Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Blog

The musings of a "maad" Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor/bookkeeper turned software developer!

New York Certified Payroll Update Available

Nancy Smyth | January 21, 2010

The City of New York, Office of the Comptroller, Bureau of Labor Law has revised their certified payroll reporting form.

Missouri Certified Payroll Update Available

Nancy Smyth | January 21, 2010

The Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards has released a new certified payroll report

Windows 7 ROCKS

Nancy Smyth | September 24, 2009

Certified Payroll Solution (CPS), Construction Application for Payment Solution (CAPS), Crew/Overtime Entry Solution (COES) and Wage Manager Solution (WMS) by Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. is compatible with QuickBooks 2010 and Windows 7.

Nancy’s “Big” Adventure – or Upgrading to Windows 7 Ultimate Final Release

Nancy Smyth | September 22, 2009

We received the “Final Release” version of Windows 7. Frankly this is amazing – we actually have a final release of “something” a full month before it will start hitting the computers of our customers. Kudo’s to Microsoft for LONG beta testing periods and a “real” early access program! Roughly 10 plus days ago, Intuit released purchasing availability to it’s ProAdvisors.

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Nancy Smyth | September 1, 2009

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QuickBooks Time Card Entry and Overtime Calculations – Beyond the Basics

Nancy Smyth | August 25, 2009

In today’s busy workplace business owners and payroll administrators are faced with numerous challenges which cause them to want and need to be able to quickly and accurately enter employee time cards by “crew or group” by “job or project” and by day – because that is how they are done on the jobsite. Because of these situations, they also want software that will automatically calculate and distribute overtime hours worked for all employees on all jobs for any given work week – relieving them of the time-consuming and error-prone process caused by manual calculations and time card entries; this is an area where QuickBooks is lacking in functionality.

Certified Payroll Training Class Available

Nancy Smyth | May 22, 2009

Take the “mystery” out of Government Construction Projects & Certified Payroll Reporting Requirements.

Making the move from residential/commercial construction projects to government-funded construction projects, which have certified payroll reporting requirements, can be overwhelming for most contractors, their office staff, and the accounting professionals who support them.

U. S. Department of Labor Revises Certified Payroll Reporting Requirements for Form WH-347

Nancy Smyth | April 28, 2009

The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 established into law the requirement for paying “prevailing wages”; a specific rate of pay plus fringe benefits for each trade/work classification that has been set by the Department of Labor – Wage and Hour Division, on federal or federally-assisted construction projects exceeding a value of $2,000.00. Construction includes the alteration and/or repair, including painting, decorating, plumbing, electrical, etc., of public buildings or public works – including roads and bridges.

Ex-Calif. bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10M

Nancy Smyth | March 9, 2009

VISTA, Calif. – A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her company to make layoffs as she bought 400 pairs of shoes that she kept in a room-sized closet decorated with a crystal chandelier and a plasma television, authorities claim.

QuickBooks Client Data Review Tool – Not Just for Accountants

Nancy Smyth | February 10, 2009

As a business owner, you too can access an use the QuickBooks “Client Data Review Tool” and take ownership of your company transactions that make up your QuickBooks company file. The QuickBooks Client Data Review Tool can be “enabled” in any version of QuickBooks (Pro, Premier, and Enterprise), something that’s not highly advertised by Intuit, by setting up the also new, External Accountant User.