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09May 2015 by Nancy Smyth

FREE Webinar – QuickBooks Desktop vs Intuit Online Payroll

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WHEN: Wednesday May 13, 2015 TIME: 2 pm Eastern (1 pm Central) WHERE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5365558835222259970 Perhaps you already use QuickBooks Desktop Pro, Premier or Enterprise - or are thinking about switching to QuickBooks from another accounting program. But what about payroll? Should you: outsource payroll to a 3rd party (like ADP or Paychex)? should you bring all payroll related tasks in-house? do you want to do everything yourself? do you want help? do you want a desktop or online payroll option? There are a lot of things to think about. Just remember, payroll is one of the most important tasks for any business, you need to make sure that you keep your employees happy by making certain that they are paid correctly and on time! Webinar Overview: Most businesses think the…

25Nov 2014 by Nancy Smyth

Year End Payroll Tasks for 2014 and year beginning 2015

Business Productivity Tips & Training, Free Stuff

Year-end payroll tasks actually should start on December 1st and really can continue right through the first of April! Yikes – that’s a lot of time to be spending on additional payroll tasks, especially during the holidays! There are so many things that need to be taken care of; you need to be organized and have a checklist that includes when certain things have to be completed and helps you to prioritize tasks so that you don’t feel so overwhelmed. From simple things – like starting around the first of December you should remind employees that if their has been a change in their filing status due to getting married, having or adopting a baby, or perhaps they have a child that is turning 21, that they should fill out a…

13Feb 2014 by Nancy Smyth

2/12/2014 QuickBooks for Contractors Hangout – A Tale of Two Certified Payroll Processes

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This hangout introduces Molly Manual and Amy Automation - two payroll clerks who are doing the same payroll and certified payroll processes - but in VERY different ways! Molly uses QuickBooks to enter employee time process payroll but is completing all of the Certified Payroll, EEOC, Dues and Fringe Benefit Reports using Excel spreadsheets. Amy uses TSheets to handle employee time tracking, QuickBooks to process payroll and Certified Payroll Solution to do all of the Certified Payroll, EEOC, Dues and Fringe Benefit Reports. This hangout discusses efficiency, time, and costs of these two very different methods of completing the same task. Watch the hangout recording: Downloads: Slides from the hangout Sample Union Dues and Fringe Benefit Reports Links: Learn more about TSheets - Learn more about Certified Payroll Solution

09Jan 2014 by Nancy Smyth

1/8/2014 QuickBooks for Contractors hangout-Job Costing Reports

Google+ Hangouts

QuickBooks generates a lot of Job Costing Reports - if it is set up correctly! We'll look at some of them and discuss ways that you can calculate Over/Under Billings and WIP Reports from basic QuickBooks Job Costing Reports. 1/8/2014: Links for items mentioned in the hangout: Job Cost Report with hours & Payroll Costs - https://www.blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2011/06/20/create-a-quickbooks-job-cost-report-with-hours-payroll-costs Simple Over/Under Billings Report with % Complete instructions - https://blog.sunburstsoftwaresolutions.com/2014/01/10/quickbooks-tip-how-to-calculate-overunder-billings/ Watch the hangout recording:

25Oct 2013 by Nancy Smyth

Payroll Deduction Authorization form- Word format

Business Productivity Tips & Training, Free Stuff, QuickBooks Tips, Techniques & Work Arounds

Payroll management isn't an easy task and certainly involves more than just getting paychecks distributed in a timely manner. One area that businesses seem to have a hard time with is putting a plan in place to ensure payroll deduction authorization forms are properly collected and errors are prevented. Payroll deduction authorization forms are a must if you are taking money out of an employees paycheck for anything other than required payroll taxes. Yes, I know - more paperwork! You can implement a simple system in which the authorization forms can be numbered as they come in and a log may be maintained to help keep track of the forms. QuickBooks can help you to automate this process and even help you store this information electronically by attaching the authorization…

09Sep 2013 by Nancy Smyth

VIDEO: QuickBooks 2014 – Payroll Center Improvements

Pre-recorded Videos, QuickBooks Resources & Reviews

QuickBooks 2014 is coming - you'll be able to order it beginning the end of September directly from Intuit - OR - through Authorized Intuit Affiliates. It will be available at local retailers beginning in mid-October. In QuickBooks 2014, the Payroll Center gets a massive overhaul (one that I feel has been long overdue). Here is a sneak peak of what the new payroll center looks like. NOTE: This video was produced with "pre-release" version of QuickBooks 2014 Premier Accountant version - screens may be different in the final release version. Join us on Google+ on Wednesday September 11th from 5-6, for a special QuickBooks for Contractors hangout, for more information about QuickBooks 2014.

11Dec 2012 by Nancy Smyth

eBook: Certified Payroll Training Guide

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Making the move from residential or commercial construction projects to government-funded construction projects - which have certified payroll reporting requirements - can be an overwhelming task for contractors, their office staff, and the accounting professionals who support them. Our 76+ page self-paced Certified Payroll Training Guide is a great "good old simple English" reference tool and provides information about answer such questions as: What is Certified Payroll? Who makes the laws governing certified payroll reporting requirements? How do I or my client comply with Labor Standards & Payroll reporting requirements? What information has to be reported on the certified payroll reports? Which report must I complete and submit? What is an "electronic" certified payroll report and how do I submit them? And much, much more. Our Certified Payroll Training Guide…

15Nov 2012 by Nancy Smyth

VIDEO: QuickBooks® for Contractors hangout 11/14/2012

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This is the recording of the QuickBooks® for Contractors hangout held on Wednesday November 14, 2012. Our hangouts are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month and can be accessed on the Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc. Google+ page. Everyone is free to watch the hangout live on our Google+ page, our YouTube Channel or be invited into the live hangout - which hold a maximum of 10 people; so it's first come - first served. During this hangout we discussed: Year end payroll planning What you should be doing NOW to prepare for the first payroll in 2013 Important due dates Getting yourself organized and not waiting until the last minute to prepare your final quarterlies Getting ready to issue W-2's 1099's and 1099-K's Tips & suggestions for developing…

15Nov 2012 by Nancy Smyth

Payroll Due Dates for Year-End 2012 and Year Beginning 2013

Business Productivity Tips & Training

Payroll due dates always seem to cause a lot of stress - especially at year end when there is so much to do! The holiday's don't seem to help matters any either with extra time away from the office, it's difficult to concentrate, get things done, and stay organized. Perhaps you are fairly new to payroll in general and this is the first time that you've had to deal with year end tasks and are feeling totally overwhelmed. Year-end payroll tasks start in December and really can continue right through the first of April! Yikes - that's a lot of time to be spending on additional payroll tasks! There are so many things that need to be taken care of; you need to be organized and have a checklist that includes when…

26Oct 2012 by Nancy Smyth

Employee New Hire Information & Checklist

Business Productivity Tips & Training

An employee new hire information and checklist will help you to gather all the information your need about an employee once you have made a hiring decision. Congratulations, you've decided to hire your first employee or perhaps your business is growing and you are hiring additional employees. In either case, there is so much more to hiring an employee than putting an ad in the newspaper and arranging for interviews - even though these are both very important. Once you have gone through the interview process with everyone who has applied and you make a hiring decision; you find yourself with a lot of additional information that you need to have keep on file about the employee that you just hired. All of a sudden you are subject to Federal…

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