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In Construction, a Payroll Mistake Costs More Than the Payroll.
Certified payroll, prevailing wage, multi-state crews, and sub classification — run by people who know a WH-347 from a W-2, with labor burden landing on the right job every week.
including certified payroll
and reciprocity handled
to the jobs that earned it
The Contractor Payroll Compliance Checklist
Classification, certified payroll, fringe reporting, deposits, and the workers’ comp audit — every place a construction payroll gets penalized, in one checklist.
Six mistakes that turn into penalties, back wages, or a stop-work order
On public works, a bad WH-347 can hold your progress payment and put the contract at risk. It has to be right weekly.
Base rate plus fringe, by classification, by county. Get it wrong and you owe back wages plus penalties.
Classification is the single most expensive payroll exposure in construction — and the easiest for an auditor to prove.
Payroll tax debt is the one liability that can reach past the entity and become personal. It compounds fast.
Wrong class codes and unreported sub payments turn into a five-figure premium adjustment at audit.
If burden isn’t allocated by job, your job costing is fiction and so is every margin number built on it.
A national payroll app can cut checks. It can’t file your certified payroll.
The whole payroll function, compliance included
Payroll in construction is a compliance function that happens to issue paychecks. Here is what we take off your desk.
Weekly or bi-weekly payroll runs
Hourly, salaried, per diem, piece rate, and owner comp — on your cycle, with direct deposit and pay stubs.
Certified payroll reporting
WH-347 and state equivalents prepared and filed for public works jobs, weekly, on time.
Prevailing wage & fringe benefit tracking
Correct base and fringe by classification and jurisdiction, with the documentation to prove it.
Multi-state registration & withholding
New state, new rules. We register, withhold, and file so a job across the line doesn’t create a notice.
Worker classification review
Sub vs. employee reviewed before it becomes an assessment — and documented in case it is questioned.
Quarterly & annual filings
941, 940, state unemployment, W-2s, and 1099s — filed and reconciled, not just generated.
Workers’ comp audit support & job-costed labor
Clean class codes, reconciled wages, and burden allocated by job so your margins mean something and your audit is boring.
George Ghazarian, CPA
I built this firm around one industry on purpose. Construction has its own accounting — retainage, WIP, job costing, certified payroll, method elections — and a generalist CPA who sees two contractors a year will never catch what a specialist catches every week.
Payroll is where compliance and job costing meet. Handled by a generalist, it creates penalties and bad numbers at the same time — which is exactly why we keep it in-house with the accounting.
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Questions contractors ask
Do you file certified payroll for public works?
Yes — WH-347 and state equivalents, weekly, as part of the standard engagement.
We use subs, not employees. Do we still need this?
Especially then. Classification is the most expensive payroll exposure in construction, and 1099 reporting still has to be right.
Can you fix a payroll tax problem we already have?
Yes. Our tax resolution work handles 941 debt and trust fund exposure, then we take over the ongoing payroll so it doesn’t repeat.
Do you work in my payroll software?
We work in the common platforms and will recommend one if yours is fighting you. Switching mid-year is normal and manageable.
Will labor show up in my job costing?
Yes — wages and burden allocated by job, which is the only way margin reporting means anything.
We have crews in more than one state.
Handled — registration, withholding, reciprocity, and the local filings that come with it.
Get payroll off your desk and out of your risk column.
One call, no charge. Tell us how you pay your crews and subs today and we will tell you where the exposure is.