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    Certified Payroll Record Keeping for Government Contractors

    For contractors working on public works projects, maintaining proper certified payroll records is an important...

    A Prevailing Wage Study: S&L Companies

    See how S&L Companies, a New York-based general construction contractor company, used Certified Payroll Reporting...

    How to Fill Out a California DAS 142 Form

    Form DAS 142, also known as an authorization for overtime work form, is a document authorizing overtime pay for...

    Guide for Contractors to Prevailing Wage Determination

    A prevailing wage determination, sometimes referred to as a Davis-Bacon determination, is the clerical backbone of...

    Certified Payroll Reports: A Guide to Payroll Reporting and Compliance

    The president's 2022 budget proposal includes over $2.3 billion in infrastructure spending. Government agencies at all...

    Importance of Using the Correct Prevailing Wage Report Formats

    Prevailing wage reports are documents that show the wages and benefits paid to workers on public works projects. These...

    Certified Payroll Reporting: Key Things You Need to Know

    If you are a contractor working on a federally funded project, you may be required to submit certified payroll reports...

    What Key Things Should I Look for in Certified Payroll Software?

    In many ways, it may seem like we’ve entered into a golden age of automation. From consumer electronics to home...

    What Should I Withhold for Payroll Taxes?

    One of the challenging aspects of handling an organization’s payroll is knowing how much money to withhold for employee...

    Avoiding Davis-Bacon Act Violations

    Did you know that if a project receives more than $2,000 in government funding you could face a compliance obligation?...

    Tips and Guidelines for Certified Payroll Reporting Software

    The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 requires construction companies to pay workers local prevailing wages and benefits. Most...

    Understanding Certified Payroll And Prevailing Wages Fringe Benefits

    When working on contracts, particularly government contracts, you often are subject to Davis-Bacon and Related Acts.

    The Contractor's Greatest Prevailing Wage Compliance Challenge

    Prevailing wage compliance can be a challenging task. You can ask the contractors that had to repay millions of dollars...

    10 Key Ways for Construction Companies to Stay Competitive

    Finding talented employees for your construction business is difficult. The Association of General Contractors recently...

    7 Key Construction Company Management Tips for Success

    Did you know there are 700,000 construction companies inthe US? That makes construction a highly competitive industry....

    What You Should Know About Construction Cost Codes

    Construction cost codes or activity-based costing are the most reliable ways for companies to account for the work...

    What to Know About The Davis-Bacon Act and Its Related Acts

    To work for the federal government, one must be aware of the rules and regulations set up to protect workers. One of...

    How Construction Businesses Can Thrive In Tough Economic Climates

    Traditional contractors are having a difficult time standing out in a competitive construction market because of:

    How Can Contractors Win Government Construction Contracts?

    Local and state governments spend over $250 billion to build roads, schools, and other public infrastructure every...

    10 Key Benefits Of Time Tracking Software

    Using time tracking software in your business has several benefits. Using any time tracking software in your business...

    Getting Field Crew Buy-In with Your New Construction Software

    Introducing construction software at your company is exciting—it can also be quite challenging. Adjusting to new...

    3 Key Differences Between Certified Payroll and Wrap-Up Payroll

    Contractors might be asked to submit two different types of payroll for work performed on a specific contract or...

    6 Tips for Winning a Government Construction Contract

    Is your construction company ready to take on challenging federal, state, or local construction projects? Then consider...

    The Differences Between State & Federal Prevailing Wage Laws

    If you are bidding on a contract or already working for a government entity, there are specific requirements to ensure...

    How Much Time Does It Take To Create Certified Payroll Reports?

    The Davis-Bacon act requires employers working on construction projects to submit a weekly WH-347 report to the...

    Basics and Violations of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act

    Illinois is among the 32 states having prevailing wage laws on the books. The Illinois Prevailing Wages Act is used to...

    Prevailing Wage Rules, Requirements, & Penalties for Washington

    In 1945, The Washington State Public Works Act was revised. It requires that government employees be paid prevailing...

    Most Common Certified Payroll Report Mistakes And How to Avoid Them

    Davis-Bacon Act and the respective state “mini Davis-Bacon Acts” impose a condition on construction projects. According...

