Certified Payroll

[Craig Smith]

We are a construction company new user of peachtree complete accounting 2002. Is there a way to set up entry of certified payroll that will allow for payroll check printing using several different classifications and several different pay rates?

[CATCHCLAW]

Before I start - does anyone know how to make PT 2006 Premium Construction print info for "certified payroll reports" like are required by the State for publics works projects?

Now, this is an old post. Did you ever figure it out? Probably by now.... Sorry no one answered it. :(

For the 50 people who viewed this message, yeah. I use PT in construction and our guys do multiple pay rates and classifications.

Set up employees as "time ticket" payment instead of just hourly or salary. In the "maintain default payroll" information you can set up pay rates - regular, overtime, public works, operator, etc...

Set up activity items for each class - carpentry, concrete, etc. I try to name them similar to the work comp classes we use in our construction, et. al. business.

Use time tickets for entering their time, coding it to the appropriate wage rate, work class, etc.

When it comes time for me to do our work comp, I run a time ticket register showing the class codes (carpentry, etc) and dump them to excel, where I can sort and summarize by category. Then I run a payroll register summary for the period and compare the totals to the excel summary, and figure my work comp.

As for "certified payrolls" like we have to do for the state, not sure. I would think crystal reports in the new premium packages would be able to create a report that would satisfy the state requirements. I haven't had a chance to look at C.R. yet. Anyone know? I hate having to do the data twice - once for paychecks, second for the state.

Hope this helps... someone, anyway. lol