What's New in Intuit Payroll 2010
The Intuit Payroll team has developed some new product features and expanded services that will make your payroll processing even easier in 2010.
These include:
- A service key retrieval tool that works online
- Certified Payroll Report for government contractors
- A signature printing enhancement for checks
- Social media content including an Intuit Payroll blog and Twitter feed
Take a moment to learn how these improvements and resources may help you stay informed and get more out of your payroll service subscription.
Service Key Retrieval Tool
Retrieving your Payroll Service Key is now even easier with the automated service key/disk delivery key retrieval tool. This self-service tool lets you go online 24x7 to get your Payroll Service Key. No more calling in and waiting on hold to get your service key—you can easily access it yourself whenever you need it.
To retrieve your Payroll Service Key using this online tool, all you need to have handy is your federal EIN and your order number or business phone number. If you do not have your order number, then select the I do not know my order number checkbox to enter your business phone number instead. It's that easy.
Try this new tool and learn more about how to find, enter, and edit your service key and disk delivery key at www.usepayroll.com/servicekey.
To successfully use this and our other automated payroll tools, make sure you keep your account information, including your e-mail address, up to date. You can do that by accessing your account maintenance page inside QuickBooks.
Certified Payroll Report
Projects that are publicly funded typically require the contractor to pay a prevailing wage rate for workers on the job. Then, for each payroll period, the contractor must create a Certified Payroll Report that shows the wages paid to each worker.
QuickBooks 2009 and 2010 include a new Certified Payroll Report in Excel. You can use this feature to compile the information needed for the U.S. Department of Labor's WH-347 and WH-348 forms required for Davis-Bacon Act payroll certification compliance.
The federal government allows businesses to use substitute formats for these Certified Payroll filings. The reports produced in QuickBooks contain all of the required information on the WH-347 and WH-348. You can then print and sign the Excel-based reports just as you would the standard forms.
Print Signatures on Checks
Intuit Payroll has added a new check-signing feature in QuickBooks to make issuing checks more efficient. Instead of signing each check, you can now scan your signature once, save the image, and then use it in QuickBooks when you print checks on your preprinted check stock.
The signature works for all check transaction types, including paychecks, liability checks, bill payment checks, sales tax payment checks, and standard banking checks. You can print your signature on both voucher checks (one to a page) and non-voucher checks (three to a page). Note: The signature will not work on wallet-sized checks.
Follow Intuit Payroll in Social Media
To help keep you informed of small business issues that affect hiring and payroll processing, Intuit Payroll now has a team blog: www.IntuitPayrollBlog.com. Employers can get up-to-date news in the payroll world, payroll trends, and all the latest happenings regarding Intuit Payroll.
In addition, those who are on Twitter can get real-time news and information on our Twitter account at: http://twitter.com/IntuitPayroll.