Certified Payroll Report

Projects that are publicly funded typically require the contractor to pay a prevailing wage rate for workers on the job. Then, for each payroll period, the contractor must create a Certified Payroll Report that shows the wages paid to each worker.

QuickBooks 2009 and 2010 include a new Certified Payroll Report in Excel. You can use this feature to compile the information needed for the U.S. Department of Labor’s WH-347 and WH-348 forms required for Davis-Bacon Act payroll certification compliance.

The federal government allows businesses to use substitute formats for these Certified Payroll filings. The reports produced in QuickBooks contain all of the required information on the WH-347 and WH-348. You can then print and sign the Excel-based reports just as you would the standard forms.

Source : QuickBooks Payroll Bulletin, September 2009, Editor:Lise Quintana