Construction Payroll Software

Goldenseal is construction payroll software which calculates tax withholding and other deductions from employee payroll. It comes complete with payroll withholding tables for every US state and Canadian province. Goldenseal also writes paychecks and tracks employee time for job costs and time billing.

Employee Time Tracking

To enter employee hours, follow these simple steps:

Choose Labor Hours from the Costs menu, and click the New button.
Enter the first few letters of the employee name. Goldenseal will fill in the complete name and the employee's usual wage rate and billing rates.
Enter the time spent and the work that was done.
If you want to track job costs, assign the cost of the labor to an overhead or project account.

The Goldenseal payroll software automatically posts labor hours to job costs, time-and-materials billing, and unpaid payroll. The Labor Hours records are also a good way to check back on the specific details of the labor cost on any work that you do.

Writing Payroll

To write paychecks for your construction crew, follow these simple steps:

Choose Write Payroll from the Bank menu.
Double-check the hours.
Click the Write Payroll button.
Goldenseal automatically calculates all withholding items and writes paychecks.
To print paychecks, choose Print Forms from the File menu.

Making Payroll Tax Payments

The Goldenseal bookkeeping software automatically tracks the amount you owe to each tax agency and insurance company. Just follow these simple steps to pay them:

Choose Pay Bills from the Bank menu.
Enter Payroll Taxes into the detail field at upper right.
Put a checkmark next to the taxes you want to pay now, then click Write Checks.
Goldenseal will write checks for the tax agencies, and mark the taxes as paid.

HINT-- Goldenseal also prints W-2 and 1099 forms at the end of the year.

Handling Payroll Complications

The Goldenseal construction payroll software handles many types of payroll complexities, including all of the following:

Advances and repayments
All US state and federal tax tables are included with Goldenseal
All Canadian and provincial tax tables are also included
Benefits of all types
Comp time
Garnishes and child support
Overtime at different rates
Owner draws
Paid Holidays
Reimbursements for employee purchases
Salaried and hourly employees
Taxes that "cut off" at a certain amount
Union dues
Vacation accrual and use
Work done in multiple states
Work done at multiple wage rates
Worker's comp and disability rates based on the type of work done
Worker's comp and disability rates that are different for each employee

Time Tracking

Writing Payroll

Tax Payments

Misc Payroll Complications