement" on Certified Payroll Reports.

The New York City Housing Department is requiring that ALL certified payroll reports submitted on the Federal WH-347 form include the"Public Burden Statement".

You may obtain this update by following the instructions below - this is both a program update AND a forms update and MUST be installed on each computer that CPS is installed on:

• Close QuickBooks.
• Start Certified Payroll Solution (CPS) - BACKUP YOUR CPS DATA! Backup & Restore menu -> Enhanced Backup -> if necessary click the big ? (question mark) in the lower right corner for complete instruction for setting CPS up to perform automatic backups each time you exit the program.
• From the CPS Help menu -> choose Check for Updates ->From the Select an Update drop down menu, choose *Version 5.0.440* OR HIGHER (version numbers increase as new features functionality are included in the program).
• Click the Download & Install button twice.  (CPS may seem unresponsive while it downloads & installs this update, please be patient).  The program will close when the update has completed.
• Start CPS, from the Help menu -> choose Check for Updates -> from the Select an Update drop-down menu, choose State of New York Forms -> click the Download & Install button twice.

To print the WH-347 with the Public Burden Statement:

• From the CPS Linked Data menu -> choose Jobs.
• Select the Job -> click the Edit button -> click on the Form Options tab -> from the Form to Use drop down menu, choose WH-347 with Burden Statement.
• Click the OK button -> the Done button -> and when prompted to Save Changes, click Yes.  (Closing/Exiting the Job Maintenance window by using the X in the upper right corner will NOT save your changes).

NOTE: Version 5.0.439 is a fully-tested BETA version.