Sample Certified Payroll Report: Interact With an Example WH-347
What Is Certified Payroll? Certified payroll refers to weekly construction labor reporting that a contractor submits for each government contract they’ve worked. This, along with... Read More
Five Facts on Davis-Bacon Wages Every Contractor Needs to Know
Diving into the facts about one of construction’s most debated sets of laws can help take the doubt out of "Davis" and bring home the bacon for your business.
The Definitive Construction Accounting Glossary
In construction, we sometimes throw around a lot of words, acronyms and alphabet soup. Find out what we've been talking about the whole time as you jump around on our Definitive Construction Accounting Glossary, and zoom in on related articles to learn even more.
A Construction Paycheck Explained
The next time someone asks how their payroll was calculated, this example paycheck — created using FOUNDATION construction accounting software — may help!
What’s Going on With the Davis-Bacon Act? Why Prevailing Wage Is in the News
Are you keeping up with the Davis-Bacon Act? Find out where it all started, which states are making changes and why, and where it’s headed in the future.
Is Your Payroll Getting the Most out of Job Costing? Tips for Prospective and Experienced Job-Costers
Job costing isn’t a practice that’s ever completely mastered, but practicing it and learning from it continues to help contractors master their expenses and profits.
Graduate into Construction-Specific Accounting Software
General-purpose accounting software is often the best way for small contractors to start out their businesses, but once you outgrow your software, it shouldn’t hold... Read More
10 Construction Payroll Features Essential to Accounting Software
It’s no secret that payroll costs represent the single largest operating expense for most contractors. What’s surprising, though, is that so many contractors struggle to... Read More
Avoid Spreadsheet Dependency
We have all learned at one point or another that too much of a good thing can be bad thing. The examples abound: birthday cake,... Read More
Overcome the Complexities of Construction Payroll
As any contractor who has tried running payroll through general-purpose accounting software or payroll service knows, construction payroll is different from any other industry. From... Read More
