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Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use 5/11 – 5/17/2012
There is so much news and information floating around the web – it’s difficult (at best) to keep up! I’ve added a WordPress plug-in that grabs information from my Twitter stream to help me (and hopefully you as well) keep up with everything. Look for the Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use every Friday. See what caught my attention this week in these topics: Accounting & Taxes, eBooks/Webinars/Videos, Payroll/Certified Payroll/Prevailing Wage, QuickBooks, Small Business/Organization/Productivity, Construction, and Social Media/Marketing/Website Design.
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Payroll for Work Hours & Drive Time Invoicing Problem
Entering payroll for normal employee work hours and drive time and passing only the work hours through to client invoices is not only important but confusing. The following question was submitted by a reader who pays from the start of the first job till the end of the last job of the day (not including lunch break). I have my employees fill out a time tracker sheet each day that shows the time started at the first job till the end, drive time in between jobs, so on and so forth. I enter this into QuickBooks but I can't figure out where to enter in drive time to pay the girls their hourly wage on payroll but to not invoice anyone for drive time.
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Deducting the Cost of Lost Equipment from an Employee’s Pay
Can you deduct the cost of lost equipment from your employee’s pay? As a business owner I'm betting that on more than one occasion you have had an employee who has lost his company provided cell phone more than once and you've have to replace it. Perhaps you want to recover the cost of the phone via a payroll deduction - before you do, read the rest of this article, because the answer depends first on state and federal restrictions and second on how much you want to deduct.
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Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use 5/4 – 5/10/2012
There is so much news and information floating around the web – it’s difficult (at best) to keep up! I’ve added a WordPress plug-in that grabs information from my Twitter stream to help me (and hopefully you as well) keep up with everything. Look for the Weekly Wrap-Up: News You Can Use every Friday. See what's in store this week!
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QuickBooks Payroll Important System Maintenance Announcement
An important QuickBooks Payroll System Maintenance Announcement - a system-wide upgrade will start at 6 p.m. on Thursday 5/24/2012 and continue through 5 a.m. on Tuesday 5/29/2012 - Direct Deposit will also be effected and don't forget that this is also the Memorial Day holiday weekend! QuickBooks Payroll will not process direct deposit checks dated for Monday, May 28, 2012 due to the Memorial Day holiday. In order for your employees to receive their paychecks before Monday, May 28, you should change your paycheck date to Friday, May 25 and send your payroll by 5pm PT on Wednesday, May 23.
How To Fulfill Your Certified Payroll Reporting Requirements. Live 2-hour training webinar - $89.00 per person. Click here for more information.
New QuickBooks Support & Training Website
We've launched a new website specifically for QuickBooks Support & Training. Visit Learn to Use QuickBooks in your construction business.
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5-12-2009 - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Imposes Additional Reporting Requirements for Contractors Working on Federally Funded Highway Construction Projects.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), provides the State Departments of Transportation and Federal Lands Agencies with $27.5 billion for highway infrastructure investment.
With this money there also comes an increased level of reporting, which we have added to Certified Payroll Solution to better and more fully serve the needs of our customers who may be working on these types of construction projects.
ARRA Reports include:
- Monthly Employment Report – Form FHWA-1589: required by all subcontractors, consultants, and general contractors working on the project
- Monthly Recipient Project Status Report – Form FHWA-1585 (a summary report in addition to Form FWA-1589 – usually completed at the State level)
- Initial ARRA Project Plan – Form FHWA-1586 (a summary report in addition to Form FWA-1589 – usually completed at the State level)
- Monthly Summary Employment Report – Form FHWA-1587 (a summary report in addition to Form FWA-1589 – usually completed at the State level)
- Periodic Grouped Project Report – Form FHWA-1588 (a summary report in addition to Form FWA-1589 – usually completed at the State level)
Beginning today, all current CPS users may obtain this feature enhancement by starting the CPS program, going to the Help menu -> choosing Check for Updates -> and downloading Version 5.0.345 *(or higher)*.
*NOTE* - Version numbers change frequently, so if you do not see Version 5.0.345 listed in the available updates, choose the next higher number to download.
New customers will automatically have this new feature included in the softwre that they purchase.
Download the complete 22 page document from the Federal Highway Administration U. S. Department of Transportation Reporting Requirements, by clicking here.
Instructions for the April 2012 New York Certified Payroll Updates- MTA/NYC Transit
- NY DOT Statement of Compliance
- NY Dept. of Transportation
How to Create Retainage Draws in Construction Application for Payment Solution- How to Create an Electronic Certified Payroll Report File
- How to Display Retainage in Column I of the Continuation Sheet
- How to Troubleshoot & Correct a Timecard/Paycheck Mismatch Error
- How to Troubleshoot When Deductions and/or Net Wages Are Incorrect on Your Final Reports
- How to Network Construction Application for Payment Solution
- How to Network Certified Payroll Solution
- How to Print Your Certified Payroll Reports to a PDF file
- How to Print Your AIA Billings to a PDF file
- How to Save Your AIA Billings to Excel
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- How to Restore Your CAPS Data
- How to Restore Your CPS Data
- How to Backup Your CAPS Data
- How to Backup Your CPS Data
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- Instructions for Setting Up the Florida DOT forms
- Add Check Numbers, Race, Gender or Totals to the WH-347 form
- Florida DOT Statement of Compliance
- Florida DOT Deductions Record
- Florida DOT Fringe Benefits Record
- Florida DOT Certified Payroll Report
Calculating 100% Company Paid Health Insurance Costs - Payroll Tip - Health Insurance Tracking Requirements for 2012
- Oregon Certified Payroll Demo
- What is a Certified Payroll Report? How do I complete one?
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- Certified Payroll Reporting Training Webinar
- Calculating Overtime/Weighted-Average Overtime
- QuickBooks Crew Overtime Entry Solution
- AIA Billing for QuickBooks-Product Details
- QuickBooks Payroll Wage Manager
- Certified Payroll Solution for QuickBooks Product Details
- 4-2012 New York Certified Payroll Update
- New QuickBooks Support & Training Website
- Prevailing Wage/Certified Payroll Updates
- Florida Certified Payroll - QuickBooks
- My WH-347 Certified Payroll Reports Expired 12/31/11 - Now What?
- Contact Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.
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- Welcome to the Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Training, Support & Resource Area!
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- QuickBooks 2012 Announced
- 8004042C Application Certificate has been revoked by certification authority
- Matching QuickBooks Paycheck Totals With Certified Payroll Report Totals
