QuickBooks Certified Payroll: What It Can't Do

QuickBooks is a general payroll and accounting platform — it does not generate the WH-347 certified payroll form, the Statement of Compliance, California eCPR XML, or AASHTOWare Payroll XML. Here's what certified payroll actually requires, and how WH347.io fills the gaps.

What Is Certified Payroll — and Why QuickBooks Doesn't Cover It

Certified payroll is a weekly legal compliance requirement for federal contractors subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. It requires submitting a WH-347 form — signed under penalty of law — to the contracting agency for every week of work on a covered project. QuickBooks tracks wages and taxes, but it has no awareness of prevailing wage classifications, fringe benefit crediting rules, or the WH-347 format.

The Four Certified Payroll Gaps in QuickBooks

• No WH-347 form generation — QuickBooks cannot produce the official DOL certified payroll form
• No Statement of Compliance — the legal certification on page 2 of the WH-347 is not available in QuickBooks
• No prevailing wage classification tracking — QuickBooks does not support Davis-Bacon work classifications per project
• No California eCPR XML or AASHTOWare Payroll XML — QuickBooks cannot generate the electronic submission formats required by California DIR or state DOT portals

Using WH347.io Alongside QuickBooks

WH347.io works alongside your existing QuickBooks payroll workflow. Run payroll in QuickBooks as usual — then import the worker's paystub into WH347.io using the paystub OCR feature to auto-fill the timecard. One upload, and your WH-347 is ready to generate.

You don't need to change how you run payroll. WH347.io handles only the certified payroll compliance piece — WH-347 PDF, California eCPR XML, and AASHTOWare Payroll XML.

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