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Intuit Payroll has added a new check-signing feature in QuickBooks to make issuing checks more efficient. Instead of signing each check, you can now scan your signature once, save the image, and then use it in QuickBooks when you print checks on your preprinted check stock.

The signature works for all check transaction types, including paychecks, liability checks, bill payment checks, sales tax payment checks, and standard banking checks. You can print your signature on both voucher checks (one to a page) and non-voucher checks (three to a page). Note: The signature will not work on wallet-sized checks.

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

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