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Certified Payroll & AIA Billing Updates

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:15:29 +0000

We've been testing, debugging, and documenting numerous certified payroll and AIA billing updates for the last few weeks - I've posted some of the information behind the changes here in our [Read the full article...]

New FHWA-1391 & 1392 Annual EEO Forms For Highway Contractors

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:00:53 +0000

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) revised both the Federal-Aid Highway Construction Contractors Annual EEO Forms FHWA-1391 and FHWA-1392 in June 2010 and require reporting of employees who are of two or more [Read the full article...]

Texas Department of Transportation Requires Electronic Certified Payrolls (E-Payrolls)

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:00:06 +0000

The Texas Department of Transportation, like many other state agencies, is requiring electronic submission of certified payroll reports, through its Electronic Project Records System (EPRS).

TxDOT EPRS provides contractors with multiple functions which they can utilize; however, one of the primary functions of the EPRS is that of collecting Electronic Certified Payrolls (E-Payrolls), instead of requiring [Read the full article...]

Frequently Asked Questions – California Prevailing Wage

Nancy Smyth — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:00:08 +0000

California's prevailing wage laws and certified payroll reporting requirements can be mandated by any of the following agencies or organizations, each with their own unique set of reporting requirements. The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the filing of Form A-1-131, Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) and the filing of a modified WH-347 form, the U.S. Department of Labor and the filing of a standard WH-347 Form, Electronic filing requirements through the use of LCPtracker, TRS Consultants, and/or Elation Systems, Inc. D-BAS Labor Compliance Software, Additional "paper filing requirements" by Labor Compliance Organizations, such as, Golden State Labor Compliance, LLC or [Read the full article...]

California DIR – New Prevailing Wage Compliance Requirements for Contractors

Nancy Smyth — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:00:52 +0000

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 [Read the full article...]

The History of Prevailing Wage

Nancy Smyth — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:00:57 +0000

Bacon, a former banker, explained the need for the law when he detailed for his legislative colleagues how an out-of-state construction firm paying extremely low wages transported thousands of unskilled workers hundreds of miles to toil on a public project in New York - “They were herded onto this job, they were housed in shacks, they were paid a very low wage, and [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip – 5 Reasons To Use QuickBooks Group Items – Part 2

Nancy Smyth — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:41:05 +0000

Before QuickBooks had a Unit of Measure option - I think it was introduced with QuickBooks 2007 - we had to rely on QuickBooks group items to perform Unit of Measure [Read the full article...]

Contractors Really Need Technology Now – Bookkeeping in Bunny Slippers

Nancy Smyth — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:54:09 +0000

Now is the time for the construction industry to leverage technology to improve operational efficiencies and reduce operating costs, and to help reduce the impacts of constantly shifting materials costs due to [Read the full article...]

Retainage & Final Payment – New Law in Arizona

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:03:26 +0000

ASA (American Subcontractors Association) of Arizona Shows Leadership in Securing Prompt Pay of Retainage & Final Payment.

(from Contractor Power Newsletter)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A new law (S.B. 1375) signed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) on May 11, 2010, adds requirements for timely payment of retainage and final payments to the state’s prompt [Read the full article...]

QuickBooks Tip – Working With Contractors – Part 4

Nancy Smyth — Mon, 17 May 2010 08:06:33 +0000

QuickBooks will not automatically provide some of the solutions to the needs of contractors, for example: tracking Retainage, equipment costs, union or bona-fide plan fringe benefits - but properly setup QuickBooks "can be made" to do so; and of course, there are always third-party applications that will help with the "tough [Read the full article...]