Construction Business QuickBooks CleanupThe wage file, stood up beside the jobs
A provider you already picked still runs payday. We line the wages up with the jobs.
See the setupWhat setup means here
A construction week is a set of jobs, not a single blob of labor. If the wage file cannot carry a job, every labor dollar lands in one account and the job cost report becomes a guess. Setup means the file can hold a job, a rate, and a person, and the amounts agree with the books after payday runs.
We do not run payday. We do not file the payroll returns as the provider. We stand the file up, we agree the accounts, and we tell you when a person looks like they belong on a wage file rather than on an outside labor bill. The provider you pick does the paying.
The state pieces that have to exist
A wage file needs the unemployment account for the state where the crew works, and the habit of a quarterly wage report. Those are setup facts, not a promise that we sit in the provider role. Workers compensation is required in many states and optional in a few. If you have a policy, the premium needs a home in the books that is not a random job. If you do not, and the state leaves that choice with you, that is your decision and we will not invent a policy line. The state where that choice is real is named on the state page.
New hires and rate changes belong in the file before the week they apply to. A cleanup often finds three rates living in someone's head. We write the one you confirm.
What good looks like
After setup, a Friday of labor can be traced to the jobs it built. The provider's total agrees with the books. A job cost report stops needing a speech. That is the whole aim.
Who runs payday now
Say who pays the crew today, even if the answer is a patchwork.
You will be talking to the Steven Palmieri practice.