    6 Reasons You Need to Automate Your Unique Payroll Policies

    Companies in every industry are overwhelmed with payroll. A commercially available payroll is not able to handle the...

    3 Strategies to Simplify Payroll

    No matter how well-organized business is, you may run into payroll obstacles. Paying the employees on time is one of...

    What is Payroll Tax Withholding and How Does it Work?

    As an employer, you are obliged to pay your employees. As a responsible employer, you also must withhold tax deduction....

    The Many Benefits of Switching To Paperless Payroll

    Shifting paper-based payroll to paperless payroll is time-saving and efficient to work in today’s digital world....

    7 Simple Tips to Help Make Year-End Payroll Processing Easier

    Minor errors are common in the Year-End payroll process, but small neglected mistakes can add up to a large penalty....

    Certified Payroll Guide

    WHAT IS CERTIFIED PAYROLL? Contractors (and subcontractors) are compelled to send Certified Payroll Records (CPRs) to...

    Tips and Guidelines for Purchasing Construction Software

    As technological advancement increases with time, the use of management software by professionals also increases. In...

    How To Fill Out Certified Payroll Report Forms and WH-347

    Payroll services are very important, and managing an organization’s payroll is no easy task — it’s time-consuming and...

    A Prevailing Wage Case Study - Jacobs Telephone Contractors

    A Prevailing Wage Case Study How Jacobs Telephone Contractors used Certified Payroll Reporting to save more than $11K a...

    Using Tech to Streamline Your Covid 19 Construction Projects

    The fact that people from various avenues and stakeholders have to work together to deliver a project makes...

    How Small Construction Businesses Should Pick A Payroll Provider

    Some small businesses may choose to outsource their payroll work to a payroll service provider than doing it in-house....

    Becoming a successful contractor despite COVID-19 complications

    Are you looking to become the next big government contractor and are worried that the pandemic may have slowed down...

    An In-Depth Look at Prevailing Wage and Certified Payroll Requirements

    As a contractor or subcontractor, you must have heard of the terms Certified Payroll and Prevailing Wage . Before...

    The Laws of Paying Employees Under The Table

    Taxes are an important part of every country, state, or sovereign. They are the backbone of any country’s economic...

    4 Cash Flow Management Mistakes

    Cash flow control poses a relentless obstacle for all sizes of construction firms. Many define the construction sector...

    What Is a Certified Payroll and How Do You File It?

    All federal and federally-aided construction contracts and subcontracts are obliged to submit weekly payrolls. It...

    Job Costing Data Compilation and Current Wage Rate Management

    Before the processing of any payroll, there is a lot of work that needs to be done and with our Payroll Reporting...

    3 Key Ways Construction Accounting Can Help Contractors Save Money

    Construction accounting plays a critical role in helping contractors effectively manage finances, control costs, and...

    Prevailing Wage Law for Construction Contractors

    Prevailing wage laws state that when contractors or subcontractors are hiring workers for public jobs, they should pay...

    What All Contractors Should Know About Davis-Bacon Wages

    What Contractors Need to Know About Davis-Bacon Wages Anyone who's worked as a contractor on a government construction...

    What You Should Know About Prevailing Wages

    Understanding Prevailing Wage Laws for Contractors Prevailing wages are wage rates determined by local markets;...

    Key Guidelines for Using Certified Payroll Reporting Software

    A certified payroll report is a specially formatted payroll report, consisting of two pages. In this blog and article...

    Directions and Instructions for Certified Payroll Reporting

    If you win a contract for the government then you must submit a certified payroll report every week to the project’s...

    Certified Payroll Reporting offers a host of solutions for contractors

    If you work with contractors then you have to take care of loads of paperwork at the end of every fiscal year which...

    How to Best Save Time on Certified Payroll Reporting

    Certified Payroll Reporting can be one of your most time consuming financial operations if you don’t handle it...

    What is Certified Payroll Reporting and How Does it Work?

    Understanding the basic requirements for certified payroll Certified payroll reports, which need to be submitted every...